Stories by Gary Ng

The federal government and Alberta announced on Thursday it will be expanding high-speed internet to Tsuut'ina Nation, to over 300 homes. Tsuut'ina Nation Telecommunications will roll out the project and maintain the network, with the internet service provider created by Tsuut'ina Nation itself. The project will see $2.6 million in funding invested from both the...

Walmart Canada has partnered with Telus Health to bring benefits of the latter for all employees and their families across Canada. Benefits include virtual care from doctors using Telus Health along with other employee assistance programs, along with support from online communities. Walmart employees can access Telus Health solutions in both French and English, 24...

Bell Media’s TSN has launched on Roku streaming players and televisions on Thursday, expanding more live sports to the latter. “We’re excited to announce the arrival of TSN on Roku streaming devices. We know Canadians are passionate about their sports, and TSN delivers access to championship games and daily highlights,” said Mary-Anne Taylor, Head of...

The federal government announced this week it will be investing up to $17.6 million to expand high-speed internet to over 27,000 homes in New Brunswick, adding on top of the previously announced $55 million in funding, to connect all homes in the province by 2030. While the Prime Minister’s Office headlined the New Brunswick high-speed...

Next week, another national test of the Alert Ready system is going to take place on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. The public alerting test will take place on TV, radio and compatible wireless devices connected to an LTE network. The alert sound is startling if your phone is not on silent, so be aware of...

Apple has released iOS 16.1.1 and iPadOS 16.1.1 for iPhone and iPad users. According to the update, Apple says it “includes bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users." The update comes in at 356.4 MB for the iPhone 14 Pro Max. You can find direct downloads for iOS 16.1.1 and iPadOS...

The new Twitter Blue service has launched in Canada which now includes verification and the coveted ‘blue checkmark’ that was only previously available to users verified manually by the social network. In order to subscribe to Twitter Blue, you need to launch the Twitter iOS app, log into your account and tap Twitter Blue on...

Big tech continues to reign in spending amid the current economic climate and on Wednesday, Meta announced it is slashing 13% of its workforce. According to a message shared with employees by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, he said, "Today I’m sharing some of the most difficult changes we’ve made in Meta’s history." "I’ve decided to reduce...

Apple Music has named its Artist of the Year for 2022 and it's none other than Puerto Rican rapper and singer Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known as Bad Bunny. The artist’s sixth album, Un Verano Sin Ti, released back in May, was the most streamed album of 2022 on Apple Music and is now the...

Update Nov. 9, 2022: Elon Musk has axed this idea just now. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1590383366213611522?s=61&t=Il9QzD_nKFF_bSlGiieCYw Musk later added, "Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. We will keep what works & change what doesn’t. == With Twitter set to unleash a more expensive version of Twitter Blue that includes verification blue...

You’ll soon be able to make a Zoom call from your Tesla vehicle. That’s according to Zoom’s announcement today from its Zoomtopia conference down in San Jose, California, reports Tesla North. According to Zoom, it said all new Tesla vehicles will be able to make calls. A demo of a Zoom call taking place in...

Image via Daily Hive Apple’s first Apple Store in Vancouver will soon be replaced by a new flagship store at Pacific Centre that’s ready for its grand opening next weekend, reports Daily Hive. Located in the heart of downtown at Pacific Centre, the previous location was relatively small, but the new two-storey location will have...