Entries by Nicole Batac (11983)

Tuesday
Mar312015

Amazon.ca celebrates World Backup Day with sale

Amazon.ca doesn't want you to be an "April Fool" and reminds you to backup this World Backup Day. They have set up a World Backup Day deals store so you can see everything at a glance. Customers are eligible for various shipping options like Free Super Saver Shipping, Free Two-Day Shipping with Amazon Prime or Same Day Delivery (for those shipping to Vancouver or Toronto). 

Tuesday
Mar312015

Inbox by Google now lets you set custom snooze times 

Google understands that people have varying definitions of what morning, afternoon, and evening is. That's why they updated the Snooze feature on Inbox to make it user-defined. You just need to go to the Setting panel and tap on Snooze settings. From there you can define the times for morning, afternoon, and evening. Once updated, if you select "Tomorrow" and "Next week," that will make use of your morning time. Of course, you can still change times manually, if you want.  

Google is also rolling out quicker access to Contacts as well. You can find it before Bundles on the side panel. They are reportedly also working on adding signature support and easier access to delete. It probably won’t be long before we see that. 

Source: Gmail Blog 

Monday
Mar302015

Apple officially accepts non-Apple device trade-ins 

 

Rumours have surfaced a few weeks back that Apple will be accepting non-Apple devices (Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry) to trade for new iPhones. Now, it would seem the initiative is finally official. Working with Brightstar, the ones who run the existing iOS trade-in program, Apple Stores in Canada, US, UK, Germany, France, and Italy are now accepting the non-Apple smartphones.

When you trade in your smartphone, you'll be getting some sort of store credit for an iPhone. Unfortunately, the trade-in doesn't seem to extend to other Apple gadgets, like the Apple Watch and iPad. It's simply a phone-for-phone kind of deal. But it seems to be rolling out slower than expected. At the moment, not all the stores yet know that the trade-in program extends to non-Apple gadgets. 

Source: 9to5Mac via SlashGear 

Monday
Mar302015

Google starts move of Google+ Photos into Drive 

The unbundling of Google+ features into other Google services continues. This time around Google is porting Google+ Photos into Google Drive. This means you get easier access to your photos right from your Drive account. A Photos menu should be showing up on your Google Drive account soon. And that will show you all the photos you have backed up on the service. It should be coming to your web, Android, or iOS versions of the app soon. 

Source: TechCrunch