Stories by Gary Ng

The University of British Columbia (UBC) issued a statement last week asking its students to uninstall TikTok from their mobile devices, as part of a ‘cautious’ move, and instead use their mobile browsers to access the social network instead. TikTok is a popular social media platform that allows users to view and share short-form video...

The Monday blues suddenly became more interesting over at Twitter because the social network has changed its website logo to the Dogecoin logo. Desktop Twitter users including ourselves are seeing the regular blue Twitter bird icon gone, but instead the logo from the cryptocurrency supported by Elon Musk, Dogecoin. The change has sent the cryptocurrency...

At WWDC 2023, Apple is expected to bring a major upgrade when watchOS 10 is unveiled for Apple Watch. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who continues to seemingly hold a crystal ball for Apple’s future product pipelines. "I believe the new watchOS should be a fairly extensive upgrade — with notable changes to the...

Rogers has announced the completion of its "historic merger" with Shaw bringing together two of Canada's most “iconic" companies to create one national cable, media, and wireless company. The quick completion of the deal comes after Canada approved the merger on Friday. Now that was a fast turnaround. The merger, according to both companies, unlocks...

Quebecor and Shaw announced on Monday morning the completion of the acquisition of Freedom Mobile by Videotron, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quebecor, "creating the fourth strong, competitive wireless service provider that Canadian consumers and governmental and regulatory authorities have been waiting for." Rogers has also completed its acquisition of Shaw this morning as well (more...

Amazon recently opened up its new distribution centre in Sidney, B.C., which is adorned with a $2 million mural on the outside. The tech giant invited iPhone in Canada to visit the centre first thing in the morning to get an idea of the operations that go into delivering packages across southern Vancouver Island. The...

Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 electric sedan is set to arrive in Canada this April, with pricing released last month that qualifies the entry version for both federal and provincial rebates. iPhone in Canada had a chance to get behind the wheel and experience the IONIQ 6 first hand during a media drive event in Vancouver, BC...

Rogers has launched a limited-time promo in the form of a $95/50GB Canada and USA plan on Friday. This plan offers 5G/5G+ network access and 50GB of data at up to 1 Gbps speeds, then throttled after the data buck is consumed. You also get unlimited calling, texting and data use in Canada and the...

Apple has launched sales of refurbished unlocked iPhone 13 Pro Max units in Canada for the first time, as of Friday. As of writing, colours include the newer Alpine Green, Gold, Silver, Graphite and Sierra Blue, with capacities 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB available for purchase. Prices start from $1,189 for the 128GB iPhone 13...

Twitter's move to open source much of its code is part of its effort to foster transparency and build trust with its users, customers, and the general public, says Elon Musk’s company. "At Twitter 2.0, we believe that we have a responsibility, as the town square of the internet, to make our platform transparent," said...

General Motors (GM) is planning to stop offering Apple CarPlay and Android Auto technologies in future electric vehicles (EVs), starting with the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer, the company confirmed to Reuters. Instead, GM will be developing its own in-vehicle infotainment systems in partnership with Google, a project underway since 2019. The legacy automaker is accelerating a...

Independent Canadian senator Colin Deacon has criticized today's approval of the Rogers-Shaw merger, saying that the conditions and penalties imposed on the deal would not be necessary if Canada's Competition Act did not favour oligopolies. He argues that the Competition Commissioner in Canada lacks the same powers as their counterparts in other G7 countries, which...