Stories by John Quintet

Last Thursday we told you how Public Mobile had revamped its 5G plans ahead of the back to school season. The following day, Public Mobile tweaked its $45 plan to match Freedom Mobile’s 125GB back to school offering. Here are Public Mobile’s 4G plans, which remain unchanged: $22 talk and text $24/5GB $28/10GB  $30/35GB Public...

Apple is preparing its biggest move yet into the smart home, with three new devices built around the revamped Siri AI assistant, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The company has spent years watching Amazon and Google own this category, and the plan now is to enter it properly with a dedicated home hub, a new...

Apple has officially launched a new hardware leasing program in the U.S., giving customers a new way to get their hands on its latest products with low monthly payments. In partnership with Klarna, the new program, called Apple Upgrade, allows customers to lease iPhones, Apple Watches, Macs, and iPads directly through Apple. Term lengths range...

Every year, telecom back to school deals come earlier and earlier. We've already seen Bell explain their back to school offers and now we have Rogers sharing plans and promos on its website. Check them out below: Mobile Plans & Student Offers $60/month Student Plan: Includes 60GB of data, Rogers Satellite access, and automatic entry...

Xbox players around the world have spent most of Monday locked out of their accounts and their game libraries, in an outage that started Sunday night and is still not fully resolved. Microsoft's status page shows major outages across four services: Account & profile, Store & subscriptions, Games & gaming, and Apps & mobile. The...

Apple has released iOS 26.6 for iPhone and iPadOS 26.6 for iPad users.  You can download the latest update by going to Settings > General > Software Update. Don't expect any major new features with iOS 27 set to launch in September. iOS 26.6 focuses on performance tweaks and background prep for upcoming Siri features....

Amazon has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch up to 5,105 low Earth orbit satellites that would bring talk, text and data directly to your smartphone in areas with no cell coverage. Dubbed the Amazon Leo Direct-to-Device (D2D) System, the company would launch the service starting in 2028. Amazon is...

Telus has opened a 195-unit rental building in downtown Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, B.C., built on the site of a former telecommunications property at 235 Wallace St. The multi-storey mixed-use development is part of Telus Living, the company's push to turn old network buildings into rental housing as it retires copper infrastructure and moves everything...

Another day, another AI model launch. Keeping up with this race is turning into a full-time job. Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on Friday, and the pitch is that you get close to the intelligence of its top-end Fable 5 model for half the price. It's live across all of Anthropic's platforms right now, becoming...

We keep a portable power station around for two reasons, and both of them show up every year without fail. The first is winter, when a storm knocks out power in our area and you're suddenly counting how many devices are still charged (like your precious iPhone). The second is the cottage, where the grid...

New Telus CEO Victor Dodig has announced a major executive leadership shake-up this week aimed at streamlining the company's core telecom operations. The restructuring takes effect this September 1, marking the first huge organizational shift under Dodig's leadership. As part of the changes, former executive David Fuller is returning to Telus as Executive Vice President...

Meta is giving Facebook Marketplace users a dedicated space to manage their sales with the launch of a new standalone app called Seller. The app is designed to help online selling easier with new dedicated tools. The new Seller app automatically syncs with a user's existing Facebook Marketplace account, carrying over active listings, message histories,...