Stories by John Quintet

Amazon has rolled out a new Kindle feature called Ask this Book, designed to help readers get quick answers while they’re reading, without spoiling what comes next. The feature is now live for U.S. users on the Kindle iOS app and works with thousands of popular English-language books. While reading, you can highlight a passage...

Rogers has introduced a new Land and Sea travel pass over the weekend that lets customers use their phone both on land and on cruise ships under a single roaming option. The headline offering is a new U.S., Mexico and Caribbean + Cruises pass, priced at $100 for 7 days, which works out to just...

Telus-owned prepaid brand Public Mobile has again brought back some exclusive offers for existing customers, ahead of Boxing Day. What we’re seeing are identical offers tossed out from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to iPhone in Canada reader, Joe. One highlighted plan that is back is the $30/30GB Canada-US-Mexico plan with talk, text and...

The Mobile Shop has a new $35/month BYOD plan that’s getting a lot of attention on RedFlagDeals, mainly because of how much data you get for the price and the fact it runs on either Rogers or Bell. The deal offers 100GB of data with Canada and U.S. roaming included on a 5G plan, priced...

Telus-owned Public Mobile has tweaked its plan lineup by offering some new plans which are being labeled “holiday exclusives”. The notable changes are new 70GB and 100GB 5G plans, priced at $40 and $50 per month, respectively. These plans have extra data for the same pricepoint, up 10GB and 20GB compared to before. Check out...

Bell says it introduced a new phone-locking policy last year to deal with a surge in violent store robberies, device theft, and fraud across Canada, and the company claims it’s already making a difference. That’s what the company said on Friday, releasing a graphic titled, “Protecting Canadians: Why Preventing Device Trafficking Matters." Last April, Bell...

Earlier this month we shared the plans from Fido, Virgin Plus and Koodo after emerged after Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, to keep tabs on them ahead of any Boxing Day (Week) changes. Now, we’re starting to see Fido, Virgin Plus and Koodo set the stage ahead of upcoming deals, as plans are are...

Text scams pretending to be Freedom Mobile are getting harder to spot, according to a warning shared on Reddit. In a post on the Freedom Mobile subreddit, a user said they received a text message with a link that opened a page looking exactly like Freedom Mobile’s login screen. The site asked for account details,...

The European Union (EU) and Canada are tightening their tech relationship after holding the first meeting of their new Digital Partnership Council in Montreal, earlier this week. The two sides agreed to work more closely on artificial intelligence, digital identity systems and protecting independent media as tech continues to reshape how people work, communicate and...

Electric vehicle maker Rivian has detailed a major update to its driver assistance system, bringing expanded hands free driving and new automation features to its lineup. The company shared the changes during its Autonomy and AI Day event today, which is now available to watch online in replay. The biggest addition is Universal Hands Free,...

Telus flanker brand Koodo has started texting existing customers with a new set of holiday offers that include discounted 5G plans, a waived connection fee and optional device financing on the Happy Tab. The message advertises a $35 per month plan with 60GB of 5G Nationwide data, or a $45 per month option with 120GB....

Disney and OpenAI have struck a major deal that will let fans generate short videos featuring more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters using Sora, OpenAI’s AI video tool. The agreement runs for three years and makes Disney the first big studio to officially license its characters for Sora, the OpenAI video...