Stories by Gary Ng

CBC News is back on Twitter, well, just sort of back. After nearly taking nearly a month off Twitter due to what it deemed an unfair “Government-funded media” label, the public broadcaster announced on Tuesday—it’s back. The CBC’s 2022 funding from Canadian taxpayers was $1.24 billion. "Today, we will resume some activity on a handful...

Apple has some new Beats headphones coming and they have just apparently leaked. That’s according to code within macOS 13.4 RC that just dropped on Tuesday morning. The discovery was made by Aaron (@aaronp613), noting the “Beats Headset” wording with the model “A2924” was found within macOS 13.4 RC code, along with the name ‘Beats...

Twitter continues to evolve under the leadership of new owner Elon Musk, and the next features coming to the social network seemingly are making the latter closer to becoming the ‘X’ app. Musk shared with his Twitter subscribers that later this year, or in a few month's wait, the company will be adding in the...

Foad Dabiri, a Twitter engineer, recently accused WhatsApp of secretly using the microphone on his Google Pixel 7 Pro smartphone. His alarming discovery came to light on May 6th when he noticed that the messaging app had been accessing his device's microphone in the background, even while he was asleep. "What's going on? WhatsApp has...

Apple today seemingly made some pre-WWDC announcements, unveiling a new Pride Edition Apple Watch band and watch face, along with debuting Final Cut Pro for iPad. The iPhone maker today also confirmed that iOS 16.5 will be available for download next for iPhone users, alongside watchOS 9.5 for Apple Watch. Both of these software updates...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has today established the final rules for mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access, a move it says will "increase cellphone service competition in Canada." The CRTC laid out an initial policy enabling regional cellphone providers to operate as MVNOs all across the nation in 2021. This policy mandates...

Well, we all knew that was coming right? Bell’s Virgin Plus on Tuesday morning debuted a $39/20GB plan, matching what Rogers-owned Fido and Videotron-owned Freedom Mobile are offering. The Virgin Plus website no longer has labels that advertise a $5/month credit for 24 months on select plans, but an advertisement for its $50/8GB plan says...

Rogers-owned Fido has launched a $39/20GB promo plan, that seemingly matches what Videotron-owned Freedom Mobile is currently offering. Fido says "For a limited time only, get $28/mo off the $67/mo plan. That's a total of 20GB for only $39/mo after Automatic Payments Discount! At 4G LTE speeds. Discount will appear on your 2nd or 3rd...

Back in February, Uber started rolling out Apple CarPlay support for its Uber Driver app, making it so much easier for drivers to seamlessly use the app in their vehicles. At the time, the rollout was limited to the U.S. only, and Uber Canada told us it was only for those down south at the...

Videotron’s Freedom Mobile has ramped up its plans, offering a $39 promo plan with 20GB of data that includes 3GB of nationwide data and unlimited talk and text. Meanwhile, other Freedom Mobile plans now also include a 10GB bonus data as well. As it stands, here’s what’s available for bring your own phone customers: $39/20GB...

In an effort to provide assistance during the devastating wildfires in Alberta, Telus and its affiliated foundations have announced an initial commitment of $5 million in cash donations and in-kind contributions to local grassroots charities and organizations in the province, said the company on Monday. The funds will be directed toward supporting first responders and...

Bell issued a carrier settings update on Saturday, bringing a new ‘5G Standalone’ network setting for compatible iPhone users. According to iPhone in Canada reader Ryan, a carrier settings update hit his iPhone 14 Pro Max on Saturday. What does ‘5G Standalone’ do when you turn it on? Apple says it “uses 5G for all...