LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE reappears

The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE was briefly launched and then quickly and inexplicably pulled off the market in November of last year. Well, it looks like this particular wearable is back at least for AT&T customers. An Android Wear device with its own LTE radio and which can function as a standalone phone, it is being offered at a pre-order price of US $199.99 in tandem with a service plan. Not sure if this LG Watch Urbane variant is coming to Canada anytime soon.

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Amazon Cloud Drive launches unlimited cloud storage for Canada

Amazon.ca today announced unlimited cloud storage with Amazon Cloud Drive—two new storage plans for customers to securely store their existing content collections and automatically upload endless amounts of new content, including photos, videos, movies, music, and files.

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The Apple Beat: Apple to fill out product size gap in today’s announcement

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

An Apple Special Event in March is a little unusual but given the fact that the company omitted an October launch even (traditionally reserved for iPad and Mac refreshes) to host a packed September event to usher in a new AppleTV, iPhone 6S, iPad Pro and some new Apple Watch variants.

September's Special Event feels like a long time ago, and Apple must feel it needs to get back on the news cycle with products and not controversies. While CEO Tim Cook and the entire company have been on heavy news rotation by being caught in the centre of the FBI iPhone discussion (a topic that’s landed Tim Cook on the cover of Time to discuss privacy instead of revolutionary new products and technologies), the time is ripe for Apple to make some noise on the product end.

Aiming for a more exclusive venue at their HQ in Cupertino inside the Town Hall auditorium that sits 350 guests, Apple will live stream the event so that everyone can peep into the proceedings virtually.

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Samsung's experimental Hum On! app can turn your humming into a piece of music

Samsung has got a skunkworks operation where it dreams up new apps and solutions including Hum On! Samsung says "Hum On! is an app that allows just about everyone—from industry veterans to the less tonally-aware—to score, arrange and share hummed melodies in mere minutes."

The app records hummed melodies, instantly transcribes them into musical notation, and then plays it back to you using your preferred arrangement style: R&B, classical or rock. “For hundreds of years, music has only been created by a select few, but that will no longer be the case,” explains David Choi, Creative Leader of the project. “With Hum On!, we aim to provide a platform where anyone can turn their inspiration into great music.” Currently in Beta, Hum On! is expected to come to market soon.