The iPad is finally getting a proper version of Photoshop in 2019

Apple's iPad and iPad Pro are becoming more powerful and there are a lot of compelling applications for consumers and professionals but there hasn't been an anser for Photoshop on the iPad, until now.

Adobe just announced Adobe Photoshop will be coming to the iPad in 2019. This puts Apple's powerful hardware to good use in photo editing situations. The iPad Pro already does a great job with editing 4K video so it has the processing chops, creating Photoshop for iPad changes the game for mobile content creators.

“Photoshop has stopped being a desktop product and has become a system,“ says Scott Belsky, Adobe’s chief product officer. Photoshop is an all-in-one platform, an industry standard that’s used by professionals and internet memesters alike.

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Review: Fitbit Charge 3

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The new Fitbit Charge 3 fitness tracker may look like a dead ringer of its predecessor but closer inspection reveals a thoroughly refined and rethought personal fitness device. Now touting 7-day use on a single charge, the Fitbit Charge 3 is the wearable you can wear 24/7 and which you can even swim with.

The Fitbit Charge 3 has undergone a Zen makeover. The design is sparer and more unobtrusive, the buttons are now capacitive and the display and menu are simplified so that you’re only two or three swipes away from starting an exercise, reading notifications or checking the time.

Built form lightweight but durable aerospace-grade aluminum that has a smooth slightly curved case and a durable Gorilla Glass 3 cover make this one of the tougher Fitbits in the market.

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Amazon diversifies its Echo product base in Canada with a range of new models

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Canadians today are spoiled for choice when it comes to smart speakers and smart home technology. Just think that two years ago, we had to sneak in Amazon Echos and Google Homes across the border and run through hoops to enable some fascimile of functionality with these devices.

Today there are literally dozens of smart speaker devices to choose from and Amazon has just made choosing the right device more challenging thanks to its latest fall harvest of devices.

Occupying an entire floor of an old building in downtown Toronto, Amazon set off to demo a slew of new devices that are all coming to Canada and will be available as early as tomorrow.

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How to watch today's Made by Google event stream

Today is G-Day where Google is expected to unload the latest 'Made by Google' products including the much leaked Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL flagship smartphones, new Chromebooks, a Pixel Slate and a gamut of smart speakers, smart screens and possibly new Pixel Buds, Google Clips or other newfangled accessories.

The proceedings kick off in NYC at 11 AM and you can watch the stream on YouTube as well as follow various #MadeByGoogle commentaries on Twitter. Tune in later today here for all the relevant news for the Canadian market from the event.