Stories by Gary Ng

Telus-owned Koodo has tweaked its plans page, now offering a 5G promo plan with 60GB of data. The $65/30GB 5G plan which included $271.20 in bill credits for 24 months, now has double the data at 60GB. The bill credits take the plan down to $53.70 per month. Also gone is the $75/60GB 5G plan...

Meta’s Threads continues to add more features and now reposts, commonly known as retweets are here to the "Following" feed. The announcement was made by Instagram head, Adam Mosseri, through a post on Threads on Thursday evening (via The Verge). This new feature aims to make the Following feed more interactive and user-friendly. Although Mosseri...

Joe Natale, the former CEO of Rogers, has filed a lawsuit against the telecom giant, seeking at least $24 million for wrongful dismissal and breach of contract. Natale's tenure as CEO came to an abrupt end in 2021 following a high-profile power struggle within the company's top ranks. Rogers, however, has fired back, alleging that...

We're rounding the corner into September, into the wonderful back to school season (and an expected iPhone 15 series launch of course too), and that means another list of what's new on Disney+ Canada. Below is the full list of what's new on Disney+ Canada for September 2023. Highlights include the streaming premiere of The...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday there’s more options when it comes to sending photos on WhatsApp, specifically the ability to send them in higher quality. "Sharing photos on WhatsApp just got an upgrade -- now you can send in HD,” said Zuckerberg in a Facebook post. When users send a photo in WhatsApp,...

Readdle has launched a new +AI Summary tool for its excellent email client, Spark. This new feature is leveraging the Azure OpenAI service powered from Microsoft. "+AI Summary is our newest tool, designed to quickly and effectively summarize long emails and threads. It helps you to get instant insights at a glance and understand what...

Bell announced on Wednesday some wireless customers are seeing an outage in Toronto, Ontario. "Some customers in the Toronto area may be experiencing a Mobility service interruption. We are working to restore service as quickly as possible,” said Bell at 10:34am PDT/1:34pm EDT. Some customers appeared to be relieved that Bell had acknowledged the service...

With today’s release of iOS 17 beta 6 and more for developers, Apple has reversed one major change when it comes to the Phone app’s ‘end call’ button’. In iOS 17 beta 5, the ‘end call’ button had moved to the far right during a call, making a lot of people upset about the change,...

The Canadian Telecommunications Association (CTA), formerly known as the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), which represents the country’s telcos, emphasized today the continued downward trend of telecom services pricing, according to fresh StatCan Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. While inflation overall has been at 3.3% over the past 12 months according to the federal government,...

Apple has released watchOS 9.6.1 for download for Apple Watch on Tuesday, which fixes some bugs. The update is 114MB for the Series 8. According to the release notes, Apple says the watchOS 9.6.1 update fixes an issue that prevents access to motion data for apps that use the Movement Disorder API to track tremors...

The federal government has added more money to bring high-speed internet to rural and remote areas, particularly in Newfoundland. Through the Universal Broadband Fund (UBF), on March 24, 2022, the governments of Canada and Newfoundland jointly announced a $22 million investment, with Bell Canada to deploy high-speed internet. This project is set to benefit 1,000...

SaskTel has officially announced the debut of its 5G network in the cities of Warman and Martensville in Saskatchewan. While parts of Warman and Martensville can access the 5G network starting today, SaskTel aims to provide 5G coverage to most parts of these communities by March 2024. “The launch of SaskTel's 5G network is great...