Google Drive adds spellcheck and customizable lists

Google Drive comes up with another incremental but useful update by adding a spellcheck mode and customizable bulleted lists.

Spellcheck mode lets you check your entire document or presentation at once. You just need to select “Tools” from the menu bar and then click on “Spelling.” Meanwhile, with the customizable lists, Google lets you change the size, color, and style of individual bullets, which can be considered an OC’s dream.

Make table reservations with Facebook and OpenTable

Facebook updates its mobile app to let people make reservations right from the restaurant’s Facebook Page on the social network’s iOS and Android apps as well as on the mobile site. This new feature will be available for over 20,000 OpenTable restaurant customers in the U.S. and Canada.

Sony's QX10 and QX100 lens cameras convert smartphones to DSLRs

Recently leaked photos of the QX10 and QX100 'lens cameras' from Sony offer a whole new area of innovation in smartphones and cameraphones. The lens cameras integrate sensor, lens, SD Card slot, WiFi and zoom in the lens while the viewfinder and all the controls are handled by a connected smartphone (which also serves as the viewfinder). The whole kit and kaboodle is expected to be unveiled in early September at IFA and could really help Sony reclaim it's innovator status in mobile and consumer electronics.

Source: SonyAlphaRumours

Review: Huawei Ascend Y300 on Bell and Virgin

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

While newer and more expensive Android flagship smartphones are going for bigger screens, more powerful processors and fancy colours while attempting hyper-intuitive user interfaces, it's great to see some vitality in the entry level of the spectrum.

Huawei's Ascend Y300 brings dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, a 4-inch IPS display, 5 megapixel camera, a fairly recent build of the Android OS (4.1), voice control, and 4G-LTE connectivity for under $100. That's truly impressive.

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