Stories by Gary Ng

In an effort to move towards a "passwordless future," Google has begun rolling out passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms. Developed in collaboration with FIDO Alliance, Apple, and Microsoft, passkeys offer a more secure and user-friendly alternative to traditional passwords, which can be frustrating to remember and vulnerable if compromised. Passkeys allow users...

Amazon and Epic Games have joined forces to bring Fortnite, one of the world's largest games with over 500 million registered accounts, to Amazon Luna's cloud gaming service. Available in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the UK, Amazon Prime members can now enjoy playing Fortnite as part of their Prime membership. Other customers can play...

Air Canada and Bell have announced a multi-year partnership aimed at enhancing in-flight connectivity and customer experiences, with a focus on benefits for newcomers and visitors to Canada. Beginning on May 15, Aeroplan members worldwide will enjoy free messaging on Wi-Fi equipped aircraft across Air Canada's fleet, including Air Canada Rouge and Air Canada Express...

Apple on Tuesday morning released its next betas for developers, as iOS 16.5 beta 4 and more are now available for download. Check out what’s available to download and test right now for developers below: iOS 16.5 beta 4 (20F5059a) iPadOS 16.5 beta 4 (20F5059a) macOS 13.4 beta 4 (22F5059b) watchOS 9.5 beta 4 (20T5560a)...

Starting today, May 2, transit users across various participating municipal transit systems in Ontario can now use their Interac debit or credit cards for payments on PRESTO devices. The participating transit systems include GO Transit, UP Express, Brampton Transit, Burlington Transit, Durham Region Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, MiWay in Mississauga, Oakville Transit, York Region Transit,...

Rogers recently updated their website to now show their unlimited data plan pricing as “online only offers”. Here’s what’s showing right now on the Rogers website: Infinite Essential - $85/25GB (up to 250 Mbps speeds) Infinite Extra - $95/50GB (up to 1 Gbps speeds) Infinite Premium - $105/100GB (up to 1 Gbps speeds) These three...

Today, Amazon Studios, in collaboration with Skydance Sports, Mandalay Pictures, and Artists Equity, announced that the highly anticipated film "Air," directed by Ben Affleck, will be available for streaming on Prime Video starting May 12 in over 240 countries and territories—including Canada, baby. This is great news for fans wanting to stream ‘Air’, as it...

Bell Media has entered into a long-term exclusive licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery, making Crave the Canadian home for the studio's programming. This deal will also bring Warner Bros. Discovery's iconic content to CTV, CTV.ca, the CTV app, and Bell Media's specialty channels. Under the agreement, Crave will showcase a wide range of content...

Freedom Mobile has updated its website with a new section called ‘Customer Promise’ that details how “service is getting better”,” and also how “we’re just getting started." The website comes after many Freedom Mobile customers started noticing their free 10% data bonus from new owner Videotron has started rolling out. The promises from Freedom Mobile...

Today Apple released its first Rapid Security Response updates for iPhone, iPad and Mac, in iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1. But it seems this roll out isn’t going too smoothly at the moment. Our experience with installing this Rapid Security Response on our iPhone 14 Pro Max result in an error that says,...

Apple has just released a Rapid Security Response update, version 16.4.1 (a), which the company says “provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users." Rapid Security Responses, according to Apple, "are a new type of software release for iPhone, iPad, and Mac." These security improvements arrive between software updates. "They may also be...

Meta announced on Monday morning its third annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, set for June 1 at 10am PT. The 2023 Meta Quest Gaming Showcase will be streamed on Twitch, Facebook, YouTube (including YouTube in Japan), and in Meta Horizon Worlds, featuring over 40 minutes of virtual reality content. https://youtu.be/eejHTa3ZZKc Meta says this Meta Quest Gaming...