Stories by Gary Ng

Image via RFD user ‘calico0520’ If you’re cellphone plan hunting this weekend, you may want to check out your local Fido store. Some locations are offering up some promotional plans for bring your own phone customers. According to a picture shared by RFD user ‘calico0520’, it details a “limited time offer” with the following plans:...

Amazon Canada opened its newest and “most technologically advanced robotics facility” in Barrhaven, Ontario, on Friday. The facility is located about 21 km south of downtown Ottawa. Known as YOW3, it is the only factory of its kind in Canada and just one of five in the world. The new factory will create over 2,500...

Evans Hankey, VP of industrial design, and Alan Dye, VP of human interface design  Apple is losing its head of hardware design, Evans Hankey, reports Bloomberg. Hankey replaced former Apple design chief Jony Ive three years ago, after the latter departed to start his own design firm, LoveFrom. The iPhone maker confirmed the departure to...

YouTube has started emailing Canadian subscribers of its Premium family plans to inform them of a huge price increase coming in November. As it stands, a YouTube Premium family plan costs $17.99 CAD per month, but as of November 21, 2022, that is jumping up $5 to $22.99 CAD per month. That’s a 28% price...

The ongoing investigation into Canada’s $54 million ArriveCan app contract continues, according to The Globe and Mail.  Cloud computing services company ThinkOn based in Etobicoke, Ontario, is listed as receiving contract work worth $1,183,432 related to ArriveCan. The work was from the period of Jan. 21, 2020, and March 31, 2022. The problem? The company’s...

Apple has released macOS 13 RC 2 for developers on Thursday, build 22A380. The release comes two days after other RC builds of iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.1, watchOS 9.1 and tvOS 16.1 were made available on Tuesday. Earlier this week, Apple announced an all-new entry iPad and M2 iPad Pro models with some limited upgrades,...

Apple reiterated today that Fitness+ on iPhone will no longer require an Apple Watch, starting on October 24, 2022, when iOS 16.1 is released. This is the same day Apple will unleash iPadOS 16.1, finally. The company also said for the first time, those buying a new iPhone, iPad or Apple TV can get 3...

Telus announced on Wednesday it will be the exclusive 5G connectivity partner for Project Arrow, the first fully electric car that’s being designed and built in Canada by Canadians using Canadian suppliers. The news was shared at the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) annual conference in Windsor, Ontario. The Project Arrow concept electric vehicle will...

Netflix will launch ‘Paid Sharing’ for user accounts in 2023, which the company says will help monetize password sharing that’s rampant right now and also add to its revenue growth. According to the Netflix Q3 earnings call from Tuesday afternoon, the company says ‘Paid Sharing’ will help monetize “all that unpaid viewing” that’s happening on...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on Wednesday announced it has finalized the rules and regulations for regional mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Canada, to be operated on Rogers, Telus, Bell and SaskTel. The Commission touted it has "completed a key step to create more competition and choice in the mobile wireless market...

We’re about to round the corner into November and Disney+ has shared its list of new shows and movies coming to the streaming service for Canada next month. Check out the list below to see what’s new on Disney+ Canada for November 2022: Disney November 2nd Donna Hay Christmas (S1 Premiere) The Mighty Ducks: Game...

Apple did not hold an October event to announce its all-new iPad and M2 iPad Pro models today, and the Apple TV 4K refresh. Instead, we saw Apple announce these new holiday products with press releases, and now Apple also has shared a video detailing the new major features in the iPad and M2 iPad...