EXCEL Gum launches ASMR soundtracks on Spotify to help calm students during exam season

Over 1.5 million college and university students are buckling down for exam season now.  EXCEL Gum, is encouraging Canadian post secondary students to plug into ‘EXCEL Study Beats’ -  the brand’s first ever gum-chewing ASMR album, exclusively on Spotify, featuring all custom ASMR soundtracks made with its iconic gum. 

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Google seeks students help with open source dev work with Google Code-in program

In case you haven’t heard yet, Google has opened its Google Code-in 2017 student program with the contest happening starting November 28. Basically, the tech giant is calling on pre-university students from around the world ages 13 to 17 to help out with open source tasks. Participants can win everything from certificates, t-shirts, hoodies, and a chance to win a trip to Google’s California headquarters. On top of that, the program doesn’t just give kids access to these open source tasks but it brings them in contact with mentors from Google’s participating organizations, too. This helps them learn how it is to work on open source projects. You can find out more about the contest here.

Apple Music now offers student discount

Apple Music is cutting down its prices for the students to cost US$4.99 (around $6) per month, which is also the price Spotify offers students. What Apple is emphasizing here though is that the Spotify discount only lasts for 12 months, while Apple Music will offer the discounted rate for four years after sign up. Of course, you need to verify your enrollment status once you sign up.

At the moment, the offer is available to students in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. It’s rolling out throughout the day so Apple might be bringing it to your area soon.

Source: Lifehacker

Microsoft hopes to get more kids to learn code through #CodeGeneration campaign

Hoping to curb youth unemployment and get more people into the Canadian IT sector, Microsoft is introducing the #CodeGeneration movement. They want to inspire Canadian youth (ages 13 to 18) to learn to code starting today until Computer Science Education Week (December 7 – 13).

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