Amazon's Canadian expansion continues with new Vancouver office and 1,000 employees

Amazon has announced it will open a new office in downtown Vancouver in 2020. This growth will double Amazon’s current Vancouver workforce from 1,000 to 2,000 employees. Amazon also announced its current Canadian staff has grown to over 5,000 full-time employees across Canada.

Amazon also announced that its current Canadian workforce has grown to over 5,000 full-time, full-benefit employees across Canada, spanning sites in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.

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Review: Microsoft Xbox One X

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

In a way, the Xbox One X is a time machine. It is built for an ultra-HD future,while enhancing current games available today. It is also bringing gamers back in time with the ability to play older Xbox games without missing a beat.

Microsoft's Xbox One X is being touted as the 'world's most powerful console,' the long-awaited gaming console definitely leapfrogs its predecessor and seems to be built for a 4K and HDR gaming future.

What makes the Xbox One X so powerful? Microsoft has built-in a custom 8-core AMD CPU clocked at 2.3GHz. This is backed by 12 GB of GDDR5 graphic memory. Xbox One X's GPU is capable of 6 Teraflops. A teraflop is a unit of computing that represents a trillion floating-point operations per second. Hit jump for a full review.

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X marks the spot as iPhone X brings back the lines to Apple Retail stores

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's anticipated iPhone X smartphone began shipping today and was available in Apple Retail Stores. Compared to the relatively small lines for the iPhone 8 last month, there were hundreds of people lining the Eaton Centre shopping mall in downtown Toronto. 

Some customers reserved the iPhone X online and were there to pick up their new phones while around 500 were waiting in line to pick up one of Apple's new devices. Each buyer was limited to two phones and Apple representatives said they made sure that everyone would be able to get the device they wanted. iPhone X is an all new design, features an all glass enclosure with a large 5.8 OLED display, a Face ID camera replacing the home button and the most advanced cameras ever shipped on an iPhone.

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GarageBand 2.3 for iOS bringing new beats and loops

Apple announced an update to GarageBand for iOS. Today’s update introduces a new GarageBand Sound Library, where users can select and download a variety of free sound packs featuring new instruments and loops. Beat makers can tap into a new Beat Sequencer instrument inspired by classic drum machines — popular with artists who produce Hip-Hop and Electronic music. The app also features new Asian Touch Instruments and updates to Drummer, including six additional players.

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