Stories by Gary Ng

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 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...

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...

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...

David Smith put his new Apple Watch Ultra to the test, by going on a 98-kilometre hike in the Scottish Highlands: I don’t think you can properly test a device like this without taking it out into the field. So the day my Ultra arrived, I booked myself onto a sleeper train up to the...

Amazon today announced at its special event an update to its best-sounding Echo speaker, the Echo Studio. This speaker is now available in Glacier White, joining Charcoal, while it also gets some enhanced audio technology updates, that will be available for all existing and new users. New custom spatial audio processing technology and frequency range...

Amazon announced on Wednesday a new lineup of Fire TV Omni televisions, this time with QLED and also its “smartest TV lineup ever." The new Fire TV Omni QLED Series is available in 65 and 75-inches, with 4K Quantum Dot Technology (QLED) displays and full-array local dimming for up to 96 zones. Dolby Vision IQ...

Amazon announced an all-new Alexa experience built just for kids today, with the launch of Echo Dot Kids. Echo Dot Kids come with Owl or Dragon designs and a 2-year worry-free guarantee. If your speaker breaks, Amazon will replace it. Also included are parental controls (time limits; explicit lyric filtering) and one year of Amazon...

Amazon is holding a virtual event right now, announcing new devices this year ahead of the holiday season. The first announcement was the new Kindle Scribe, which is the company’s largest e-reader that now includes writing capabilities. Kindle Scribe has a 10.2-inch 300-ppi HD display that’s also front-lit, and the included pen “never needs charging.”...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) wants feedback from Canadians on the proposed price increases on basic TV packages, beyond mandated price caps. The CRTC said on Wednesday the request for comments comes "in response to an application filed by a group of television service providers to increase the price cap for the basic...

Netflix has announced today they are rolling out the ability to great game handles, which are public usernames that can be used across the company’s slate of mobile games on iOS and Android. Supported games will have leaderboards such as Rival Pirates, Dominoes Café and Lucky Luna. How to create your Netflix game handle? It’s...

Apple’s Stage Manager multitasking feature in iPadOS 16 is only for tablets with the company’s M1 chip, but that is now changing. According to Engadget, Apple told the publication Stage Manager is now expanding to older iPad Pro 3rd gen and 4th gen models when iPadOS 16 is released later this year. M1 iPad Pro...