Stories by Gary Ng

Ad-supported streaming service Tubi, owned by Fox, has expanded its movie library in Canada. Tubit says it has expanded its movie catalogue with over 200 new movies from new content deals with NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery. “The growth of Tubi's film library allows viewers to go deep into the movies they...

Just when you thinking about the next Amazon shopping event, a new one is coming your way next week. Amazon announced today the first-ever Big Spring Sale kicks off on March 20-25, beginning next Wednesday at midnight PDT (3am EDT). Here’s a teaser of the sales you can expect in Canada: Up to 25% off...

Bell’s ongoing fight against copper cable theft has stepped up, with the company sharing a new strategy to catch thieves red-handed in New Brunswick. The company said it has recently installed aerial alarms across its network earlier this year. These alarms will contact police once “an incident is detected”, resulting in vandals getting caught in...

A new Apple Square One store is actually “coming soon” now, for real. Back in June of 2023, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman told us Square One in Mississauga, Ontario, was set to relocate to a bigger location, by November. Last October, we shared with you an image of the Square One Apple Store’s new location boarded...

Apple Canada has teamed up with Clash of Clans and Walmart of offer a special bonus for players of the hit game from Supercell, according to an email received by iPhone in Canada. For those buying an Apple Gift Card from Walmart Canada online, you can get bonus gems in the game when you redeem...

Telus-owned prepaid brand, Public Mobile, has updated its mobile app to make it easier to use for all customers, finally. The Public Mobile app on iOS and Android is essentially a web wrapper for the company’s website, but the latest update looks to have debuted a better design and improved functionality, “for a better user...

Telus-owned Public Mobile announced last week its legacy rewards program was coming to end, starting in May. All existing users on the old rewards program will be transitioned over to the newest Public Points program. Since covering this story, Public Mobile customers have ramped up their frustration over the ending of the old rewards program,...

Telus-owned Koodo looks to be offering a ‘winback’ plan to lure some old customers back to the company. Some customers that recently ported out to Virgin and PC Mobile have been getting calls back from Koodo, offering the following: $29/50GB 4G plan for 24 months After 24 months, turns into $34/50GB According to RFD users...

Rogers and Bell have launched a $34/50GB 5G plan, joining their flanker brands such as Fido, and Virgin Plus, while also matching Koodo and Public Mobile. But of course, this is only in Quebec for now. The Rogers 5G plan normally is priced at $45 with 30GB of non-shared data, but it’s boosted to 50GB....

Elon Musk announced on early Monday his artificial intelligence company xAI will be open sourcing its chatbot Grok. "This week, @xAI will open source Grok,” said Musk at 1:41am PDT on X. When someone replied that OpenAI should do the same, Musk replied, “OpenAI is a lie." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1767108624038449405 Grok is xAI’s chatbot that is available...

Rogers and Fido appear to be in the giving mood, yet again. Some customers are receiving text messages notifying them of more data bonus freebies. The text message from Rogers is offering 20GB of free monthly data for 24 months. "It's our way of showing appreciation to our most valued customers - that's you!”, says...

Rogers-owned Fido is expanding one of its exclusive special offers outside of Quebec. Fido has been offering some customers in Gatineau and Ottawa a special $50 plan with 120GB of data, along with Canada-US talk, text and data. This special offer has since expanded to Toronto area numbers, according to info obtained by iPhone in...