Kindle for Samsung launched today exclusive to Galaxy phones and tablets

Samsung and Amazon today announced ‘Kindle for Samsung,’ a custom-built Kindle app for Samsung phones and tablets. Kindle for Samsung offers millions of best-selling books, newspapers and magazines on readers’ mobile devices including over 500,000 exclusive titles. Samsung and Amazon also announced Samsung Book Deals, a service providing 12 free e-books a year to all Kindle for Samsung Galaxy smartphone and tablet users.

The new app is available in over 90 countries from Samsung apps, including Canada. Additional information can be found on the Samsung Electronics Official Global Blog.

Galaxy owners get 12 free e-books a year, with Samsung owners getting to choose from among four free titles each week.

The app debuts on Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone, and will also work on existing phones and tablets running Android 4.0 or later.

BlackBerry Launches mobile app development award at Canada-Wide Science Fair 2014

This year, the Canada-Wide Science Fair launched the BlackBerry Smartphone App Development Award. This continues CWSF’s tradition of fostering interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) among Canadian youth, preparing them to pursue STEM careers, especially in the rapidly growing field of mobile computing. The event takes place in Windsor from May 10^th to 17^th, 2014.

CWSF is the largest science-based competition in the country, and has captured the imaginations of thousands of students since 1962 (approximately 25,000 students compete each year.

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Review: Yoshi's New Island Game

By Sonya Davidson

The excitement is mounting in our home with the anticipation of the Easter Bunny arrival this weekend! So, since we have eggs on the top of mind I thought it would be perfect timing to share our latest game review! The recent release of Yoshi's New Island may be a fun Easter Egg hunt prize if you're trying to steer away from the sweets but don't want to give up the fun! 

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First arrest made on CRA Heartbleed hack that stole 1,000 Social Insurance Numbers

The RCMP has arrested suspected hacker Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes who's being accused of hacking the Canada Revenue Agency website and 1,000 Social Insurance Numbers using the Hearbleed explot. The 19-year-old man from London, Ontario had his computer seized as evidence. The CRA didn't react quickly enough to the Heartbleed hack, which resulted in the pilfering of the SINs. The breach caused a shutdown of the systems for online filing of taxes, effectively extending the April 30 deadline.

“The RCMP treated this breach of security as a high priority case and mobilized the necessary resources to resolve the matter as quickly as possible. Investigators from National Division, along with our counterparts in “O” Division have been working tirelessly over the last four days analyzing data, following leads, conducting interviews, obtaining and executing legal authorizations and liaising with our partners,” said Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud.

Source: RCMP