Amazon now offers a waterproof Kindle Oasis eReader

Amazon.ca announced its most advanced Kindle ever – the all-new Kindle Oasis.  It is the first-ever waterproof Kindle, boasting an IPX8 water resistance rating. Designed so readers can take their favourite stories even more places, it is protected against immersion in up to two meters of fresh water for up to 60 minutes. Plus, it’s designed to withstand getting splashed at the beach or dropped in the bath tub, hot tub, or pool.

With a larger 7-inch and 300 ppi display, it also fits over 30 per cent more words per page for fewer page turns. Plus, it has the fastest page turns of any Kindle. Despite an even larger display, the all-new Kindle Oasis weighs only 194 grams, 10 grams less than the best-selling Kindle Paperwhite.

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Hundreds of new emoji coming to iPhone and iPad

Emoji have become the preferred way to quickly communicate ideas and now iOS is making giving users more precise options with hundreds of new emoji. 

Hundreds of new emoji, including more emotive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, clothing options, food types, animals, mythical creatures and more, are coming to iPhone and iPad with iOS 11.1.

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First impressions on the Google Pixel 2

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We have new Google Pixels coming! These are still premium devices and apparently in short supply (some are already out of stock). For this year, Google has made the Pixels water resistant and it has improved the quick charging functionality.

New OLED displays are brighter and more saturated and the Pixel 2 XL has a lot of the display technology from the LG V30, including a semi bezel-free screen with no notches. Design has been refined with a slimmer body and more rounded corners but at the expense of a headphone jack. Google will include a USB-C adapter for headphone jacks.

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Square launches new contactless chip reader in Canada for $59

Square founder and CEO Jack Dorsey leads a roundtable of Canadian entrepreneurs during the launch of the Square readerBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Toronto- Payments innovagtor Square held an event this morning in downtown Toronto where they launched a new contactless reaer for local businesses to take debit and credit payments. Designed in part by hardware engineers from Toronto's North York office, now allows businesses to acceot various ways to pay including Interact as well as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Fitbit Play.

The new reader allows customers to tap their cards, mobile devices or wearables to make a payment securely in seconds.

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