Stories by Gary Ng
Telus Easy Roam Price Increase Coming Ahead of Spring Break
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 to Increase Price of Select EPP Plans Next Month
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...
Steve Jobs Archive Shares Rare Image on Apple Co-Founder’s Birthday
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...
What’s New on Prime Video Canada: March 2023
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...
You Can Buy Apple’s New Beats Fit Pro Colours on Amazon with One-Day Shipping
Earlier this week Apple launched new colours for its Beats Fit Pro earbuds, offering Tidal Blue, Coral Pink and Volt Yellow ahead of spring. These earbuds are still from November 2021 and are powered by the H1 chip found in AirPods 2. The new colours weren’t available on Amazon.ca at launch but they are now...
Koodo Stream+ Price to Increase in March, Likely Because of Apple [Update]
Back in July 2022, Koodo launched Stream+, which it called Canada’s first bundle of Netflix Premium, Apple TV+, and discovery+ that was available for existing customers at the price of $25 per month. Stream+ is only available for mobility customers and the bundle would save 20% on these streaming services. But last October, Apple increased...
BritBox Hits Milestone of 3 Million Subscribers
Streaming service BritBox announced on Thursday it has reached a milestone of three million total subscribers across the eight markets it operates in, which includes Canada. BritBox International offers British content streaming and is available in the U.S., Canada, Australia, South Africa, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The company told iPhone in Canada in an...
What’s New on Crave: March 2023
Bell Media has released its list of new titles coming to its Crave streaming service for March 2023. Highlights include season two of HBO crime drama ‘Perry Mason’ and also the season three premiere of Power Book II: Ghost on Starz. The anticipated fourth season of HBO’s ‘Succession’ also is set to debut. Check out...
Virgin Plus Outages Affecting Some Customers in Ontario
According to Bell’s flanker brand, Virgin Plus, “adverse” weather conditions in southwest Ontario are causing service outages for some customers. "Some Virgin Plus Members in the southwest region of Ontario may be experiencing a service interruption due to adverse weather conditions. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. Thank you for your...
Rogers Offering Free 10GB Monthly Data and Bill Credits to ‘Valued Customers’
Rogers on Wednesday starting notifying customers of some free “special offers” in the form of monthly data and bill credits. Many Rogers customers on RFD received text messages today notifying them of a 10GB data bonus for 24 months, no strings attached. “We’re offering you an exclusive 10 GB of bonus data that’s renewed every...
Sonos Increases Price of Sub and Beam Soundbar in Canada
Sonos has quietly increased the price of two home theatre products in both Canada and the USA. The company’s Sub (Gen 3) and Beam (Gen 2) soundbar have increased in price to start 2023. The Sub now costs $999 CAD, a $50 increase from before (was $949). The Sub offers some incredible bass to your...
What’s New on Netflix Canada: March 2023
We’re rounding the corner into another month and hopefully, spring weather comes soon, but until then, here’s what’s coming to Netflix Canada in March 2023. Netflix Games are available for free on iOS and Android, and now over 50 games are available. Upcoming games include Dust & Neon and Tomb Raider Reloaded. Check out the...