Stories by John Quintet

Meta is adding parental supervision controls to Threads starting next week for users in the United States (Canadians will have to wait). Threads is essentially Meta's version of X, originally tied to your Instagram login making for seamless access. The update gives parents and guardians the ability to monitor and restrict their teen’s activity on...

Smart craft machine maker xTool has opened global orders for its O1 Omni Printer, and it's revealing a feature the company kept quiet through the entire pre-order run: desktop 3D embroidery. The pre-order phase went well for xTool, which has US headquarters in California and global headquarters in China. The company says it pulled in...

Telus-owned Public Mobile continues to tweak its plans ahead of the back to school season. Today it increased the price of one of its 4G plans. Here are the Public Mobile plans as of July 21, 2026: $22 talk and text $24/5GB $28/10GB (was $26) $30/35GB As you can see, the 10GB plan has increased...

New York-based Halliday has announced the G2, its second-gen AI glasses, built around a display that puts information in your field of view during meetings and conversations. The big hardware change is the display itself. The first-gen glasses used Halliday's DigiWindow near-eye tech, while the G2 moves to a binocular waveguide setup with dual micro-LED...

Public Mobile is offering select prepaid customers an exclusive deal to switch over to sister company Koodo, and go with postpaid service. According to an email obtained by iPhone in Canada, eligible Public Mobile customers can switch to Koodo and get a plan with 150 GB of data for $40 per month, which is after...

Bell announced Monday that Rohde & Schwarz SwissQual AG, an independent network testing firm based in Switzerland, has ranked its 5G+ network the fastest in Canada. The telecom placed first in two of the firm's categories, Fastest 5G+ Network Data Speed Performance Score and Fastest 5G Network Data Speed Score, based on drive testing across...

Amazon has officially launched its Amazon Family feature in Canada, giving Prime subscribers a way to share their membership perks with another adult in their household without paying extra fees. This feature has been available in the US for a while now and other international markets, but it's finally here in Canada. The update allows...

The CRTC has tossed out a complaint from Bell accusing Videotron of abusing its access to Bell's wireless network, ending a dispute that's been dragging on for years. At the heart of the July 17 decision is wholesale roaming, the arrangement that lets smaller carriers put their customers onto a bigger carrier's network when they...

Disney+ Canada has just released its list of new shows and movies coming to the streaming service in August 2026. As for some Disney+ highlights in August? FX will see the premiere of The Shards alongside the second season of Adults and the 18th (!) season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Also coming in...

A B.C. woman is warning wireless customers across Canada after a well-coordinated delivery scam left her without her new phone and stuck with hundreds of dollars in charges, according to a report by Global News. Shamim Rahimi ordered a new device and added a line through her official Rogers app earlier this year. A real...

Rogers is laying off front-line customer service agents, according to a CBC Go Public report, at the same time the company confirmed 230 job cuts in its sports and media division last week. Rogers has not said how many customer service jobs are affected. Spokesperson Zac Carreiro described the cuts to CBC as a "small...

DoorDash is taking a massive step into the future of food delivery. The company has officially announced a new software tool that allows your AI chatbots to order meals on your behalf. Co-founder Andy Fang revealed the limited test phase of the new system, which is called dd-cli. This command-line tool acts as a direct...