Consumer Reports names iPhone X as best smartphone camera

If you're wondering which smartphone today has the best camera, Consumer Reports has just named the iPhone X as the top pick.  The number 2 and number 3 spots are also taken by Apple with the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus filling those positions.

It seems Apple has found continued success in its camera hardware, software and computational algorithms that ensure the best possible photo as per Apple's standards. The availability of features like Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting elevate smartphone photography to an extent.

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New Surface Laptop firmware update improves battery reliability

Surface Laptop users are getting a firmware update today that improves battery reliability but not necessarily improving battery life.

“Today we’ve released a new firmware update for Surface Laptop,” Microsoft’s Brandon Records writes. “This update includes new firmware for Surface System Aggregator Firmware which improves battery reliability.”

Surface Laptop, which shipped with Windows 10 S boasted up to 14 hours of use on that specific version. The update should be visible and available via Windows Update. You can also access it here the Surface Laptop Drivers and Firmware download set..

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Apple Watch Series 3 can track skiing and snowboarding

Thanks to watchOS 4.2 apps like Slopes, snoww, Squaw Alpine, Snocru and Ski Tracks  can now accurately report metrics like vertical descent, distance, number of runs, average speed and calories burned thanks to the built-in altimeter which can develop elevation.

More importantly, this information is gathered and reported towards a user's fitness performance. Being able to track calorie burn, run count, and speed make use of hardware like the altimeter elevation readings, accelerometer and GPS.

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Sonos Song Series celebrates 20th anniversary of seminal 'Northern Touch' hip-hop track

Rascalz, Thurst, Kardinal Offishall and Choclair celebrate 'Northern Touch' at the Sonos Song Stories event in Toronto

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Toronto - Sonos has sponsored various Song Stories events across the world and in downtown Toronto yesterday, it celebrated 'Northern Touch', a collaborative hip-hop track by artists Rascalz, Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, Checkmate and Thrust, which put the Canadian hip-hop scene on the map even if it got very little airplay or support at home.

The song, which represented various locales in Canada, blew up on American and International radio stations and its video was one of the first works by Little X, who is now known as Director X and is one of the most sought after musiv video directors as well as a feature film director working on a Superfly reboot this year. The Northern Touch video also launched the career of model Melyssa Ford.

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