Review: Dyson Pure Cool HEPA Air Purifier and Fan

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

With the current heat wave hitting Ontario and parts of Quebec, we find ourselves in a position where even our air condition units can't really cool as well as they used to.

One solution worth considering during heat waves are electric fans which can do more than move hot air around. In my case, my apartment's central AC can't cool the whole unit properly, so we've used various fans to mitigate the unbearable heat.

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Apple's iOS App Store marks 10th anniversary

Apple's App store celebrates a milestone on July 10 as it turns 10. It's hard to believe that the original iPhone didn't have an app store and shipped with basically web-apps that required a constant Internet connection.App Store launched with 500 apps and ten years later there are an estimated 2,000,000 apps available for iPhones and iPads,

The end result is that there are now 20 million registered developers on iOS, and collectively they have made about $100 billion in revenues, with the App Store bringing in some 500 million visitors per week.

Dell powers Ant-Man and the Wasp as technology partner and official equipment provider

Dell computers are responsible for the various special effects, in CGI and practical effects for the upcoming Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp movie. Special effects designers and engineers used Dell Precision workstations to create the stunning Quantum Realm, various shrinking and scaling up effects never before seen on screen. Check out the video above to see how Dell plays a special part as  technology partner for the movie.

FCC clears lower cost Surface tablet, expected to come to market soon

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It looks like a more affordable and compact Surface tablet is in the works. The FCC cleared a 10-inch tablet for release this year, which makes it likely that an education focused Surface device is on the way.

Intel from the report claims a “portable computing device” which doesn’t have a specific name except “Model 1824.” The various documents also reveal that the new hardware will be powered by a 24W charger, similar to the one used by the Surface Pro 4 ( the 2017 Surface Pro uses a more powerful 36W charger).

A 10-inch device in the US $400 price range makes a lot of sense for Microsoft and for Surface. It will appeal to students, it can compete with Apple's iPad (which now has Apple Pencil support across the line). The original Surface, which ran on an ARM processor, was a 10-inch device that aimed at students as well althought the Windows RT OS that accompanied it was limited at the time.

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