Stories by John Quintet

Did you jump ship from Telus lately? If you did, a sweetheart ‘winback’ plan might be available to bring you back to the company. Some of the latest Telus ‘winback’ offers include a $30/month plan with 100GB 5G data, for use in Canada. This plan was offered to a former Telus customer in Quebec, according...

Fubo has secured a new multi-year deal to keep the Premier League—England’s top soccer league—exclusively on its streaming platform in Canada through the 2025-26 season and beyond. The agreement ensures that all 380 matches, along with extra coverage, will continue to stream live on Fubo, said the company on Thursday. While terms of the renewal...

Bell has introduced a new budget smartphone brand called Ahlo, designed in Canada with a focus on essential features, strong performance, and an affordable price tag. The Ahlo smartphone (runs Android 14) is now available for $270 outright or as low as $1/month on select plans through Bell, Virgin Plus, and major retailers including Best...

Top federal IT officials are using disappearing message apps on government phones—even as they preach transparency and oversee rules meant to protect public records, according to a report by CTV News. Chief Information Officer Dominic Rochon and his deputy had apps like Signal and WhatsApp set to auto-delete messages, Freedom of Information (FOI) documents show....

Ahead of Earth Day (April 22), Apple says it has reduced its global greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% since 2015—part of its broader goal to go fully carbon neutral across its business by 2030. In its latest Environmental Progress Report, Apple shared that it’s using more clean energy, more recycled materials, and cutting...

Rogers has been tweaking the design of its mobile plans page on its website over the past week or so, and the latest version looks to be the most complicated yet. The 5G mobile plans page now takes a page out of the former Telus playbook (Telus reverted to showing defaults to 1 line), leaving...

Rogers-owned Fido has updated its wireless plans page today with some major changes for news owners. Specifically, the ability to tether your mobile data plan is no longer free, but it’s now a paid add-on. Yes, that’s right, you need to pay for tethering your mobile plan, at the price of $5 per month. So...

Bell and Ericsson just tested a new way to boost mobile network speeds using artificial intelligence—and they're saying it's a world first. The tech, called AI-native link adaptation, lets networks react in real time to things like weak signals or interference. Instead of sticking to preset rules, the system uses AI to automatically adjust and...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he’ll make banks and cell phone companies legally responsible for stopping scams that target Canadian seniors, if his party forms the next government. In a press conference held in Montreal today, Poilievre laid out a plan that would require financial institutions and telecoms to use real-time fraud detection tools to...

Apple is using new privacy-friendly AI methods to improve features in Apple Intelligence—without ever seeing your private data. According to Apple’s machine learning research website, these tools help the company understand how people use features like Genmoji and email summaries, but they don’t collect or store anything personal. To figure out what kinds of Genmoji...

The Season 2 premiere of HBO’s The Last of Us just made a huge launch on Crave on Sunday night. According to Bell Media, the debut episode saw a 23% jump in streaming numbers compared to the show’s very first episode, making it the third-biggest season premiere ever on the platform—only House of the Dragon...

Telus recently launched a new online platform called GameRx, aimed at helping Canadians use video games to improve their mental and physical wellbeing. The website, which debuted last week, gives evidence-based suggestions for video games that can support areas like stress relief, focus, memory, mobility, and loneliness. The goal is to help break the stigma...