Stories by John Quintet

Telus has launched its Mobility for Good for Low Income Families program, expanding its support to families across the country who receive the maximum Canada Child Benefit. The program offers discounted access to the company's Mobility for Good plans, providing connectivity to families in need. Previously, Mobility for Good served 500,000 Canadians, including youth aging...

Apple is planning to revamp its Siri virtual assistant using advanced artificial intelligence, allowing users to control individual app functions with their voice, according to sources familiar with the matter, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. We now have some more specific details on what Siri will be able to do in iOS 18. The overhaul will...

Canadian music icon Bryan Adams has called on the Trudeau government to reverse its plans for regulating Canadian content (Cancon). In a video shared to Instagram on Thursday morning, Adams criticized the regulations proposed under the Online Streaming Act passed last year. He argued that the federal government aims to "penalize artists" for the multicultural...

Kate Robertson, a senior research associate, and Ron Deibert, director at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, have raised alarms about a federal cybersecurity bill that is set to progress through Parliament, writes the experts in an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail. The bill, known as Bill C-26, contains provisions that would allow...

Bell has announced the deployment of 3800 MHz spectrum in select areas of Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo, boosting speeds on its 5G+ network. The new 3800 MHz spectrum acquired in 2023, is expected to provide even faster and more responsive mobile experiences, with theoretical peak download speeds reaching up to 4Gbps in select areas. Bell says...

Five Ontario school boards and two private schools have filed lawsuits against tech giants Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok. They accuse these platforms of creating unsafe and addictive products that harm students' mental health and disrupt their education. The statements of claim were submitted to Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School...

LEGO has announced The Legend of Zelda Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 Set, a tribute to the iconic character from Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series. This detailed set allows fans to recreate the Great Deku Tree from either The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. "Our...

If you recently ditched Rogers, the company’s ‘winback’ team has been calling some former customers and again offering sweetheart deals to bring you back to the company. According to a recent call received by an iPhone in Canada reader, the latest offer was in the form of a $45/month 5G plan with 100GB of Canada-US...

YouTube has launched a new feature called Playables, enabling users to play games directly on the platform, available through its iOS and Android app. Want users to stay glued to your platform? Give them games to play. Over the past few months, this feature has been tested by a limited number of users in select...

Apple has revealed its finalists for the 2024 Apple Design Awards, where it recognizes "innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design." Essentially, these are top app picks from Apple in a variety of categories for games and apps in general. The company said the awards are also "a moment to step back...

Apple announced today its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will start on June 10 with a keynote address starting at 10am PDT/1pm EDT. The company previously announced WWDC kick off dates but today we learn the full schedule of events. WWDC will kick off from June 10-14 and will have developers from around the world...

Apple's iPhone shipments in China surged by 52% in April, following retail price reductions, according to official data, reports Bloomberg. The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology reported a significant rise in smartphone shipments, with approximately 3.5 million units from foreign brands. Bloomberg's analysis indicates that the iPhone represents the majority of these devices....