Stories by Gary Ng

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona this week, Google announced new features rolling out for Android and Wear OS "to improve connectivity, productivity, accessibility and fun across your devices." Here are 9 new features for Android and Wear OS, as detailed by Google on Monday in a blog post. Google Keep single note widget will...

Spotify announced on Monday it is changing its heart icon and ‘Add to playlist’ icon into a new single symbol: the Plus (+) button. The music streaming service says the change means when you tap the Plus button, you’ll now be able to save and choose where you want your specific song, playlist or podcast...

Ahead of its third season premiere on Apple TV+, the first trailer for Ted Lasso has been released. Ted Lasso will launch its third season on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. New episodes will be released weekly, on Wednesdays, with 12 total episodes coming your way. The synopsis of the third season of...

Last month, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed Apple had cancelled its 2024 iPhone SE 4, based on his information obtained from supply chain sources. Fast forward to today, Kuo now has reversed course and said, "Apple has restarted the iPhone SE 4 and will adopt an in-house 5G baseband chip.” Normally, Apple would...

Looks like washroom breaks for federal government employees are going to get a lot more boring, as Canada has banned TikTok from its government-issued mobile devices. That’s according to a memo sent to employees today by senior Global Affairs Canada officials, and obtained by numerous media outlets. "As of February 28, the TikTok app will...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, or CPP Investments, manages the largest earnings-related social insurance program in the country—Canada Pension Plan—which is one pillar of retirement income for those that contribute to it. CPP Investments recently disclosed (via Barron’s) in a filing with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) about its sale and purchases of various...

Last June, Apple started a pilot project in the U.S. to improve working conditions for retail employees, as unionization efforts were underway at select locations amid worker discontent. Now, Apple will bring new changes to work hours and policies at its Apple Stores in Canada and the U.S., beginning on April 29, according to an...

Last week, Rogers started doling out free monthly data and bill credits for select “valued” customers, and now it appears Telus has also been doing the same. A recent text message sent from Telus to select customers details a free gift in the form of 10GB of extra data per month. “We’ve added a complimentary...

Telus Easy Roam is a daily roaming service that allows customers to use their existing phone plan while travelling in the U.S. or internationally. Easy Roam costs $12 per day in the U.S. and $15 per day for over 200 international destinations. Telus says “you only pay for the days you use data, talk or...

Rogers earlier this week sent out a text message to select valued customers, notifying them of some free monthly data bonuses and bill credits. While some customers received notifications of these no-strings-attached freebies, they also noticed bill increases as well. According to one RFD on a Rogers Preferred Program (RPP) plan, their monthly bill also included...

Last September, the Steve Jobs Archive was created by the Apple co-founder’s close friends, family and colleagues, to remember the late CEO of the iPhone maker. Today, on what would have been Jobs’ 68th birthday, the Steve Jobs Archive sent out its first email to subscribers sharing a rare image of the entrepreneur that changed...

We’re days away from the end of February and that means another listing of new shows and movies coming to Amazon’s Prime Video in Canada in March 2023. Highlights include the Amazon Original series Daisy Jones & the Six and Class Of ’07, plus the Amazon Original Francophone docuseries Pendant ce temps en cuisine, sharing a...