Stories by Gary Ng

Bell-owned Lucky Mobile has made some changes to its website design and plan selection. The company’s plans page has been tweaked to no longer show plans in a whole list for you to see and compare, but instead, a plan calculator appears. Users need to click the -/+ buttons to choose how much data they...

Apple has started selling refurbished AirPods in Canada for the first time, it seems. This could be the first time Apple is selling refurbished AirPods to our knowledge. The company’s website now lists refurbished AirPods 3 with Lightning and MagSafe Charging Case options, priced at $189 CAD and $199 CAD, respectively. According to checks by...

Rogers recently added Mexico to its Canada-USA 5G plan that costs $105 per month with 150GB of data. The plan includes unlimited talk, text and data throughout North America, and has yet to be matched by Telus or Bell. If your employer offers the Rogers Preferred Program (known as RPP or EPP discounts), which provides...

Woodstock, New Brunswick-based rural internet service provider Xplore announced it has expanded its 5G network in Manitoba. The company’s 5G network has now reached Cloverleaf, Manitoba, located 50km east of Winnipeg. "We're so excited to announce that we have expanded our 5G network to Cloverleaf, Manitoba! 5G Home Internet delivers faster speeds up to 100...

Are we actually seeing some pricing competition in Canada when it comes to wireless? Telus-owned Public Mobile has made some big changes to its 5G plans, which now start at $45 per month. This matches what Quebecor's Freedom Mobile is offering right now for 5G. Here are the Public Mobile 5G plans as of writing...

Back in May, Telus launched 5G plans as part of a rebrand of Public Mobile, which was the company’s prepaid (well, subscription as they call it) brand. At the time, when asked if Koodo would launch 5G plans as well, Telus said that wasn’t going to happen. But now it seems Telus has had a...

Rogers-owned Fido is offering up a “special offer” right now to select customers, in the form of a new 50GB plan, priced at $43 per month. The plan includes unlimited Canada-wide calling and unlimited global SMS/MMS. Periodically, Fido will offer some higher-priced plans to existing customers in their online account, in a bid to increase...

Air Canada has announced it will offer exclusive Apple TV+ original programming onboard its flights, starting today. This marks the airline as the first in Canada and the second globally to provide Apple TV+ content in the skies. Content from Apple TV+ will include its original programs such as Ted Lasso, Bad Sisters, Severance, Foundation,...

Xplore has announced the activation of several 5G towers across Ontario, promising to deliver high-speed Home Internet with speeds reaching up to 100 Mbps and offering truly unlimited data. The company says this technological advancement is set to revolutionize the internet experience for residents in these communities. The areas benefitting from this upgrade include Russell,...

The flanker brands of Rogers, Telus and Bell have brought back the popular $39/20GB plan, ahead of the back-to-school season. Back in May, Koodo debuted the $39/20GB plan, matching rivals Fido and Virgin Plus. These brands were matching the $39/20GB first launched by Freedom Mobile. Eventually in June, the $39/20 suddenly “expired” and went down...

After transitioning the Twitter Android app to X, the iOS version which was in App Store review, has now been complete. The new X update for the old Twitter app is now live, marking the end of the latter’s iconic bird icon. Version 9.68 of the X iOS app reads the same boilerplate changelog message...

X, formerly known as Twitter, has reached a new high in monthly users, according to owner Elon Musk. The news was shared moments ago on Friday morning by Musk, attaching a screenshot of a user chart noting 541,562,214 monthly users for 2023. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1684978651857596429 Musk said the chart is “1/1 to yesterday”, meaning the data is...