Stories by John Quintet

Bell Canada’s MyBell mobile app allows customers to fully-manage their services with the company while on the go. The MyBell app allows users to manage all their Bell services anytime, anywhere. With the app, customers can track Mobility usage, pay bills, change TV programming, adjust Internet packages, upgrade devices, and activate new lines. It also...

Some Canadians who bought Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 hoping to use their hearing aid feature are frustrated to learn that the function is still not available in Canada—despite being approved by Health Canada in December 2024. According to CTV News, it reports on Canadians being frustrated that the hearing aid feature is not here yet....

OpenAI has introduced a new feature that lets ChatGPT make edits directly in your Integrated Development Environment (IDE), streamlining coding workflows for developers. The update, now available to Plus, Pro and Team users on macOS, helps speed up routine tasks and tackle complex problems more efficiently. An engineer from OpenAI’s ChatGPT desktop team, explained on...

Yesterday Apple unveiled its new M4 MacBook Air and Mac Studio updates. As for the M4 MacBook Air, it gained a new Sky Blue colour. We now have some hands-on videos from various media outlets, that were invited to Apple’s hands-on demo area in New York City. Brian Tong’s video shows how Sky Blue basically...

Tech pioneers Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian have acquired Digg, the once-popular social news platform, with plans to bring it back. Rose, who founded Digg in 2004, and Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit, are aiming to revive the site as a place for genuine online communities in an era of social media clutter and misinformation. Seeing...

Dyson is making its latest hair dryer, the Supersonic r, available to the public after initially selling it only to professional stylists. The new Supersonic r will also debut in Canada in April. The company announced the launch during Paris Fashion Week today, where its engineers and global styling ambassadors showcased the device. The Supersonic...

Apple has launched its most powerful desktop yet—the new Mac Studio, featuring the latest M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips (Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman was right again). This launch coincides with today’s M4 MacBook Air. This compact and quiet machine for professionals offers major performance boosts, Thunderbolt 5 connectivity, and up to a crazy 512GB of...

Apple today has also also launched spring 2025 colours for its iPhone cases and Apple Watch bands, on top of announcing a new M3 iPad Air and updated iPad with A16. Silicone cases with MagSafe for iPhone 16 series phone are now available in colours from $69 CAD: Tangerine, Peony, Aquamarine, and Periwinkle. As for...

TikTok is warning that the federal government’s decision to shut down its local operations sends the opposite message to businesses considering expansion into Canada. At the Canada-U.S. Economic Summit last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre both called on investors to “choose Canada” as a destination for business. But according to...

On top of today’s M3 iPad Air update, Apple has also launched the iPad 11, now with A16 chip. Apple says the iPad with A16 chip is now “nearly 30 percent faster” than iPad 10. Compared to iPad 9 (with A13 Bionic), the updated iPad with A16 is up to 50% faster in overall performance....

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has put the province’s $100 million Starlink satellite internet contract back on the chopping block as trade tensions with the U.S. escalate. Speaking at a press conference, Ford said Ontario is prepared to retaliate against U.S. tariffs set to take effect on March 4. The Premier had previously backed off cancelling...

Apple has introduced nine new emojis in the second iOS 18.4 beta released this morning, giving users a preview of what’s coming in the next software update. New Emojis in iOS 18.4 Beta The latest batch includes the following emojis, as first shared by Emojipedia: Face with Bags Under Eyes Fingerprint Splatter Root Vegetable Leafless...