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Netflix to Test New Ad Tech Platform, Starting in Canada

Netflix has announced its Q2 earnings, detailing more about its growing advertising business and future plans for Canada. "We’re making steady progress scaling our ads business. Ads tier membership grew 34% quarter on quarter, and we’re building an in-house ad tech platform that we’ll test in Canada in 2024 and launch more broadly in 2025,"...

Major CNE Ticket Discounts Available for PRESTO Cardholders

The 2024 Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) is set to begin in a month, and Metrolinx is offering exclusive benefits for GO and PRESTO customers. PRESTO cardholders can save up to 44% on CNE advance sale admission and ride tickets until August 15 with PRESTO Perks. That's a decent discount. There are two options for discounted...

Amazon Prime Day Saw Record Sales, Yet Again

Amazon announced that Prime Day 2024 was its biggest shopping event to date, with record sales and more items sold than any previous Prime Day. During the two-day event on July 16 and 17, Prime members saved billions on deals across more than 35 categories, with more members shopping this year compared to 2023. The...

Dyson Launches OnTrac Headphones in Canada

Dyson has launched new OnTrac hi-fi headphones today which are not only customizable on the outside, but feature Active Noise Cancellation and more. The OnTrac headphones, according to Dyson, feature “best-in-class” ANC, with noise cancelled 384,000 times per second, reducing ambient noise levels by up to 40dB, leveraging 8 microphones. You can track this in...