Stories by Gary Ng

Last month, Apple dropped trade-in values for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch in Canada, but now we’re seeing some prices go back up, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. According to our checks of Apple.ca trade-in prices, we’re seeing values increase slightly for various iPhone, iPad and Mac models. For example, the iPhone 13 Pro...

Canada Border Services Agency says its Advance Declaration feature within the ArriveCAN app has expanded to more airports, as part of its nationwide rollout. The CBSA announced yesterday all travellers arriving on international flights at the Ottawa International Airport (YOW) and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) can now use Advance Declaration to skip long...

For the runners out there, Apple has expanded Apple Watch running track mode to Canada and other countries according to DC Rainmaker (via MacRumors), after first launching in the U.S. back in December 2022. Essentially, running track mode will automatically detect that you’re running on a track, then ask you what lane you’re in. Yes, Apple...

Amazon has expanded its Alexa Smart Properties for Hospitality experience to Canada for the first time, debuting its smart assistant at scale for hoteliers. The Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu in Quebec is the first Fairmont property in the world and the first hotel in Canada to integrate Alexa Smart Properties for Hospitality, bringing the power...

Ahead of spring break, roaming charges are going up, as we previously detailed with Telus Easy Roam. For Bell customers, the latter’s Roam Better service is also going up in price, slated for March 9, 2023, one day after Telus will hike its prices too. Bell Roam Better allows customers to use talk, text and...

Apple has released a new round of beta software for developers on Tuesday, with iOS 16.4 beta 2 and more now available for download. Check out what’s available for download right now for developers: Xcode 14.3 beta 2 (14E5207e) iOS 16.4 beta 2 (20E5223e) iPadOS 16.4 beta 2 (20E5223e) macOS 13.3 beta 2 (22E5230e) watchOS...

Google announced on Tuesday further enhancements to its Chrome browser, making the latter more energy efficient for Apple Mac users, specifically MacBook customers. With the latest release of Chrome, 2022 M2 MacBook 13-inch users can now "browse for 17 hours or watch YouTube for 18 hours,” says Google. This was possible due to a “ton...

Rogers and Microsoft announced a new partnership today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. On Tuesday, Rogers said it would be teaming up with Microsoft for an “exclusive Canadian partnership” in the private preview of Azure Programmable Connectivity, which lets developers build network-aware 5G applications. “Rogers’ longstanding partnership with Microsoft has resulted in a...

The latest Telus Exclusive Partner Program (EPP) deals for February 2023 include a discounted 100GB 5G+ plan and more. These EPP offers are available for companies to offer to employees, with discounts that are unavailable to regular customers and what’s normally on the Telus website. Here are the latest Telus EPP deals for February 2023:...

If you’re in Alberta, the province is set to hold an emergency alerting system test on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, with Alert Ready, Canada’s public alerting system. The test is set to take place over TV, radio and compatible wireless devices at 1:55pm MST. https://twitter.com/AB_EmergAlert/status/1630337256690184197 According to Alberta’s website, it normally tests the Emergency Alert...

Google announced on Tuesday it is rolling out fall detection for its Pixel Watch. The new feature is available with the latest software update for the watch. As of today, Google says Pixel Watch users may see a promotional card on the ‘Updates’ page of their Watch Companion App, or in the Personal Safety app,...

We’ve been using MantelMount’s MM340 pull-down TV wall mount ($299) with our 55” LG C9 for the past few years, but we haven’t gotten around to mounting the Sonos Arc yet, because life just gets in the way sometimes. That meant experiencing full Dolby Atmos with the Sonos Arc required the TV at its retracted...