Stories by John Quintet

Amazon's Prime Video has revealed its roster of hosts, announcers, analysts, and reporters for its first season of Prime Monday Night Hockey and NHL Coast to Coast. Both shows were first announced earlier this year and will feature live coverage and analysis of NHL games throughout the 2024-25 season for Prime members in Canada. Prime...

Disney+ Canada has released its list of new shows and movies coming to the streaming service in October 2024. As for some highlights for Disney+ in October? Hold Your Breath (October 3) is set in 1930s Oklahoma, where a woman (Sarah Paulson) believes an evil presence is threatening her family during the Dust Bowl. Abbott...

You can now buy the Google TV Streamer 4K in Canada, after it was first announced last month. The streaming device offers 4K HDR streaming with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. The Google TV Streamer features a faster processor, bringing a 22% increase in speed for smoother app navigation and quicker switching between services, while...

The Competition Tribunal ruled on September 23 that Cineplex must pay a record penalty of over $38.9 million after being found guilty of deceptive pricing practices. The case, brought forward by the Competition Bureau, centered on Cineplex's use of a $1.50 online booking fee, which the Tribunal determined misled consumers. The Tribunal found that Cineplex's...

One of the longest-running flagship Fido stores has closed in downtown Victoria, B.C. The Rogers-owned Fido retail store on 743 Yates Street opened back in the 1990s and recently closed. This location opened when Fido was still independent of the ‘Big 3’ before being acquired by Rogers in 2004. A sign recently posted on the...

Apple's latest iPhone 16 series introduces several significant changes over last year’s iPhone 15, particularly in the area of repairability, according to a teardown yesterday conducted by iFixit. The teardown experts say improvements in repair design mark notable progress for do-it-yourself and third-party repairs. One of the major advancements in the iPhone 16 is the...

Telus-owned Koodo is offering a limited-time ‘winback' deal for former customers in the Atlantic region, providing a $15/month plan with 50GB of 4G data and Canada-wide unlimited calling. This bring your own device (BYOD) plan, described by some as "almost too good to be true,” on RFD, was confirmed to have been introduced just hours...

Telus has told roughly 150 Ontario-based call centre employees that they must relocate to Montreal by October, find another role, or face layoffs, as part of a broader restructuring plan. The move was being described by the employees' union, United Steelworkers Local 1944, as a “backdoor termination” in July, aimed at reducing the workforce. “Our...

Did you buy a new iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro from Apple today? If you did and you’re moving from Android to iPhone, Apple has released a new video tutorial detailing step-by-step on switching over. If you're ready to switch from an Android device to an iPhone or iPad, follow this easy tutorial using...

Today Apple launched its new iPhone 16 series smartphones, and its iconic ‘Cube’ retail location in New York City, Apple Fifth Avenue, was decked out yesterday to celebrate today’s launch. Apple CEO Tim Cook was on hand for today’s launch in NYC. Yesterday, he shared a photo of Apple Fifth Avenue with new glowing lights...

The European Commission has initiated two proceedings to help Apple meet its obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Under the DMA, Apple must provide third-party developers and businesses free and effective interoperability with hardware and software features controlled by iOS and iPadOS. The first proceeding focuses on iOS connectivity features, essential for devices like...

Several Rogers Yahoo! email users have reported issues after upgrading to iOS 18, with problems emerging in Apple’s native Mail app. Users are encountering difficulties fetching new mail and sending emails, which often get stuck in the outbox, explained numerous iPhone in Canada readers. A common fix for these issues has been to remove and...