LCBO offers online liquor sale and delivery service

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) announced that it is launching an online e-commerce website where people can purchase nearly 5,000 products and have them shipped to their home or a local LCBO store as part of their commitment to evolve the business and modernize its operations.

In the age of the Uber ride sharing service and Foodora which delivers food from various restaurants to homes and offices, the LCBO is making it easier for Ontarians to order their favourite wines, beers and spirits and have these delivered to their doorstep or at a nearby LCBO location. This move follows in the footsteps of what companies like Amazon have pioneered, giving consumers a wider range of choice and convenience than having to go to crowded LCBO retail outlets.

Moreover, 800 of the products will only be available online from lcbo.com. Delivery through Canada Post will cost $12 per order plus tax, while a $50 minimum applies to online orders shipped to specific LCBO stores. LCBO says they, together with Canada Post,  will ensure that online orders are only handled by and delivered to adults of legal drinking age. 

Source: LCBO via CBC

Bob Mansfield returns to Apple, again

Apple has brought back one of its higher echelon executives for the second time. Bob Mansfield, who joined Apple in 1999 and was part of the Steve Jobs led second act which produced the iPod, iPhone, MacBook Air and numerous other key products, is again the go-to guy for getting a new product out the door.

Mansfield retired from leading the hardware engineering team and was brought back for special projects, but then went back into retirement. Mansfield is reportedly back again to lend a steady and experienced presence behind Cupertino's 'Project Titan' largely believed to be its EV or autonomous vehicle project. 

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First look at LG's 360 Cam accessory

By Gadjo C. Sevilla

360' cameras come in all shapes and sizes. There's the expensive Ricoh Theta line and the durable 360Fly devices and there's LG's $299 360 cam which does basically the same thing. The above demo shows what the 360 cam looks like, how easy it is to depoy as well as some videos it made. Photos coming from the LG 360 Cam were quite seamless and designed to give a reall immersive 360 degree experience when used with VR glasses or shared on smartphones, tablets and PCs. 

First look at LG's X Power smartphone

LG's shaking up the midrange with its LG X Power smartphone. This device features a whopping 4,1000 mAh battery which doesn't only extend usage time significantly, the LG X Power is designed to act as an external charger for other smartphones, headphones and mobile accessories. Expected to come to carriers at contract pricing ranging from $ 0-50, a month. Other mid-rangey features include a 720p screen, a milti-core MediaTek MT6735 processor, fast charging capability, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and 13MP and 8MP cameras.