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A third-party accessory company has confirmed Fitbit has two new smartwatches on the way — the Sense 2 and Versa 4. A YouTube tutorial video posted by accessory company Wasserstein shows how to apply its new screen protector to the Fitbit Versa 4 and Sense…

If you’re looking for a great deal on a smartphone or extra storage, Amazon Canada has some stellar savings for you today. Samsung’s Galaxy S22 line-up is discounted by up to $219, while one of its flash drives has been slashed by 50 percent. Check out the…

I’ve been a PC gamer for pretty much the last decade, going from playing Counter-Strike 1.6 in LAN cafes to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on an Asus gaming laptop. About a year-and-a-half ago, I decided to get a powerful PC that would satisfy my gaming needs…

Back in April, I wrote about my experience switching to Oxio, an internet company promising no "telco bullshit." Shortly after writing it, I vanished from MobileSyrup to go on parental leave after my wife had a baby.…

Over the past five years at MobileSyrup, I’ve reviewed several smartphones, laptops and even one TV. I’ve also broken a lot of displays along the way. At one point in my career, accidentally cracking screens was so common that it became very embarrassing.…

Knowing when to upgrade your video audio is easy, but selecting which option is the best for you can be an entirely different hurdle.…

Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable movies and TV shows that recently hit Canadian streaming platforms. Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column typically focuses on new content from Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Netflix, but other services…

Remember that absolutely gargantuan curved monitor Samsung revealed back at CES in January? Apparently, it’s on the way and will go on sale in August. The news comes from South Korean publication ETNews (via The Verge), which said the Odyssey Ark monitor…

More details have emerged about the hardware used in Google’s upcoming Pixel 7 and 7 Pro thanks to leaked prototype devices. As reported by 9to5Google, some enterprising users have managed to scrape limited information about the devices’ processor and…

Google might be working to add Nvidia GPU support to its servers for Stadia and/or Immersive Stream for Games. As reported by 9to5Google, a code change from last month shows that Google added a way to include necessary drivers for Nvidia GPUs: “Add support…

Perhaps the most standout feature of the all-new PlayStation Plus is its offering of retro games -- specifically, those from the PS1, PS2 and PSP eras.…

The recent price drop for Bitcoin has significantly cut the massive amount of electricity used by crypto mining operations. According to estimated annualized electricity use from digital currency economist Alex de Vries (via The Verge), Bitcoin’s annualized…

YouTube Music has been constantly updating its features, with the most recent one being the new shuffle and offline mixtape control features added to the media recommendations on Android 12. In a report from 9to5Google, YouTube Music will allow users to…

CrowdTangle, a social media tool used to track popular story posts for things like misinformation, has been shut down by Meta. Meta, which owns CrowdTangle, has opted to remove support for CrowdTangle from Facebook, according to a report from Bloomberg. The…

TikTok, the subsidiary of China-based Bytedance, is projected to bring in nearly $12 billion USD (about $15.5 billion CAD) this year. If the estimations from research firm EMarketer are correct, TikTok will become larger than Twitter and Snap combined thanks…

With iOS 16 betas already underway, many features have been released, with others still hidden but slowly surfacing through spotted hints. According to Aaronp613 from AppleDB, coding lines labelled “SiriRemote4” and “WirelessRemoteFireware.4” were…

Bell announced a ton of new content coming to Crave in July (and quite a few things leaving the platform, too). You can check out the full list of items below. Crave subscriptions starts at $9.99/month for a Mobile plan, which includes access to HBO content. A…

Netflix claims that as part of its “readjustment” of business, the company is looking at expansions and investments. This, in turn, will result in the addition of 1,500 jobs over the next year and a half, according to the company. As Netflix’s business…

Tesla is once again bringing its Enhanced Autopilot to Canada and the U.S. Interested users can navigate and find the premium add-on within the company’s website and mobile app. Enhanced Autopilot has been available in various markets around the world. It…

Rogers, Shaw, and the Competition Bureau have agreed to take part in a mediation process over the two companies’ $26-billion merger. The tribunal told Reuters the mediation will take place on July 4th and 5th and will be confidential. The Commissioner of…