Stories by Gary Ng

Back in September 2022, Tesla applied for a Basic International Telecommunications Services Licence (BITS) with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Fast forward to late February 2023, the license was approved by the CRTC, reports Tesla North, as spotted by Michael Geist. No, Tesla does not have plans to start telecom services in Canada. Its...

Nintendo Canada has revealed its promotions for the upcoming “MAR10 Day”, or March 10, with new offerings for Switch consoles and sales on Mario games. “With a wide variety of activities all month long, we want all of Mario’s fans to know that every day can be a Mario Day,” said Devon Pritchard, Nintendo of...

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and the Ontario government announced on Thursday they will invest over $48 million to expand high-speed internet to rural parts of the province. The project will see YorkNet, created and owned by the Regional Municipality of York, bring high-speed internet to over 3,800 homes in 31 communities in Ontario...

Ahead of spring break holidays, Rogers, Telus and Bell have debuted new unlimited data plans with U.S. roaming. Telus made changes to their website yesterday, debuting the Unlimited CAN-US 100 5G+ plan, priced at $105 per month with 100GB of data, that includes US roaming for talk, text and data. Rogers and Bell changed their...

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...