Stories by John Quintet

Apple has extended its Diagnostics for Self Service Repair software to 32 European nations, including the U.K., France, Germany, and the Netherlands today. Also part of today’s announcement? Apple says Canada will get Self Service Repair too—but not until next year (hopefully it’s not late 2025). Talk about an early announcement and tease. The company...

Google has announced it will be holding a special event in August. That’s according to invites it has sent out to media on Tuesday. This Made by Google event will “showcase the best of Google AI, Android software and the Pixel portfolio of devices,” reads the invite, which says the event will take place on...

The federal and Ontario governments have announced a joint investment of over $97 million to expand high-speed Internet access to underserved areas in Ontario, including Indigenous communities. Back in July 2021, both governments unveiled a Canada–Ontario broadband partnership to support large-scale, fibre-based projects, aiming to provide high-speed Internet access to nearly 280,000 households across Ontario....

Apple has released the second beta of iOS 18 and more today for developers and testers. The first beta of iOS 18 was released last week at Apple's WWDC keynote. Here’s what’s available for download right now, besides iOS 18 beta 2: iPadOS 18 beta 2 (22A5297f) macOS 15 beta 2 (24A5279h) tvOS 18 beta...

Canada’s infamous ArriveCAN app, which cost taxpayers at least $60 million, is approaching nearly 800,000 reviews in Apple’s App Store. Wait, what? Yes, this is indeed real. As pointed out by @ryangerritsen, ArriveCAN shows 795,000 ratings with an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars. A government-made app with nearly 800,000 ratings and an average...

We now have some more details on Apple’s ‘cheaper’ Vision Pro headset, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his weekly PowerOn newsletter. Apple is shifting its efforts toward developing a more affordable version of its Vision Pro headset, internally codenamed N107, aiming for a price range of $1,500 to $2,000 USD ($2,048 CAD to $2,731...

Apple partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT in iOS 18, and now it appears the iPhone maker has held talks with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, to integrate the latter’s generative AI model into Apple Intelligence, reports the Wall Street Journal.  The partnership would allow Meta and other AI developers to leverage Apple's vast distribution network through...

Some customers of Rogers-owned Fido are receiving an unexpected bonus of 10GB to 20GB of free monthly data after logging into their accounts. One Fido customer, "barkes99,” shared to RFD that upon logging into their Fido account from a desktop computer, a system message appeared granting an additional 10GB of free data to their plan....

Freedom Mobile has lowered the price of its home internet plans, initially launched in May. Back in May, promotional internet pricing was as follows for the first 12 months: 30 Mbps for $39 per month (regularly $45 per month) 100 Mbps for $60 per month (regularly $70 per month) 500 Mbps for $80 per month...

Disney+ Canada has announced its new titles coming to the streaming service in July 2024. Highlights include the debut of one- to three-minute “Bluey Minisodes”, which are funny and sweet moments featuring Bluey and Bingo. Meanwhile, season 12 of Futurama debuts on July 29. Check out all the new shows and titles coming to Disney+...

Apple Arcade players with Apple Vision Pro can now enjoy an upgraded gaming experience with the introduction of new games. Warped Kart Racers is available today, with this lively racing game offers players a new level of immersion. Spatial titles on Apple Vision Pro create innovative gameplay experiences by merging digital content with the physical...

Bell’s prepaid brand Lucky Mobile recently added 500MB of 4G LTE to its entry $15 plan. The $15 plan includes 100 nationwide minutes but if you sign up for automatic top-up, you will get 500MB of data. That’s a cheap plan for someone who needs an emergency phone line or just the odd phone call....