Stories by Gary Ng

We are one week away from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), and now the company is hyping up the event. On Monday, Greg Joswiak, SVP Marketing, said on X, "#WWDC25 is next week! Can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on. See you June 9 at 10am PT.” He then shared a GIF showing...

Paramount+ Canada has shared its list of new titles coming to the streaming service in June 2025. From powerful premieres to must-watch movies and fresh new seasons, there's something for everyone to explore. Highlights include the season finale of Mobland (great show), while film Cleaner and Old Guy premieres as well. Check out everything coming...

Meta’s WhatsApp has finally released an app for Apple’s iPad for the masses, and it only took 16 years. It’s been a longtime coming for the messenger app to hit the iPad, as beta testing started in late 2023. WhatsApp announced the iPad release this morning on Threads, saying simply, “It’s here! WhatsApp is now...

Google has quietly revealed Canadian pricing its high-end AI Ultra plan geared towards developers, with updates going live late last week. The Google AI Ultra plan is now listed at CA$339.99 per month, though Google is offering a limited-time rate of CA$169.99/month for the first three months. Yeah, that's not exactly cheap but the AI...

Back in March, Telus-owned Public Mobile launched a contest offering a free trip for two to Mexico. All you had to do was subscribe to an eligible plan. The requirement was to jump on a $35/month or higher 5G Canada-US-Mexico plan. The winner would receive two roundtrip economy flights to Cancún from a major Canadian...

Fortnite Returns to U.S. App Store After Four-Year Ban Earlier this week, Apple finally approved Fortnite’s return to the App Store for iPhone and iPad, but only in the United States. Fortnite returning to the App Store ends a standoff that began in 2020 when Epic Games added a direct payment option to avoid Apple’s...

Telus is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a new sale, offering deals on phones and devices, internet and TV. There’s also a 25GB of bonus data on select 5G+ plans. As for a brief history of Telus? Vancouver-based Telus was formed in 1990 by the Alberta government to privatize the Alberta Government Telephones (AGT) and...

We just learned the exciting news of legendary Apple designer Jony Ive teaming up with OpenAI and the latter’s CEO Sam Altman. Now, we have details on the deal, which will see OpenAI acquire Ive’s AI device startup for a cool $6.5 billion US (about $9 billion CAD), according to Bloomberg. The deal, mostly in...

Apple has finally approved Fortnite and it’s now back in the U.S. App Store (sorry, Canada). Click here to follow our tutorial on how to download Fortnite on iPhone/iPad in Canada and outside the USA. On Monday, a Judge said Apple must put Fortnite back in the App Store, or face questions in court as...

Bell and Zoom have announced a new partnership to launch Workplace from Bell and Zoom, an AI-powered collaboration platform built just for Canadian businesses. The new service combines Zoom’s communication tools with Bell’s network infrastructure and support, and will be available exclusively through Bell later this year. The platform geared towards organizations across all sizes...

Do you have an OG iPad Pro or iPad 6? Surprise—because an iPadOS update is here for you today in the form of 17.7.8. Apple on Victoria Day has released iPadOS 17.7.8 for the iPad Pro (1st gen) from 2015 and iPad Pro (2nd gen) from 2017, as well as for the iPad 6 from...

Disney+ Canada has released (early) its monthly list of new TV shows and movie coming to the streaming service for June 2025. Highlights include the premiere of Predator: Killer of Killers and Marvel Television’s premiere of Ironheart. Also new is season four of FX’s The Bear. You can also soon stream six Mission Impossible movies...