Stories by Gary Ng

Bell announced on Tuesday it has launched Gigabit Fibe 3.0 service and 5G+ mobile speeds in select areas of Atlantic Canada. Gigabit Fibe 3.0 offers symmetrical download and upload speeds of 3 gigabits per second, now available in Fredericton and Moncton, New Brunswick. "As a leader at Bell and a Nova Scotian, I am excited...

Apple has announced its MLS Season Pass pricing in Canada, ahead of the 2023 season kick off on February 25. The Apple MLS Season Pass service launches on February 1. Last November, Apple announced it would launch MLS Season Pass, offering the soccer subscription for fans in over 100 countries and regions, part of a...

Apple is continuing on its path to more custom in-house chips, relying less on suppliers and moving even more vertically integrated. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported on Monday the iPhone maker plans to ditch Qualcomm’s modem chip by 2025, according to unnamed sources. Instead, Apple will debut its own cellular modem by late 2024 or early...

Anker’s eufy security brand announced its SmartTrack trackers last fall and they are available for $29 on Amazon.ca, $10 cheaper than Apple’s AirTag, while also using the Find My network from the iPhone maker. At CES 2023, eufy Security unveiled its SmartTrack Card which is slim enough to fit inside a wallet as it is 2.4mm...

The COVFIT Research Study is being conducted by the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, seeking to use anonymous Apple Watch activity data during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The goal of this study is to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adult physical activity in Canada,” explains Shelby Sturrock, Epidemiology PhD...

The annual Bell Let’s Talk mental health fundraiser is set for January 25 for 2023, and this year the program is shifting how it will raise funds. The Bell fundraiser gained popularity by committing 5 cents per interaction and leveraged getting high-profile celebrities and others to retweet or support the mental health campaign, allowing the...

Apple has apparently cancelled its 2024 iPhone SE 4, according to TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Friday. According to Kuo, he says, "Qualcomm is the biggest winner of Apple’s cancelation of 2024 iPhone SE 4. Qualcomm will likely remain the exclusive supplier of baseband chips for 2H24 new iPhone 16 series (vs. market...

Alberta’s MyHealth Records app allows residents of the province to access a variety of health information such as lab test results, prescriptions, immunizations and more, with information also available from Alberta Netcare, the province’s electronic health record. The app also lets users journal their mood, sleep, weight and fitness goals, along with recording information from...

A new augmented reality (AR) experience is coming from Bell and Snapchat for Toronto Fans with a 5G smartphone. Available today, Bell and Snap Inc. are debuting what they’re calling the "first ever 5G multi-user AR basketball experience on Snapchat." The new Bell 5G Toronto Raptors AR Lens debuts tonight and will only be available...

Roku announced on Thursday it has now surpassed 70 million active global accounts, a new milestone for the company. The streaming platform says worldwide, streaming hours were 23.9 billion in Q4 and 87.4 billion for the entire year of 2022, showing a 19% increase compared to 2021. Roku says it remains the top TV streaming...

Telus-owned Koodo is offering up some monthly data bonus deals for select customers, in what appears to be an effort to offer more data but also bump up average customer bills. According to RFD user ‘Zaromo’, Koodo sent out text messages today to select customers, offering the following data add-on offers that can be activated...

Amazon’s Ring unveiled its new Car Cam at CES 2023, offering a new dashcam and security camera for the car. The Ring Car Cam features dual-facing HD wide-angle cameras, powered with Night Vision. One faces the road to record driving and another faces your cabin interior acting as a security camera. The camera features live...