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Ride-hailing company Kater is launching its beta phase service in Vancouver on March 30th. The company said in a recent press release that its app aims to connect users with rides-on-demand and that those living in Vancouver are invited to register to become…

Canadians used Interac e-Transfer to make 371.4 million transactions in 2018, according to new numbers provided by the company. The Canadian interbank network was established in 1984. It also serves as Canada’s debit card system. Last year along, Canadians…

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Saskatchewan Tesla owners will finally be able to fast charge their vehicles, as the American company is bringing its Supercharger to Moosomin, according to The World-Spector.  This is likely the charger that Tesla-owner Elon Musk referenced when the company…

Telus-owned prepaid carrier brand Public Mobile is giving 400 long distance minutes to customers who were affected by a recent service outage. As noted on Public’s community page, the carrier identified an issue on March 19th that prevented select customers…

Tesla is suing self-driving startup Zoox and five former employees over alleged trade secret theft regarding its manufacturing process and Autopilot feature. The California electric vehicle company is suing Zoox and four employees claiming that the employees…

Like in past years Apple, has launched a spring collection of Apple Watch Bands and iPhone Cases. In terms of the iPhone, Apple’s spring collection includes ‘Spearmint,’ ‘Liliac,’ ‘Delft Blue’ and ‘Sunset’ leather case offerings. There are…

A string of code within Google Keep’s Android APK file allows users turn on ‘Dark Mode.’ 9to5Google discovered code in ‘version 5.19.111.06’ of Google Keep that lets developers enable Dark Mode as well as add black icon variants to the note-taking…

Bell has announced the content that’s coming to its Crave video streaming platform in April. This month features hit shows like Game of Thrones season 8 and Doom Patrol as well as the movie Crazy Rich Asians.  April 1st I Am Richard Pryor at 9pm ET/ 6pm…

The province of Quebec is giving taxi drivers $500 million in compensation after announcing a bill that will deregulate the industry in order to promote competition. Quebec Transport Minister François Bonnardel said introducing the bill will save on operating…

The Apple Watch Series 4’s ECG heart monitoring feature could finally be making its way to Canada. While the wearable’s ECG functionality has been available in the U.S. for several months now, Apple Watch Series 4 users in Canada haven’t able to access…

Google Chrome for Android is letting users navigate back to previously opened pages and forward by swiping on the screen. There’s a Chrome flag — a hidden enabled developer setting that lets developers A/B test new features — that lets users perform…

Facebook will notify users whose passwords were stored in a way that could have been in a readable format within its internal data storage system. In news release, Pedro Canahuati, vice-president of engineering, security and privacy, said Facebook found…

The Huawei P30 Pro is days away from launching, but there have been a ton of leaks detailing pretty much every aspect of the phone. Amazon’s Italian website released its listing for the handset, as well as the P30 Pro’s lower-cost alternative, the…

A new official image of Apple’s near mythical AirPower inductive charging mat has made its way online. Michael Bateman, an iPhone in Canada reader, discovered the official render while digging through the source code of Apple’s Australian website. Bateman…

Canadians with home speaker setups can rejoice as the Echo Input is now available to pre-order on Amazon Canada. The Echo Input features no internal speakers since it’s designed to connect to external speakers through a 3.5mm headphone jack or via Bluetooth.…

Starting today, Canadians can speak to their voice-enabled Sonos speaker, whether it’s the Sonos One or more recently released Sonos Beam, in French Canadian. To enable the functionality, Sonos users need to download a free software update to their Sonos One…

Microsoft plans to launch the Xbox One S All-Digital edition, a new version of the company’s Xbox One console that forgoes the inclusion an optical drive, as early as May 7th, 2019 in Canada and other markets across the world, according to a new report from…

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The PlayStation Store now has a number of games available on sale with Sony’s latest sale, The Great Indoors Sale features games up to 75 percent off when you have PS Plus and 65 percent without. This sale ends on March 29th at 8am PT/11am ET and offers…