Contest!: Win a year's subscription to the BBC iPlayer App!

Here's your chance to win one of two one year subscriptions to BBC's iPlayer App for iOS. 

The BBC iPlayer App features than 3000 hours of the best British TV shows on demand. Constantly refreshed, including 13 different genre You can also enjoy all our shows on your big TV screen using HDMI or AirPlay. 

Canadians who wish to subscribe to the global BBC iPlayer App can do so for $8.99 a month (or $84.99 for an annual subscription). The global BBC iPlayer App is available to download from the App Store on iPhone and iPad at www.bbc.com/iplayer/tv.

We're giving away 2 one-year subscriptions! All you have to do is tweet the following -"I want to win a year's Canadian subscription to @BBCiPlayer from @Creviewer!" 

We will select two winners by July 10th who will be contacted by BBCiPlayer with their access codes. Good Luck to all who join!

Contest is open to all residents of Canada only.

Sony releases Cyber-shot RX100 20 megapixel point-and-shoot

Sony's new Cyber-shot RX100 offers 20 megapixel point-and-shoot. It features the world’s first 1.0-inch type Exmor CMOS sensor with a resolution of 20.2 effective megapixels. Specially developed by Sony, the sensor has an area that’s approximately four times larger than the 1/2.3-type sensors in traditional point-and-shoot cameras. The RX100 is expected to sell for $700.

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Tim Hortons to offer free WiFi soon, 2000 restaurants served

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Need to check email while waiting for that double-double and an everything bagel with cream cheese? Tim Horton's has joined other popular coffee shops and will give visitors free access to wireless Internet.

Stores in Kelowna, Red Deer, Barrie and St. Catharines are currently being tested, as well as a handful of locations in Toronto and some south of the border, says David Morelli, Tim Hortons director of public affairs. Tim Hortons plans to open the service to 2,000 restaurants which will be powered by Bell's high speed WiFi.

This is great news for anyone who loves coffee and donuts (who doesn't) and who enjoys the convenience of being able access the Internet on the go. Here's hoping more restaurants get with the program.

Check the full press release after the break.

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Non-US Nexus 7 Tablets will not get the same exclusive content

Nexus 7 tablet buyers from Canada, Australia and the UK will not receive the TV shows, magazines and music that US buyers will have access to when the device ships later this month.

During the 7-inch tablet's release at Google I/O last week, it was heavily promoted that those who purchased the tablet would have access to 'thousands of movies' and the 'world's largest collection of e-books', but until international licensing agreements are ironed out, it could be a long while before these other countries can enjoy the other content offerings from Google.

This means that aside from existing apps, eBooks and the videos currently available to these countries, many of the key content pieces that make the Nexus 7 so compelling will be missing, possibly for months.