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Bell’s Unlimited Canada-U.S. Calling Plans to Increase by $5/Month
[caption id="attachment_243435" align="aligncenter" width="1200" height="800" alt=""]According to an internal document obtained by MobileSyrup, Bell will be increasing the cost of all its unlimited Canada-U.S. plans.[/caption] The report notes that all plans, ranging from the company's BYOD to Premium Plus plans, will be increasing by $5 per month. For instance, the BYOD plan which currently costs...
SaskTel Launches New shareMORE Canada-US Plan With 5GB for $80
Saskatchewan’s regional wireless carrier, SaskTel, has added a new data plan option. The carrier is joining Bell and Telus in offering Canada-U.S. plans that offer between 1GB and 50GB of data. In addition to the data cap, each plan offers unlimited calling and texting in both countries without any extra roaming fees. The plans start...
Apple Supplier Foxconn Confirms Plans to Build Factory in Wisconsin
Today, Apple supplier Foxconn announced plans to invest $10 billion in the United States. The money will go towards building a new factory in Wisconsin that will employ more than 3,000 employees. The announcement came at an event hosted by President Trump this afternoon at the White House. The Trump administration said that the factory...
Digital Version of “1812: The Invasion of Canada” Game Will be Released in June
A digital port of the classic board game "1812: The Invasion of Canada" will be released next month. The game allows you to replay the US invasion of Canada, which was a lesser-known conflict in history that has important repercussions across both countries. The digital version of the game will be playable on a historically accurate...
Apple CEO Tim Cook Reveals $1B Fund to Boost U.S. Manufacturing
Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down for an interview with CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer this evening, where he discussed Apple's recent earnings results, an upcoming investment fund, the iPhone's impact on consumers, job creation, and the company's overall impact on the world. During the interview, Cook announced plans to create an advanced manufacturing...
Law Enforcement in Canada Describes Karim Baratov as ‘Hacker-For-Hire’
According to a new report from the CBC, law enforcement in Canada and the United States are describing Karim Baratov as a "hacker-for-hire" and a flight risk. Baratov was one of the hackers that stole data from Yahoo for more than two years. The report notes that he has more than $210,00 in one of...
CRTC Denies Controversial Decision to End Ban on U.S. Super Bowl Ads
The CRTC is denying that its decision to end a ban on U.S. Super Bowl has to do with a drop in rating for this year's broadcast in Canada. Bell Media said that last month 4.47 million viewers tuned into the Super Bowl, which is actually 39 percent fewer than the previous year. CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre...
Google Unveils YouTube TV Streaming Service for $35/Month [US ONLY]
At an event in Los Angeles this afternoon, YouTube announced it own TV streaming service, which will offer live streams of broadcast and cable television programming. The service will exist as a standalone app and contain the wealth of online video found on YouTube. For a cost of $35 per month, subscribers will get access...
Canadians are Paying Less than U.S. Consumers for an iPhone: Report
According to a new report from BNN, Canadians are actually paying less for an iPhone than the average consumer in the United States. A study reported that the best deals for the iPhone come for customers in Japan and Finland. The study was released on Tuesday by Linio, the largest online retailer in Latin America, shows...
How Much Would an iPhone Cost if it was Manufactured in the United States?
During Trump's campaign, he suggested that his administration could help Apple bring their device manufacturing efforts back to the United States. Last week, Nikkei reported that Apple's iPhone assembler Foxconn has been looking into the possibility of moving to the United States. The report notes that if this were to happen, the cost of manufacturing...
Latest tvOS 10.1 Beta Gives Developers Access to New ‘TV’ App
Developers running the latest beta of tvOS 10.1 now have access to the new "TV" app, which Apple announced at their keynote in October. The new app simply called “TV” aims to bring a unified experience for discovering and accessing TV shows and movies from multiple sources on the Apple TV. Some have said that the...
Maple Match Dating App Helps to Connect Americans Upset with Election to Canadians
If you are living in the United States and are now looking to move to Canada now that Donald Trump has been elected as the next president, there's a dating app for that. The app is called Maple Match and aims to connect Americans and Canadians who are looking for their soul mate (and perhaps...