Stories by John Quintet

Apple has launched its 2026 Pride Collection, featuring a new Apple Watch Sport Loop, matching watch faces, and wallpapers for iPhone and iPad. The release is part of the company's annual initiative to support LGBTQ+ advocacy organisations globally. The new Pride Edition Sport Loop is made from nylon yarns in 11 different colours. The design...

Ask Jeeves is hanging up the suit for good. What the hell is Ask Jeeves, you ask? Well, you clearly weren't around during the early days of the world wide web. IAC quietly pulled the plug on Ask.com on May 1, ending a 25-year run for one of the most recognizable faces of the dial-up...

Rogers made a big promise to Calgary when it took over Shaw in 2021: it would create 500 high-skilled tech jobs in a new innovation hub called ThinkLab, pitched as a national centre of excellence in AI, cybersecurity, and cloud computing. Three years later, The Logic is reporting that the hub's leadership has walked out...

Bell has quietly reworked its plans heading into May, keeping prices the same while bumping up data allotments across the board. The headline change is unlimited data in Canada on the top two tiers, plus a new daily cap on roaming: $60/60GB $65/100GB Canada-US $80 unlimited data in Canada (was 175GB) 5GB/day roaming in US/Mexico...

Corus is expanding its digital footprint with the launch of Vivéo, a new French-language streaming service now available as an add-on subscription through Amazon's Prime Video for $4.99 per month. The service launches with a catalogue of approximately 2,000 hours of content, including more than 200 series and films. Vivéo operates on a hybrid model...

Vancouver drivers now have a sixth parking app to deal with, for real. The city approved the addition of HotSpot this week, a decision that has rekindled a familiar complaint from residents: paying for parking in Vancouver has become an exercise in app management. The problem is the patchwork of apps you need on your...

A Colorado tech company has figured out how to let ranchers track and manage their cattle from virtually anywhere, and Canadian ranchers are next in line to get access. Halter, based in Boulder, announced this week that its GPS-enabled smart collars for cattle can now communicate directly with SpaceX's Starlink satellites, making cell towers and...

There's a growing push across Canada to ban kids from social media. The federal Liberals are behind it, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is championing it, and the political momentum is real. But Michael Geist, a tech law professor at the University of Ottawa, thinks the whole thing is a mistake and he's not mincing words...

Uber is trying to become much more than just a way to catch a ride or order a burrito. At its annual GO–GET event in New York yesterday, the company showed off a bunch of new features designed to turn the app into a one-stop shop for travel and daily chores. Through a new deal...

Google has made Gemini a lot more useful today. The AI assistant can now generate and download actual files directly from the chat window, no more copying text into Word or Docs and cleaning up the formatting yourself. The feature supports a solid range of formats: PDFs, Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, CSVs, LaTeX, and Markdown....

Public Mobile users across Canada are reporting issues with cellular data and outgoing calls following a system update that took place early Wednesday morning. While the carrier briefly posted troubleshooting advice to its community forums, the message was later removed, leaving many customers looking for answers. The connectivity issues appear to be a side effect...

Bell Media has announced the full lineup of movies and series heading to Crave this May 2026. Highlights include the premiere of Emerald Fennell’s reimagining of Wuthering Heights starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, and the return of the fan-favourite Canadian duo in the Bon Cop, Bad Cop original series. Sports fans can follow the...