Stories by John Quintet

Apple has introduced the Apple Watch Series 10, featuring a range of design and functionality upgrades. The watch is now 9.7mm thin, with Apple making internal components smaller, including a speaker system that is 30% smaller. For the first time, users can play media directly through the speaker, a useful feature when AirPods aren’t available....

Xplore announced today it will receive $63 million in federal and provincial government funding to connect over 8,800 households in rural Alberta to high-speed Internet. The funding is part of a broader plan by Ottawa and Alberta to expand broadband access to 14,400 households, including 800 Indigenous households, across 120 communities in the province. Xplore’s...

Jony Ive, the famed former Apple designer who came up with the original iPod and iPhone design, has teamed up with Moncler to create a new jacket system called “LoveFrom, Moncler,” set to launch on September 24. LoveFrom is his design company he started with Marc Newson after he left Apple. The collaboration, developed over...

Bell Media announced that TSN is now available through Prime Video Channels in Canada. Amazon Prime members can add TSN and on-demand content to their Prime Video accounts, joining Bell Media’s Crave, which joined Prime Video Channels in February. As for RDS, the French version of TSN, that will also be available soon. “TSN and...

Amazon’s Prime Gaming has announced its list of free games coming to the content catalogue for September 2024. Highlights this month include an extra The Lord of the Rings Game (LEGO The Hobbit) for September. Check out the full list of games available now and others coming later this month below: Available Now Middle-earth: Shadow...

Amazon has expanded its Vancouver Tech Hub with the opening of a new 43,000-square-foot atrium at The Post, a key office building where more than 4,500 employees work across Amazon Web Services, Worldwide Amazon Stores, and Devices teams. The new atrium offers open-plan, light-filled spaces including a café, event venue, break-out areas, and meeting rooms...

Videotron’s digital wireless service, Fizz, has announced an expansion to over 2.2 million additional Canadians, reaching new areas in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Québec. The expansion includes destinations like Whistler and Kelowna in British Columbia, Lethbridge and Red Deer in Alberta, Portage and La Prairie in Manitoba, and several new communities in Ontario....

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have announced the release of "A Minecraft Movie," the first-ever live-action adaptation of the popular video game Minecraft. Parents, get ready to be dragged through this with the kiddos. Directed by Jared Hess, the film stars Jason Momoa (he looks disturbing in the film), Jack Black, Emma Myers, Danielle...

Plex has launched premium movie rentals in Canada, partnering with top studios including Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, Amazon MGM Studios, Lionsgate, and VVS Films. The streaming service offers a variety of films including the likes of Everything Everywhere All at Once, Dune, and Joker to blockbusters such as Barbie and The Hunger Games: The Ballad...

Starlink's direct-to-cell service will not be available in Canada until late 2025, according to recent updates from Elon Musk and SpaceX officials. Musk confirmed on August 31 that Starlink’s mobile phone internet service will first roll out exclusively with T-Mobile in the United States for the initial year, followed by partnerships with other carriers worldwide....

Yellowstone season 5, part 2, will stream in Canada on November 11, on Paramount+. Ahead of the highly-anticipated latter half of season 5, a new teaser trailer was released to hype up the launch. The show stars Kevin Costner as John Dutton, who owns the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the U.S. Costner plays the...

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) announced several changes to simplify the Social Insurance Number application process last week. The change is in response to rising demand, particularly from international students during the fall and winter semesters. The feds said one major update is the online SIN application system, which now takes five days, instead...