HTC 10 now available for pre-order from HTC

HTC's latest flagship is now available for pre-order on HTC's website. This is for an unlocked version of the Glacier Silver and Carbon Gray, and costs $999 CAD. Also for sale are the new Ice View interactive case, additional USB Type-C cables and the HTC Rapid Charger as well as active earphones and the high-res earphones that make the HTC 10 an awesome music player.

According to HTC's website, orders are expected to start shipping in early May.

YouTube to stream the first weekend of Coachella live

YouTube is bringing the world to the Coachella concert by streaming various days of the week-long concert.Canadian music fans can get closer to the music they love and catch performances from emerging artists to the biggest acts on Coachella’s YouTube Channel from April 15 to 17 on any screen they watch YouTube.

Starting Friday, April 15th at 6:30 pm ET, YouTube will live stream performances from over 70 acts, from emerging artists to some of today’s biggest artists.

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Facebook's F8 Developer Conference kicks off today

Mark Zuckerberg kicked off this year's Facebook F8 Developer conference which is available now as a live stream at f8.facebooklive.com. Focusing on the evolution of Facebook from a single application/service to a family of apps (they now own Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus Rift and have Messenger), the social network needs to navigate the evolving waters of how people prefer to use the service. 

"Going back five years, Facebook was about text and status updates. Now it is all about photos and fast-forward to the future, it will be video and maybe VR (virtual reality) and AR (Augmented Reality)," Zuckerberg stated during his keynote. Video, new user features as well as how Facebook can evolve and monetize its various properties for its developers will be some of the key points of this year's developer's conference. 

Other announcements include expanded features in Messenger Platform to connect directly with businesses instead of calling them up by phone. 

Spotify now available in Canada to pre-launch users

The popular Spotify music streaming website service and app is now available to Canadians who signed up for the pre-launch invite codes. Emails to these individuals started coming in today with codes to try the service for free for 30 days. Spotify has 40 million users and 10 million paid subscribers worldwide.