Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 3/31 – 4/6

Bryan Baeumler launches HeyBryan home services app

Apple hires Tesla’s head of electric powertrains

‘Driveclub’ game franchise to shut down by end of March 2020

Apple Music might get Chromecast support

Microsoft refreshes the Surface Book 2

Facebook considers launching ‘high-quality news tab’

Volkswagen calls its full-size electric SUV concept the ID ROOMZZ, because why not?

Audi teases AI:me self-driving city car concept

Netflix confirms season 2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’

Twitter tests out labels for conversation threads

Skype now supports group calls of up to 50 people

Netflix announces cast of ‘Cowboy Bebop’ adaptation, John Cho takes lead role

Apple adds another Google AI expert to its team

Amazon Prime Video has 2,500 hours of Jim Henson Co. content

Netflix’s iOS app no longer supports AirPlay, cites ‘technical limitations’

‘Super Meat Boy Forever’ pushes back release date

April was the expected release of Super Meat Boy Forever. But its developer Team Meat has announced a delay to “after but not too far after April 2019.” The developers believed they are close to finishing the game and could possibly meet the deadline if they pushed themselves to the limit. However, they wanted to finish it at a “healthy and sustainable pace,” which is something we can definitely support. This endless runner game is slated to come to mobile as well as consoles, PC, and Linux. It features procedurally generated gameplay that adapts to a player’s skill level.

Source: Polygon

Amazon enters nine-figure deal with ‘Westworld’ creators to develop exclusive content for Prime Video

Amazon has just signed Westworld’s showrunners Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, and their company Kilter films to develop original shows for Prime Video. It’s said to be a low-to-mid nine-figure deal that covers a four-to-five year period, which is believed to be worth upwards of US$30 million a year. The couple will be leaving Warner Bros TV but they will continue to be showrunners for HBO’s Westworld. They are still signed up to write and executive produce more seasons of the how. Engadget reports the first show they might work on could be the sci-fi drama series, The Peripheral. But we’re going to have to wait and see what they have cooking up.

Netflix’s iOS app no longer supports AirPlay, cites ‘technical limitations’

It seems the Netflix app for iOS has lost support for Apple AirPlay. According to an updated support document on Netflix’s site, this is due to “technical limitations.” What these limitations are, we can’t say. MacRumors tested out the feature and have found that they can’t get Netflix to play using the feature. It’s been available on the service since 2013, and it’s usually worked until this week. It shouldn’t affect much of your use with Netflix apps available on Apple TV, consoles, smart TVs, iOS, and the like. But now if you use AirPlay, you’re going to have to try out alternatives.