Watchmakers easing into smartwatch and fitness tracker market with a sense of style

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Two years ago, almost every smartphone or PC company had some sort of smartwatch in the market. The Apple Watch, a veritable latecomer to the segment, had yet to define its area of focus (something that's happened only in Q3 this year with watchOS 3 and Series 2 devices). 2016 saw smartwatch sales fall by up to 51 per cent according to some sources and various companies who were gung-ho on wearables have pulled out entirely.

This has made it possible for traditional watchmakers to move into the market but they have changed things up a bit by focusing on style and convenience over technological prowess. We now see companies like TAG-Heuer has a connected premium smartwatch, HP has teamed up with Movado, Michael Bastien, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Hugo Boss and Scuderia Ferrari to engineer various lines of fashion-first smartwatches that are aimed to entice traditional watch lovers.

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Overview: PlayStation VR

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

PlayStation’s take on the Virtual Reality (VR) experience is a notable ‘tweener’ solution that sits right in between the high end tower-hungry PC-based rigs like Oculus Rift and the more popular HTC Vive and the smartphone-powered VR experiences like Google Daydream and Samsung’s Gear VR. 

The great thing about PlayStation VR is that if you already own a PS4, you’re halfway there. The addition of the VR Headset, controllers, camera and connector box is all you need to jump head first into the immersive and awe-inspiring VR experiences.

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Amazon Prime subscribers in Canada can now watch Amazon Videos

If you're an Amazon Prime subscriber in Canada, there's a workaround to watching Amazon Prime video shows like the highly anticipated Grand Tour which brings together former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, as well as other Amazon exclusives. In order to watch the shows, you need to log in to Amazon.com and access the Amazon Video from there. I was able to do it on a MacBook Pro but had to download an install Microsoft Silverlight to be able to watch the video. Amazon Video apps or devices don't seem to work yet but at least we can watch shows on our PCs via the browser.

This great news gets only better as Canadians should be able to watch the shows through Amazon.ca soon without having to go to the US website. For long time Prime subscribers, it is like getting a free subscription to a streaming service (although US Prime subscribers have long had access to this).

Source: Alphabeatic

Cadillac's latest CT6 raises the bar in terms of comfort, technology and audio quality

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The 2016 Cadillac CT6 is a flagship sedan with a lot going for it. Despite its larger size, it supposedly drives like a hot hatch, it's nimble on the turns and manages to offer exhilarating performance with little effort. The new CT6 is all-in with GM's focus on having 4G-LTE technology as well as OnStar functionality but ups the luxury ante in a number of areas.

I had the chance to check out and sit in two demo Cadillac CT6 models, one featured the usual lavish interior of rich leather and wood accents but also had a back massager. Relaxing in the back seat of this stately sedan was very much a temporary thing. The new flagship CT6 models come tuned with the Bose Paneray 34-speaker surround sound system. This was developed from the ground up in tandem with Bose and ensures only the highest fidelity soundstage ever in the interior of the car. 

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