Stories by Austin Blake

If you’re looking for the best prepaid wireless plan in Canada, choices from the Big 3 telecom players here include Chatr (Rogers), Lucky Mobile (Bell) and Public Mobile (Telus).  Here are prepaid plans from these carriers in December 2025. Note that Black Friday deals have come and gone (they were lukewarm, really), but we may...

Canada’s pop icon Justin Bieber took aim at Apple on Friday night, going off with his frustration regarding iMessage and the user interface of its voice controls, taking “Beliebers” by surprise with his uncanny UI criticism. In a post on X, he said the dictation and voice note controls keep interrupting his music when he...

Rogers may miss a federal deadline for bringing full 5G service to Toronto’s subway, according to a new TTC report obtained by CBC News. The document says the project is running behind schedule and points to issues inside the transit system as the main cause of the slowdown, not Rogers. TTC staff say asbestos removal,...

SpaceX appears to be getting ready for something beyond its current satellite-to-carrier partnerships. A new U.S. trademark filing for “Starlink Mobile” suggests the company is preparing a branded wireless service that would work directly with smartphones, and not just through partner networks, reports Tesla North. A second filing for “Powered by Starlink” covers similar telecom...

Police in Quebec carried out a major operation in Laval this week targeting a group suspected of running a cellphone fraud and stolen-electronics scheme, with Bell identified as one of the companies affected. The Sûreté du Québec’s (the province's police force) major crimes division led the raid, working with Bell and the Laval police service,...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has followed up with Meta on how the company is handling news content in Canada under the Online News Act, confirming it has reviewed Meta’s responses and is continuing to monitor the situation. The update came in a letter dated December 3, 2025, from CRTC Vice-President of Broadcasting...

Rogers has made some changes to its wireless plans today, adding some new plan perks, depending on which one you're getting. Right now, all plans priced from $70 or higher now include free Citytv+ for 3 months when you subscribe. For the premium $85/175GB Canada-US and $105/250GB Global plans, a new perk is 12 months...

Another day, and another year-end list coming your way. This time, Google has released its list of the top trending searches in Canada for 2025, highlighting the news events, people, and entertainment Canadians looked up most this year. According to Google, the Blue Jays dominated national interest after making it to the World Series for...

Prime Video Canada is closing out the year with a mix of new originals, returning favourites, live sports, and seasonal programming for December 2025, while also confirming a long list of titles coming in 2026. Highlights for the month include the second season of Fallout on December 17, the holiday comedy Oh. What. Fun. on...

Your 5G+ wireless speeds from Bell are getting faster, depending on where you live. The company has activated a major 5G+ speed boost across parts of southern Ontario, bringing noticeably faster mobile performance to customers with compatible devices. The company confirmed to iPhone in Canada on Thursday that it has deployed new 3800 MHz spectrum...

Meta has pulled off a rare win against Apple by hiring one of its most influential design leaders, according to people familiar with the move. Alan Dye, who has been steering Apple’s interface design for years, is set to join Meta as chief design officer on December 31. The shift is being viewed by industry...

Sonos has released new updates on December 3 for both its mobile app and its speaker firmware, bringing fresh improvements for iOS and Android users along with important system fixes. The latest Sonos app versions are 80.34.40 on Android and 80.34.37 on iOS. A Sonos employee explained on Reddit that the rollout is happening in...