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New on Crave: August 2024
Bell Media has shared its list of new shows and movies coming to Crave in August 2024. Highlights include the HBO documentary Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, plus season 3 of HBO’s Industry. Bell has a Tim Hortons musical coming that was filmed live in Toronto, if that’s your thing, called The Last Timbit. Check...
Bell and Hyundai Extend Partnership, Paving Way for In-Car Wi-Fi
Bell and Hyundai have announced a multi-year extension of their partnership to enhance in-car connected infotainment services for Canadian customers. "Bell has been a trusted partner of Hyundai Motor Group for the past seven years, providing superior services and innovation leadership. We are thrilled to take this relationship into the future to bring even more...
Amazon Prime Video Lands NBA Streaming Deal, Canada Included
Amazon Prime Video and the NBA have announced an 11-year media rights agreement starting with the 2025-26 NBA season. Prime Video will exclusively stream 66 regular-season NBA games annually, including the Emirates NBA Cup and the NBA Playoffs. The deal also includes exclusive streaming of WNBA games beginning in 2026. Prime Video will feature an...
All Freedom Mobile Plans Now Include 5G, US and Mexico Roaming
Image credit: Freedom Mobile As part of its big splash for back to school savings, Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has ramped up its pressure on Rogers, Telus and Bell, by bringing a new suite of monthly plans that are all 5G and include US and Mexico roaming. "A year ago, Freedom made waves with the introduction...
Emergency SOS Live Video Launching This Fall, Upon iOS 18 Release
Apple's Emergency SOS Live Video will be launching this fall with RapidSOS and Prepared supporting the video chat safety feature.
Threads Rolling Out Ability to Created Dedicated Feeds on iOS, Similar to Web Experience
Following the web experience, Threads is supporitng the ability to pin searches and topics to your Home tab on iOS.
Here are Rogers, Telus, Bell Cellphone Plan Changes from July 24
Here are the latest Canadian cellphone plan and device deals, plus other promos from wireless carriers such as Rogers, Telus and Bell, from our partner PlanHub. As always, the promos and plans may change at the last minute, but here they are as of Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Bell Noticeable price changes: Deal on Samsung...
Public Mobile’s Canada-US Promo Plans are Ending Tomorrow
Telus-owned Public Mobile has just slapped an end date on its Canada-US plans, saying they are ending tomorrow on Thursday, July 25. Earlier today we told you the company had removed 90-day subscription pricing for its cheapest 4G plans. Just moments ago Public Mobile updated its website to add July 25 as the last day...
Telus Lowers Pricing of 5G+ Plans by $10 Per Month
Telus continues to tweak its premium 5G+ plan pricing, this time lowering them by $10 per month on Wednesday. Here are the changes below: $80/150GB - 5G+ Premium Unlimited (was $90/month) $95/200GB - 5G+ Premium Unlimited Canada-US (was $105/month) $110/200GB - 5G+ Premium Unlimited Canada-US-Mexico (was $120/month) These 5G+ plans have download speeds up to...
New on Disney+ Canada: August 2024
We're rounding the corner into August, and that means another list of what's new on Disney+ Canada. The major highlight next month is the streaming premiere of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, while season 4 of Only Murders in the Building is coming as well. Check out the full list below of what's...
Rogers CEO Predicts Ongoing High Wireless Churn Rates in Industry
Rogers reported its financial and operating results for Q2 2024, showing growth in wireless and internet services. The company saw 188,000 combined mobile phone and internet net additions in Q2, bringing the year-to-date total to 275,000. Specifically, there were 112,000 postpaid mobile phone net additions, 50,000 prepaid net additions, and 26,000 retail internet net additions....
Apple Maps on the Web (Beta) Now Available
Apple has launched a public beta of Apple Maps on the web, making it accessible to users worldwide through their browsers. With this new feature, users can now obtain driving and walking directions, find various places and detailed information including photos, hours, ratings, and reviews. Users can also perform actions like ordering food directly from...