Stories by Gary Ng

Adaptive Transparency for AirPods Pro/Max is Actually a ‘Bug’: Gurman

After iOS 16.1 beta users discovered Adaptive Transparency enabled for the original AirPods Pro and AirPods Max, we’re now finding out this is actually a “bug”. That’s according to what Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman shared on Monday morning, citing the MacRumors report. "I’m told this is a bug,” said Gurman in his retweet. He later clarified the...

Twitter Launches Edit Button in Canada for Twitter Blue Subscribers

Twitter has announced its Twitter Blue subscribers in Canada can now edit tweets. The highly-anticipated feature is only available for those paying $6.49 CAD per month for Twitter Blue. Beyond Canada, the ability to edit tweets is also available for Twitter Blue subscribers in Australia and New Zealand, while it’s coming soon for the U.S....

Apple Music Hits Milestone: 100 Million Songs

Apple announced on Monday its music streaming service now has 100 million songs in its library. Apple said, "Twenty-one years on from the invention of iTunes and the debut of the original iPod, we’ve gone from 1,000 songs in your pocket to 100,000x that on Apple Music. It’s phenomenal growth by any metric. The entire...

Amazon Canada’s Affirm Monthly Payments Now Live

Last month, Amazon Canada and Affirm announced monthly payments would be launching and this week they went live. On eligible items, you can now see mention of how much you can pay for the item over a period of months with Affirm, noted underneath pricing. You can see the Affirm line on the Apple Watch...

Apple Music to Stream Billie Eilish’s London Concert Replay Tonight

Apple Music Live offers concerts from featured artists for subscribers, with the latest from Billie Eilish, set to debut on Friday night. "Billie Eilish brings her world tour to Apple Music Live. She’ll be playing songs from her latest album, Happier Than Ever, in addition to other iconic hits,” said Apple in an email to...

Apple Highlights iPhone 14 Pro for Moviemaking in Latest Ad [VIDEO]

Apple’s latest iPhone 14 Pro ad is called ‘Chase’ and it follows a filmmaker using the company’s newest smartphone to make a movie. "iPhone 14 Pro. Our most Pro camera ever,” says Apple. "Featuring an all-new 48MP Main camera with up to 4x resolution, Action mode for smooth handheld action scenes, 4K Cinematic mode, advanced...

What’s New on Disney+ Canada: October 2022

Disney+ Canada has shared its list of new shows and movies coming to the streaming service in October 2022. Check out the full listing of what’s coming to Disney+ Canada next month below: Disney October 5th The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers: (S2 - New Episode) Zombies: Addison's Monster Mystery (Shorts): Season 1 October 12th The...

Rogers, Telus, Bell Waiving Long Distance Calls and Texts to Iran

Rogers, Telus and Bell announced this week they will be waiving all long distance calls and texts made from Canada to Iran. The temporary waiving of charges depends on carrier, postpaid and prepaid accounts, with different end dates. "To help Canadians stay connected to loved ones, Rogers is temporarily waiving long-distance calls and SMS messages...

Google’s Stadia Gaming Service is Shutting Down

Google announced on Thursday it will be shutting down Stadia, its cloud gaming service, in January 2023. The announcement took many in the gaming community by surprise, but it wasn’t an unexpected one. “While Stadia's approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a strong technology foundation, it hasn't gained the traction with users that...

Amazon Prime Video to Stream 25 James Bond Films in October [Update]

Amazon announced today it will stream 25 James Bond films on Prime Video beginning on October 5, 2022. According to the company, these 25 Bond films set to stream in Canada, the U.S., UK and other key territories is part of the 60th anniversary celebration of the iconic film franchise. Also coming is The Sound...

Sonos Sub Mini Review: Small Footprint Packs Big Punch

Earlier this month, Sonos announced its all-new Sub Mini, a new subwoofer that is targeting small to medium-sized rooms. We got the chance to try out the new Sub Mini in white (it’s a matte finish) over the past week or so, and here’s our review after testing it with the Sonos Beam, and also...

Rogers, Fido Offering 5GB Free Data for 18 Months–Check Your Texts

Image via RFD Rogers and Fido appear to be offering up another 5GB of free data, but for 18 months. That’s according to Fido customers that shared screenshots of the text messages sent out by the wireless carrier on Wednesday. According to the text message, Fido says this exclusive gift is a thank you for...