Roku announces 15 million active monthly accounts

Roku announced it reached 15 million monthly active accounts as of June 30, 2017 growing 43 per cent over the same period of the prior year. Users streamed nearly 7 billion hours on the Roku platform in the first half of 2017, growing 61 per cent over the same period of the prior year.

“Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the United States as measured by total hours streamed,” said Roku Founder and CEO Anthony Wood. “We are growing our active accounts by distributing our proprietary TV OS across a broad range of streaming devices with multiple price points and many new and highly rated Roku TV models from our TV brand partners.”

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Samsung Canada deepens relationship with MLB through VR partnership

Samsung Canada is offering Major League Baseball (MLB) that provides fans a new virtual reality experience, offering immersive access to players, ballparks and key baseball moments throughout the remainder of the 2017 MLB Season. Through the multinational partnership, fans will be able to enjoy a series of over 20 immersive videos exclusively on the Samsung VR app, the brand's premium virtual reality content service.

The extended relationship with MLB deepens Samsung Canada's commitment to the Toronto Blue Jays and the team's centre fielder, Kevin Pillar who shares his story with an exclusive behind-the-scenes Samsung Gear VR experience.

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Apple to bundle Beats headphones with new iPads and Macs for students

Apple is giving incentives to students buying new Macs or iPads. With the purchase of a Mac from an Apple Store, students are given Beats free, with the option of choosing from Beats Solo3, Powerbeats3 or BeatsX. Students who buy iPad Pro will be provided BeatsX free, with the option to upgrade styles to Powerbeats3 for an additional $50, or Beats Solos3 for $150 more. Mac mini excluded. In addition to receiving Beats headphones, students can take advantage of saving through Apple’s education pricing for students.

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GM Canada Brings STEM education to students through camps and program funding

General Motors of Canada is inspiring technological innovators of the future to pursue careers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) through the support and encouragement of children, particularly young girls. 

Today, fewer than half of high school students graduate with senior STEM courses despite the fact that 70 per cent of Canada’s top jobs require this type of education. (Source: Let’s Talk Science, Oct 2016 Release) There is an even greater concern for the decline of women in these programs.

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