Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 2/17 – 2/23

SourceCode: Samsung ushers in new Foldable segment

Samsung will no longer make 4K Blu-ray players

TCL plans to create foldable devices, one is a phone that bends into a smartwatch

Apple reportedly hoping to launch a 16-inch MacBook Pro

Money On The Go - Mobile Banking Grows More Popular

Sony teases ‘new perspective’ for MWC 2019 event

Netflix cancels Marvel's 'The Punisher' & 'Jessica Jones'

Huawei set to debut P30 series on March 26th

Spotify's new UI test hides repeat button in the menu

Opera for Android introduces ad blocking toggle

Samsung Galaxy S10's stock camera app gets Instagram mode

Microsoft brings Timeline support to Chrome via new extension

Samsung lets users remap Bixby button on S10 and other Android Pie-powered phones

Netflix announces cast for season 2 of ‘Altered Carbon’

The highlights of the Galaxy S10 series

'Formula 1: Drive to Survive' docuseries comes to Netflix on March 8th

Oppo introduces 10x Lossless Zoom concept

Ultimate Ears’ most portable bluetooth speaker gets improved

Ultimate Ears continues to push the boundaries of innovation and design in its portable wireless speakers with the addition of UE ROLL 2 to its vibrant lineup of anywhere-you-go-proof wireless mobile speakers. Starting first with UE BOOM in 2013 and now reaching new heights with the introduction of UE ROLL 2, UE continues to reinvent the Bluetooth® speaker category, for everything from design to sound.

Whether at the beach or backpacking, UE ROLL 2 brings even more to the party, with 15 percent more sound and an increased wireless range of 100-feet, all while keeping the sleek, disc shape design of the original UE ROLL. Weighing in at just over half a pound, UE ROLL 2 packs in more sound without adding extra size or bulk.

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Microsoft's free Windows 10 upgrade messaging is confusing

As we head into the July 29th launch date for Windows 10, the messaging on who is eligible for a free Windows 10 update seems to be getting more convoluted. Microsoft said a week ago that testers of the Windows 10 Preview, who are in essence helping  Redmond with the debugging and field testing of the new OS and antidote to the poorly received Windows 8 OS, would be 'getting the final release build which would remain activated.' Many read this as, 'Windows 10 Preview copies would be upgraded for free.' 

Microsoft has since backtracked and removed the "remain activated" part, while explaining that only owners of a genuine Windows 7 or 8.1 copy would get the next version for free. You know your version is eligible because it should show a 'Get Windows 10' icon on your taskbar which will walk you through the process of 'reserving' the OS for when it finally ships on July 29.

This is still confusing and as we barrel towards the launch date, I'm hoping Microsoft will issue clear instructions and explain how to best prepare for the installation of this much anticipated update to Windows. Microsoft did announce some changes to the Insider program (which issues the previews), check out the full details at Thurott.com

Source: Microsoft, Thurott.com

Update on Monday, June 22, 2015 at 4:35PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

A recent entry in the Microsoft blog aims to clarify who gets what for free. 

iMessage crashing bug gets squashed in iOS beta 8.4

iOS Beta 8.4, which is available to developers, fixes the iMessage exploit that can crash the iOS Messages app once it receives specific string of Unicode characters via iMessage or SMS. Sending the string of characters to an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch results in an immediate respring, causing the device to crash and quickly reboot. Apple issued a temporary workaround a few weeks ago but with iOS Beta 8.4 solves the exploit completely.

Source: Mac Rumors