Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 2/15-2/21

Hackers take personal data in Kickstarter breach

SlideShow: 2014 Canadian International Autoshow

Leaked render of BlackBerry Z3 points to new entry in emerging markets

LG debuts L Series III smartphones ahead of MWC 2014

First look at Lenovo's ThinkPad 8 multimode tablet

Decepticon! Toshiba's 5-in-1 concept PC previewed

Apple addresses supplier responsibility in website

Samsung to include fingerprint sensor in Galaxy S5

High Mac Pro demand pushes ship dates to April

The Lego Movie Video Game brings awesome home

Video: All Hands on Tech checks out Chromebox for Meetings

Black screen error surfaces following Xbox One update

76 per cent of Canadian youth admit they hide online activities from parents

Newegg continues international expansion with the addition of its Canada Marketplace

Microsoft announces OneDrive transition is complete

Breaking: WhatsApp sold to Facebook for US $19 Billion in cash and stock

10 million Canadians use Facebook via mobile daily

Rogers Next subscription service is for folks who change phones often

Rogers to launch the LG G Flex this Spring

More Nokia Normandy/Nokia X photo leaks surface

First look at LG's Lifeband Touch fitness tracker

Archos debuts three smartphones, one tablet before MWC

US Postage Stamp featuring Steve Jobs considered for 2015

The world through the eyes of Google’s Project Tango

Google is embarking on another ambitious smartphone project with Project Tango. The device is capable of mapping the world around the user to give mobile devices a sense of space and motion. TechCrunch got a firsthand demo from Matterport, one of the first companies to get the prototype from Google. The video above shows Matterport’s software integrated into the prototype. TechCrunch says the captures show “both color camera data and a full mesh of 3D data at once.”

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Nokia’s Here Maps to have Windows 8.1 version

If you think Bing Maps is lacking, then the arrival of Nokia’s Here Maps might provide you with the functionalities you need. Nokia claims the mapping software will make its way to Windows 8.1 devices in the coming days, first for North America and Europe users before the rest of the world.

Here Maps used to just be available on the Lumia 2520 tablet and Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Now, it will give Windows 8.1 users capabilities such as being able to load offline maps as fast as their computers can. It will also keep track of navigation routes and search history. Satellite images will be available at higher resolutions. Here Maps will also come with keyboard and mouse support.

Source: The Verge

Archos debuts three smartphones, one tablet before MWC

 

Archos jumps the gun and debuts four new gadgets ahead of next week’s Mobile World Congress. The three phones are 50c Oxygen, 64 Xenon, and 40b Titanium, while the tablet is the 80 Helium 4G. The three smartphones will run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean but will carry different processors and displays.

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