Meet Moto X, details of Google's next superphone emerge

It seems a Rogers Wireless training video featuring the upcoming Moto X was uncovered over the weekend.  A number of details pertaining to the Google-backed Motorola superphone. Here's the lowdown.

The Moto X will be a Rogers exclusive handset, coming to Canadians in August and available in black or white. Featuring  4.7-inch HD display (1280×720 resolution), 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2GB of RAM,and running Android OS 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Interesting features include an always-on voice control that's not unlike Siri but with Google Now.  Just like how Google Glass is accessed with " Ok Glass," the Moto X allows hands' free voice activation with "Ok Google Now," then a command.  Moto X is turning into one of the more interesting mobile stories this Summer for sure.

Any.Do's new CAL app innovates the mobile calendar space

If you find your calendar app on iOS a little boring then check out Any.Do's CAL app. Using an elegant and clean interface that's reminiscent of Google Now's Cards, schedules, events and appointments come to life . Replete with intuitive touches, CAL doesn't just remind you it's someone's birthday, it also offers various options on how to contact and greet them complete with their photo. Currently free on the iOS App store, CAL is coming to Android sometime soon.

Videos of Lumia 1020 show of pro-style software features

A series of videos from Nokia focusing on the newly-launched Lumia 1020 show off the 41-megapixel smartphone's various features as well as its strength as a camera. So far, the Nokia Pro Camera app looks very promising. With the ability to take both large oversampled photos and smaller, regular sized smartphone camera photos, users now have the option of blowing up a scene and picking out details and making those the focal point of the picture. So that's what they meant by Zoom. Reinvented.

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Surface RT to get $150 price drop over the weekend

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

First, they bundled the Touch and Type Cover with every new tablet sold, then they started pummeling the iPad in various TV spots, now it looks like Microsoft is hoping that a $150 price reduction will make the Surface RT tablet more enticing to consumers.

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