Stories by Gary Ng

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...

Apple has announced new updates coming to Fitness+ next week, including a new Kickboxing workout type, new meditation theme, Artist Spotlight, new Time to Walk guests and new trainers. “No matter where people are on their health and well-being journey, Fitness+ makes it easy to get started and stay motivated with workouts and meditations that...

Twitter Blue is the social network’s subscription plan that now offers a blue verified checkmark “once approved,” along with other benefits that are coming soon. As it stands, Twitter Blue will soon bring priority visibility in mentions and search, 50% fewer ads, the ability to post longer videos and also early access to Twitter Blue...

Disney+ Canada has announced you’ll be able to stream Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” beginning on February 1, 2023. According to Disney+ on Wednesday, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will join 16 other Marvel Cinematic Universe movies now streaming in IMAX Enhanced on the streaming service, offering an expanded aspect ratio for your home viewing experience. Ahead...

Roku announced it will soon launch Roku Select and Roku Plus Series TVs, its first Roku-branded HD and 4K televisions designed and made by the company. There will be 11 Roku-branded TVs from 24” to 75” screen sizes, with HD versions including Roku Voice Remotes. The Roku Plus Series TVs will include Roku Voice Remote...

The sell-off of the tech sector continues and Apple’s stock market cap has now dipped below the $2 trillion threshold, for the first time since May of 2022. Shares of Apple are trading down 4.15% for the day as of writing, at $124.54, below the $125.72 threshold to remain above $2 trillion. The iPhone maker’s...

The Competition Bureau announced on Monday it was granted an interim stay by the Federal Court of Appeal, for the Competition Tribunal’s ruling that dismissed the Bureau's case against the Rogers-Shaw merger. The temporary suspension of the Tribunal’s decision, "will remain in effect until our application for a stay and an injunction can be heard,”...

On Thursday evening the Competition Tribunal dismissed the Competition Bureau’s case that sought to block the Rogers-Shaw merger, citing how the latter would increase prices for Canadians. The decision resulted in a victory for the $26 billion Rogers-Shaw merger to proceed, and also allow Quebecor to acquire Freedom Mobile. But not so fast, because on...

Image via u/unfetteredmind76 Earlier this week, an unusual email shared on Reddit claimed to be from Bell asking for past due payment, but it turns out this particular email was never sent by the company. The email title reads, “Feeling overwhelmed? We get it,” and then it lists two steps on how the said customer...