Apple announces one day special shopping event on Nov 25

Apple today announced its one day special holiday shopping event taking place this Friday, November 25. There will be special pricing and exclusive deals on the season’s hottest gifts in Apple Retail and on the App Store. Items and products sold duirng this period will benefit from free delivery and returns. It must be noted that Apple has refrained from offering 'Black Friday' sales, often giving its resellers and online retailers the option to sell Apple products at a discounted rate. While we still don't know which products will be getting the discount treatment, it will be a good time to check out accessories, peripherals or maybe even a new Mac or iPad.

WIND mobile rebrands, is now known as Freedom Mobile, forms new LTE network

WIND Mobile, which was one of the challengers to the 'Big Three' wireless carrier oligopoly in Canada, announced that it has rebrandred as Freedom Mobile with,  "a renewed promise to deliver affordable wireless to value-conscious Canadians."

"As WIND Mobile, we built a strong foundation of more than a million customers," said CEO Alek Krstajic. "And as Freedom Mobile, we are reaffirming our commitment to them and to the core principles of our business – value, transparency and fairness."

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Apple's new holiday ad champions the virtue of inclusion

In timely fashion, Apple has released its latest holiday ad which focuses on inclusion. Featuring Frankenstein's Monster, the ad, which shares the same holiday vibe as 2013's Emmy Award winning "Misunderstood" spot doesn't focus on technology or products but instead brings light to extending olive branches, opening hearts to others despite personal or ideological conflicts. 

Tap-to-pay functionality slated for next generation of Android Wear

Upcoming Android Wear devices might be getting some feature parity with the Apple Watch once Tap-to-Pay functionality comes to Google's wearable platform. In order for this to happen, the devices will likely need to run the next version of Android Wear (slated for next year) as well as have a smartwatch with an NFC chip. 

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