IBM's Call for Code puts technology at the service of natural disaster countermeasures

IBM's Call for Code initiative engages the global developer community to build innovative solutions that reduce human suffering and the number of people affected by natural disasters.

Call for Code is an annual global initiative from creator David Clark Cause, with IBM proudly serving as Founding Partner. It is backed by a $30 million, five-year IBM investment and support from The Linux Foundation, which gives the 22 million developers access to IBM technologies around cloud, data, AI and blockchain technologies, along with training and code to help jump start projects. The registration opened on June 18th and will close on August 31.  The 3 winners will be announced in October at a special event. 

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2018 Hyundai Ioniq Electric Plus PHEV Driver Review

 By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

At first glance, the Hyundai Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle looks like a cohesive and balanced four-door sedan that’s both practical and incredibly roomy.

I’m happy to report that after a week with the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid as my main ride, I never had to head to a gas station. I did have to charge the car’s EV battery twice in a public charging station, a total of five hours, yet managed to return the car to Hyundai with a full gas tank (or a 850 km range) as well as the battery on reserve. HIt jump to learn more about this innovative hybrid.

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Watch Metric's new video 'Dark Saturday,' which was shot exclusively on iPhone X

Metric is back with a new album and their first single 'Dark Saturday' is being released as a video. The video which was directed by Justin Broadbent and was shot entirely on iPhone X. The throwback-guerilla style black and white video is reminiscent of early alternative music videos with a lot of nuance, energy and great use of the iPhone X.

"The band and I agreed that shooting on an iPhone would be a good way to immediately connect a visual style to the authentic feeling of this record", said Broadbent. "Because it was a 'run and gun' style video, we needed our footprint to be tiny and quick but the video quality still needed to be high. I think this also let the band relax, not having a huge camera and lights around while allowing me the freedom to try things on the fly.  Even the design of the final video looks like four separate screens magically lining up together."

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Sonos Beam smart soundbar now available in Canada

Sonos Beam will be officially available via www.sonos.com and global retail partners starting tomorrow.

We tested this Alexa-powered soundbar and smart speaker and found it to be, "one of the best products that launched this year and is the smartest choice for assistant-enabled speaker buyers who have a need for a soundbar for their TVs, as well as a powerful and expandable smart speaker that also manages the highest-fidelity and best quality audio in the $499.99 price range." Sonos Beam continues to impress as we've used it in tandem with our Vizio TV to watch World Cup and Wimbledon Finals, stream shows from Netflix as well as play the latest games on the Xbox One S and the PlayStation 4.

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