Stories by John Quintet

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has issued a personal apology to customers for the significant problems experienced with the new revamped Sonos app, which was rolled out in the first week of May. "There isn’t an employee at Sonos who isn’t pained by having let you down, and I assure you that fixing the app for...

Amazon Prime Video and the NBA have announced an 11-year media rights agreement starting with the 2025-26 NBA season. Prime Video will exclusively stream 66 regular-season NBA games annually, including the Emirates NBA Cup and the NBA Playoffs. The deal also includes exclusive streaming of WNBA games beginning in 2026. Prime Video will feature an...

Telus continues to tweak its premium 5G+ plan pricing, this time lowering them by $10 per month on Wednesday. Here are the changes below: $80/150GB - 5G+ Premium Unlimited (was $90/month) $95/200GB - 5G+ Premium Unlimited Canada-US (was $105/month) $110/200GB - 5G+ Premium Unlimited Canada-US-Mexico (was $120/month) These 5G+ plans have download speeds up to...

Rogers reported its financial and operating results for Q2 2024, showing growth in wireless and internet services. The company saw 188,000 combined mobile phone and internet net additions in Q2, bringing the year-to-date total to 275,000. Specifically, there were 112,000 postpaid mobile phone net additions, 50,000 prepaid net additions, and 26,000 retail internet net additions....

Bell has launched its Bell Business Wi-Fi App for small businesses in Ontario and Quebec, which lets small business easily manage their network. The Bell Business Wi-Fi App from California-based partner Plume, offers enhanced security with three separate Wi-Fi zones, providing increased protection for business, employee, and customer internet usage. It features an easy guest...

Netflix Canada has announced its latest list of shows and movies coming to the streaming service in August 2024. Some highlights include some classics such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1 and 2, Happy Gilmore, along with Beverly Hills Ninja (Chris Farley ftw), along with Stand by Me. ET is also coming while Mission Impossible...

Apple has rolled out new beta software for developers today like clockwork. Two weeks after third betas were released, we now have iOS 18 beta 4 and more. Check out what’s available for developers below: Xcode 16 beta 4 (16A5211f) iOS 18 beta 4 (22A5316j) iPadOS 18 beta 4 (22A5316j) macOS 15 beta 4 (24A5298h)...

When will Apple launch a foldable iPhone? According to The Information, plans have moved forward for a debut possibly in early 2026. Sources cite Apple has reached out to its supply chain in Asia to produce components for the foldable iPhone, which have also received a formal codename, “V68”, according to the paywalled report seen...

The CRTC announced today a new plan to provide high-speed fibre Internet to five Inuit communities in northern Quebec. This project aims to build upon previous Broadband Fund projects in the Nunavik region and ensure all Kativik communities have high-speed Internet. The cost of the project will be $79.4 million from the Broadband Fund, for...

Tesla has announced that it is "still aiming" to release the Cybertruck in Canada in 2024. This update follows Transport Canada's recent issuance of an exemption order under Section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, permitting the deployment of the Cybertruck with a steer-by-wire system that does not meet the minimum steering angle requirement,...

Ontario pizza chain Pizza Nova based out of Scarborough has unveiled a significant update to its mobile app, which brings its new Ciao Rewards program, allowing customers to earn points on every order. Key updates to the app include a refreshed look and feel while maintaining the same pizza offerings, the introduction of digital gift...

Microsoft has shed some more light today on the CrowdStrike outage that shutdown various industries across the globe yesterday. According to Microsoft’s David Weston, Vice President, Enterprise and OS Security, he explained on Saturday that the July 18 software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike affected an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices. That works out to...