LG G6 gains pundit's praise as best smartphone of MWC 2017

As expected, the unchallenged LG G6 flagship made like a bandit in Barcelona, earning all the major best of show accolades from various technology publications. The new 5.7-inch flagship, which I had a chance to briefly check out last week, brings a new screen ratio, a sleek glass and aluminium design as well as one-handed ease of use.

LG G6 also has a lot of photography tricks up its sleeve thanks to dual cameras. Hit jump for the list of awards this smartphone, which is expected to come to Canada in April, hit jump to see the hardware LG earned at MWC 2017.

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Google is releasing a new Pixel phone this year, will still be a premium device

Google will release new Pixel and Pixel XL devices in 2017. While the original models were rushed to market (reportedly because Huawei dropped out of the project and HTC stepped at the last minute), the upcoming versions are expected to bring more Pure Android goodness plus add some user requested features like water resistance and possibly wireless charging.

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Segment leader Roku announces 13.4 million accounts, 1 billion hours of streaming video and music in Dec 2016

Roku Inc., the leading TV streaming platform, today announced that 13.4 million active accounts streamed a record 1 billion hours of video and music in December 2016 and that Roku customers streamed a total of 9 billion hours in all of 2016. According to Nielsen, in December 2016, Roku accounted for 48 percent of active streaming players in the U.S. For the full year of 2016, the company experienced record growth resulting in nearly $400 million dollars in revenue. The Media and Licensing segment which includes content consumption and promotion, licensing, and advertising sales on the platform exceeded $100 million in high-margin revenue in 2016.

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MCE ships fastest 1TB PCIe-based SSD for Mac Pro (Late 2013)

MCE has given owners of the Mac Pro an option to upgrade the Mac Pro with 1TB PCIe-based SSD storage which should add some life to Apple's Mac Pro. The SSD cost US $700.

he MCE 1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage Upgrade Solution for the Late 2013 Cylinder Mac Pro was designed to take advantage of the super-fast PCIe architecture present in that machine.Hit jump for specifics.

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