Sony delivers new head units with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibilituy

The marriage of in-car infotainment systems and smartphones is inevitable as more car manufacturers are offering their new vehicles with the ability to run either Apple's CarPlay or Google's Android Auto (or both). For those of us who like our older vehicles but who want in on the latest and greatest, there are solutions like Sony's XAV-AX100 in-car audio system.

The XAV-AX100 makes it easy to connect your phone to your car has never been better with the option of Apple CarPlay. CarPlay allows you to use your phone in a safe and smart way whilst staying focused on the road, letting you access Apple Music, Maps, make phone calls, and send messages all through the touchscreen, or vocally with Siri.

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Review: Dyson 360 Eye Robot Vacuum

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Dyson 360 Eye is an accomplished vacuum cleaner. It dispels many of the issue that have plagued robot vacuums for many years now. Powerful enough to clean as well as larger handheld vacuums it ups the ante by being generally autonomous.

As evidenced by various marquee products in consumer technology, being the first doesn’t always mean the best. There were certainly many smartphones before the Apple iPhone came along but they were swiftly leapfrogged once that device rewrote the rules. Similarly, there have been robot vacuums for a number of years now but no product has challenged the market’s expectations more than Dyson’s first commercial robot vacuum.

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Review: Dyson V8 Absolute Cordless vacuum

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Dyson’s addressed the biggest issues with cordless vacuums, which is the battery life (the Absolute runs 40 minutes on a full charge), loudness (it is 50 per cent quieter) while it improved the performance (the digital motor V8 runs at 425W, compared to the previous generation V6 motor’s 350W). 

Cordless vacuums are promoted as being compact, versatile and convenient but usually at the expense of performance. Battery powered vacuums, after all, run at a fraction of the power of larger plug-in type vacuums and their more portable size means their motors are smaller and less powerful. 

That might be true for most run of the mill cordless vacuums but with Dyson’s V8 Absolute Cordless vacuum turns these outdated ideas on their head. 

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Nextbit's Robin is discounted to CAD $389.00 on Amazon.ca

Here's a deal for anyone looking for something unique in the smartphone space. The Nextbit Robin is discounted for Amazon Prime Canada subscribers and now costs $389.00 for the  32GB version. This is an innovative 5.2-inch smartphone that brings the tightest cloud integration thanks to a persistent connection to 100 GB of online storage. The deal takes off $110.00 from the Robin's retail price.