Stories by Gary Ng

Apple has announced its Mac Studio computer has been upgraded with its new M2 Max and new M2 Ultra chip, which combines two M2 Max chips. The new Mac Studio has 10Gb Ethernet, HDMI, SDXC and Thunderbolt 4 ports, while it can support 8K displays. It can have up to 192GB of RAM and up...

Apple has unveiled a new 15-inch MacBook Air at its WWDC keynote. The new 15-inch MacBook Air is 11.5mm thin and is the “thinnest 15-inch laptop” says Apple. It has a 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display with 5mm borders. Apple says it only weighs 3 pounds and features MagSafe, along with two Thunderbolt ports and a...

Apple has started selling Ted Lasso merchandise, but it’s not available online and so far only at its Apple Park visitor center store. Ted Lasso is the Apple TV+ original hit series and the merchandise is from AFC Richmond, the football team that stars in the award-winning show. The merchandise was rumoured to be sold...

Bell-owned Virgin Plus is offering up home internet deals for customers in Ontario at discounts at 50% off. For new internet activations, you get unlimited data, free installation and wireless modem rental, all with no contract. Right now, there are 12 months of credits being applied to all internet plans, taking their advertised prices down...

Telus-owned Koodo has tweaked one of its promo plans again, specifically its $50/30GB offering. Last month, Fido (Rogers) launched a $50/30GB promo plan as part of a revamp of its plans, which also included a $5/month credit taking it down to $45/30GB after autopay (preauthorized credit card payments). This plan was quickly matched by Virgin...

Bell has tweaked its unlimited 5G plans for both bundle and mobile-only customers. For those with Bell services, the Promo 50 plan at $65/50GB has been eliminated, leaving just the Essential 75 plan at $55/75GB and Ultimate 150 Canada/US plan at $75/150GB as the only plans available to those with bundled services. For standalone unlimited...

Microsoft Word users with a Microsoft 365 subscription now have the capability to directly transmit documents to their Amazon Kindle devices. According to Amazon in an email to customers on Thursday obtained by iPhone in Canada, this feature allows for an easy transfer of documents from the desktop Microsoft Word application for reading on your...

Telus-owned Koodo just can’t make up its mind, it seems. Last week, the company debuted some promo plans for existing customers, took them away and then briefly offered them on its website for all, then removed those as well. Now, the company has again offered these promo plans for some existing customers, bringing back the...

Apple has released its Major League Baseball (MLB) schedule for ‘Friday Night Baseball’ on Apple TV+ for July 2023. “‘Friday Night Baseball’ on Apple TV+ continues to bring fans closer to the game they love each week,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Services, in a statement on Thursday. “We’re looking forward to...

After teasing the Meta Quest 3 mixed-reality headset this morning, there are also some changes coming to the Quest 2 and Quest Pro as well. From June 4 onwards, Meta says it is dropping the price of the Quest 2: the 128GB model will now be priced at $419.99 CAD, while the 256GB version will...

Telus-owned Koodo has been sending some promotions today to existing customers, offering cheap monthly data add-ons. The offers were sent via text message, according to screenshots seen by iPhone in Canada. These special data add-ons are at prices cheaper than data overages which cost a whopping $130 per 1 GB if you choose to accept...

Apple today released iOS 16.6 beta 2 and more for developers to download to their devices and test. Check out what’s available for download as of writing: iOS 16.6 beta 2 (20G5037d) iPadOS 16.6 beta 2 (20G5037d) macOS 13.5 beta 2 (22G5038d) watchOS 9.6 beta 2 (20U5538d) tvOS 16.6 beta 2 (20M5538d) Expect public beta...