Sago Mini's Jinja's House makes game characters and environments real for kids

Sago Mini's magical world is coming to life on June 2 with its first must-have playset — Jinja’s House. Jinja the Cat, one of Sago Mini’s most beloved characters, will be moving into her very own house. Her good friend Rosie will be there to help her unpack boxes and move in.  

Thoughtfully designed for play on the go, this portable playset features the same beautiful artwork and attention to detail fans love from the Sago Mini apps. Jinja’s house is designed to capture kids’ imaginations, offering endless possibilities for role playing and creativity. The house opens to over two feet wide revealing lovely indoor and outdoor play areas to let kids make up their own stores. With interchangeable play accessories like a movable slide, table and chairs, tiny slices of pizza and miniature postcards, kids can really make the experience their own. 

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The Apple Beat: Pressure mounts on Apple to make iPhone 7 truly great

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

“Skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been,” that’s a quote by the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, which Steve Jobs referenced during the momentous launch of the original iPhone in 2007.

Jobs continued by saying, “we try to understand as we develop our product road map, what’s going to be exciting in the future. And that’s one of the advantages we have over our competitors. Our competitors tend to put the cross hairs on where we are now, and by the time they come up with a product that tries to match where we are now, we’re beyond them. We’re one or two generations beyond, moving faster than they are.”

That was the spirit of innovation that powered the Apple engine and that’s what made the iPhone such an audacious, brave and, in hindsight, timely invention. But the world has changed and while Apple is still the most valuable company, the pressure is on to see if it is still the most innovative.

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Netflix raising prices in Canada for long time users

Netflix Canada is telling long time users that they are raising the subscription price for the service to $9.99 a month. Originally pegged at $7.99, the rationale for the raise in pricing is that Netflix is making more original content available like Daredevil and Jessica Jones. This is a clear example of how a market leader without viable competition can dictate pricing and customers just have to take it or go cancel their membership if they are not happy.

Netflx hasn't really raised prices in Canada before so given exchange rates but given that Netflix has already annoyed various Canadian users by blocking border hopping or the use of VPN services to see shows unavailable to Canadian subscribers, the timing of the price increase is quite audacious. 

R.I.S.K. program incorporates creative use of technology with kids

By Sonya Davidson

After more than 20 years of devising multi-disciplinary performance in Toronto, Theatre Gargantua, led by Artistic Director Jacquie Thomas and a team of local artists recently opened their stage to host a free creative theatre program that engaged underserved youth in the city. The hands-on all day workshop gave the kids the opportunity to explore and create original performance pieces in a contemporary way that embraces the use of technology.

R.I.S.K. (Resources Innovation Skills and Knowledge) Program began with in-school workshops at high schools across Toronto in which students develop original performance and text. They looked at their daily habits, such as constant texting, to uncover the characters, situations and dramas, and their natural creative writing skills.

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