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RCMP Asks Android Users to Turn Off Emergency SOS Feature

British Columbia's Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has issued a public reminder for individuals to check their Android smartphones following a significant surge in dropped 911 calls. Over the past few weeks, RCMP 911 dispatch centers across the province have reported a rise in abandoned or dropped emergency calls. The BC RCMP says these calls...

Rogers Giving Free Monthly Data Bonus to ‘Valued’ Customers

Rogers is again doling out a free data bonus to what it says are its “most valued” customers. Select customers were alerted via text message on Thursday of a data bonus offer for 24 months. “Loyalty has its benefits,” reads the message from Rogers. “Enjoy a 10GB free monthly data bonus for 24 months,” adds...

Twitter Blue Debuts 2-Hour Long Video Uploads

Twitter Blue subscribers are now being offered the opportunity to share more content with their followers through extended video uploads. This new feature allows subscribers to upload videos up to 2 hours long (1080p) on twitter.com and Twitter for iOS, and up to 10 minutes long on Android. The perk of Twitter Blue and the...

Lucky Mobile 3G Speeds Match Chatr; Public Mobile Slowest

When it comes to prepaid wireless brands in Canada, the biggest are from the nation’s ‘Big 3’ telecoms. Lucky Mobile belongs to Bell, Chatr is run by Rogers and Public Mobile is owned by Telus. All of these prepaid brands offer 3G and 4G mobile download speeds. Today, we saw a change from Bell-owned Lucky...

Virgin Plus Launches 20GB and 30GB Plans from $39/month

Bell's Virgin Plus, like other its other rivals, has revamped its plan offerings, yet again. Yesterday, Virgin Plus had the following plans: $55/8GB $62/15GB $67/20GB Fast forward to today, and the company has reduced its offerings like Fido. Now we have the following plans for bring your own device: $39/20GB $45/30GB (after $5/month credit for...