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Paid parking
The demand for a parking space sharing service was there. The Clicknpark application, a bold idea from student Liam Garneau and entrepreneur Carl Grenier, announced this week that it has reached the milestone of 125,000 users, representing a growth of 300% in the last three months. Owners of commercial and residential parking lots who offered their available parking spaces there received 2.5 million. The app is available in Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Ottawa and Gatineau.
A well-made bed
IMAGE PROVIDED BY LOWBIRTH GAMES
The dialogues of the game This Bed We Made are good and supported by Quebec actors in French and English.
It’s hard not to be seduced by the game This Bed We Made, the first work from the independent Montreal studio Lowbirth Games. In a décor of lacquered wood and brass typical of luxury hotels of the period, Sophie Roy is a pretty, curious chambermaid who makes disturbing discoveries in guests’ rooms. The dialogue is good and supported by Quebec actors in French and English. The game still encounters some inconveniences that future updates will likely alleviate.
Resident Evil Village for iPhone
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Resident Evil Village is now available on iPhone 15 Pro and iPads equipped with the M1 chip.
Apple wanted to convince gamers and developers of the performance of its devices, and it succeeded. We can confirm that the iPhone 15 Pro can smoothly handle a AAA game like Resident Evil Village, which has been available since Monday. No jitters in an hour of gaming, even though we also connected a headset and an Xbox controller to our iPhone. However, that doesn’t make the experience particularly pleasant: you have the choice between the phone’s small 6.1-inch screen or AirPlay streaming, only in HD, on a TV. We are waiting for games that are more suitable for this medium.
Behind the ears, quality
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Despite their childish appearance, the Kraken Kitty V2 BT headphones offer good sound, but are weighed down by their microphone and Bluetooth connection.
You have probably spotted the Kraken Kitty V2 BT headphones in certain advertisements or online videos. Maybe you thought it was ridiculous or too cute. We put this all-pink helmet, with its flashing lights and cat ears, through the real test just to see if it’s a poorly constructed piece of jewelry. Surprise: here we have a good headset that is superior to what we find at this price. It’s a shame that the microphone and the stability of the Bluetooth connection are not up to date.
quiz
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What liquid is used to cool a computer offered by Blizzard Studio?
Answer
With human blood. In a bizarre campaign that combines advertising for the game Diablo IV with blood donations, Blizzard has announced that it will be giving away a computer that is “liquid-cooled and contains human blood.”