Stories by Gary Ng

Earlier today, it was reported Elon Musk was set to reduce Twitter’s workforce by 50% as soon as this Friday, and now it appears those steps are starting to take place. Twitter sent out a memo to employees on Thursday evening, detailing what’s going to happen on Friday, reports The Verge. The memo starts off...

Back in August 2020, the $49.8 million Canadian CRT class action settlement announced it was ready to start sending out payments, 21 months after the case was approved. The class action was related to alleged price-fixing by numerous makers of cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors in Canada, involving companies such as Samsung, Panasonic, Toshiba, Hitachi,...

Update Nov. 3, 9:18pm PDT: Public Mobile's website is back up. "We are pleased to report the systems outage issue is fixed. We thank you for your patience and support as we worked to get our site pages up and running," said Public Mobile in an update. == Telus prepaid brand Public Mobile saw parts...

The price increases for streaming services aren’t stopping anytime soon, it appears. The latest price hike has now hit customers of Paramount+ Canada, with both monthly and annual prices jumping significantly. Paramount+ Canada announced a price increase on November 1 from $5.99 CAD to $9.99 CAD per month, an increase of 67%. The annual subscription...

Twitter plans to charge an $8 USD per month subscription price for its Twitter Blue service, expected to come next week. This revamped Twitter Blue service will also include the coveted verification checkmark, essentially confirming an account’s identity. Twitter will make all new and existing users pay $8 USD if they want verification, a move...

Telus recently started charging a 1.5% fee for customers paying bills with their Visa or Mastercard, a move the company recently called “just and reasonable." Now, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the regulator clarifies Telus doesn’t need permission to charge most of its customers. “It is really restricted to some rural...

Interbrand released its Best Global Brands 2022 report today, and Apple again remained the top global brand, according to the research company. Apple’s ‘brand value’ stands at $482,215,000,000 according to Interbrand, seeing 18% growth year-over-year. "Apple helps us Connect, Do, Belong, Play, Pay and – more recently – Thrive. Rumour has it that soon it...

Elon Musk’s revamp of Twitter subscription services are said to officially launch week, reports unnamed sources speaking to Bloomberg. First teased as a $20 monthly service for verification, it was revealed yesterday an increase to Twitter Blue at $8 per month would allow anyone to get verification, plus other new features. Part of the new...

Last fall it was reported Apple was set to start using its own 5G modems instead of chips from Qualcomm for its iPhone. Many analysts expected Apple to adopt its own 5G modem chips for iPhone starting in 2023. However, after Qualcomm announced its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell, it now appears...

Google Canada announced on Wednesday the official opening of a new office in downtown Montreal, Quebec, dubbed Google Montreal Viger, located on the edge of Old Port. "Since our beginnings in 2004 where 3 engineers made up our entire presence, the new office is home to a variety of teams that work on some of...

Telus prepaid brand Public Mobile launched a promotional $40/15GB plan (4G speed) last week and it’s available for new and existing customers. The plan has proved to be popular for existing customers that were on the fall 2016 promo, which saw a 90-day plan available for $120/12GB. Yesterday, Public Mobile started texting existing customers about...

Twitter’s “Chief Twit”, Elon Musk, has announced changes are coming to the social network’s Blue subscription service. "Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit,” said Musk just over 30 minutes ago on Tuesday. "Power to the people! Blue for $8/month." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587498907336118274 Musk says pricing will...