Feds Drop $8.3 Million to Connect 822 Ontario Homes to High-Speed Internet

Ottawa is putting more than $8.3 million CAD into two projects that will bring high-speed internet to up to 822 households in five Indigenous and remote Ontario communities, including 621 Indigenous homes, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada said on August 24. The announcement was made on Christian Island at Beausoleil First Nation. The money comes from the Universal Broadband Fund, the $3.225 billion CAD federal program aimed at getting 98 percent of Canadian households to high-speed internet by the end of 2026 and 100 percent by 2030. Homes that do not want to wait on a fibre crew already have an alternative.

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Truck Hits Bell Fibre Line, Knocks Out 911 in Southern Labrador

A truck damaged a fibre line in southern Labrador on August 24, knocking out cellular, internet, and residential phone service, Bell Aliant said on X. The outage also cut 911 calling in the region. Bell Aliant told residents who need emergency help to go in person to the nearest hospital, police station, or fire department. Crews are working to restore service, with an estimated fix of 11:00 p.m. AT, the company said in a follow-up post. CBC News reported the same truck-hit-fibre account from a Bell Canada spokesperson, and listed 18 communities without service, including Cartwright, Mary's Harbour, Port Hope Simpson, Red Bay, and L'Anse au Loup.

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Toronto Couple Spent 4 Days Trying to Cancel Rogers Internet

A Toronto couple spent four days on hold, in chat, and in Rogers stores trying to cancel a $140 CAD internet plan, according to the Toronto Star. Sarah Brooks and Nick Williams were moving into a new house in the Junction and figured cancelling Brooks' condo internet would take a day. Instead they hit dropped calls, chatbot loops, and a recording that said the queue was too long to even wait on hold. Store staff told Brooks that internet cancellations have to happen by phone. A Rogers spokesperson later confirmed to the…

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iOS 27 Finally Fixes Three Frustrating Bugs in Messages App

Apple’s upcoming iOS 27 update finally fixes three major Messages app bugs, including auto-retrying failed texts and independent media sending.

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Upcoming ‘iPhone 20 Pro’ Leak Reveals Radical All-Glass Design

Apple appears to be refining its quad-curved, all-glass 'iPhone 20 Pro' design with key improvements in heat dissipation and chassis thinness.

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Apple Quietly Testing New AI Assistant Inside Apple Store App

Apple is testing a new AI virtual shopping assistant inside the Apple Store app to help users with orders, product questions, and trade-ins.

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Apple Releases iOS 27 Beta 7 Download and More for Developers

Apple just sent iOS 27 developer beta 7 to testers, a week after beta 6, with macOS 27 Golden Gate beta 7 landing at the same time.

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Bell Gifting Free Crave Premium to Select Satellite TV Customers

Bell recently started gifting free Crave Premium subscriptions to select satellite TV customers, according to iPhone in Canada readers. Emails obtained show Bell informing customers that they get Crave Premium for $0/month (normally $22/month), which works out to $264 per year plus taxes in value. A Premium subscription offers up to 4K video quality, streaming on up to 4 devices at the same time and ad-free viewing. Bell says the offer is available as long as you maintain your TV service. The fine print says the offer is available to "current eligible Satellite TV residential customers" with accounts in good standing and those that received the email.

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Debate: Will Apple’s All-Glass iPhone 20 Be a Hit or a Hassle?

A Weibo leaker says Apple is adapting iPhone Air glass tooling for a curved, mostly glass 20th-anniversary iPhone. Here's the case for excitement and the case for skepticism.

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Steve Jobs Stepped Down as Apple CEO 15 Years Ago Today

Fifteen years after Steve Jobs resigned on August 24, 2011, Tim Cook's final days as Apple CEO lead into John Ternus taking over on September 1.

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Apple’s Next iMac Is Coming With M6 and New Colours

Apple is lining up refreshed 24-inch iMacs with an M6 chip and new colour options before the end of the year, according to Mark Gurman in Sunday's Power On newsletter for Bloomberg. Gurman says the new machines are likely updated versions of the current 24-inch model, swapping in the base M6 for today's M4 and adding fresh paint options. He does not name the new colours. The current lineup still ships in green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and silver. No major redesign is expected this round. Apple has also been linked to a future 24-inch iMac with an OLED panel, but that project is still years out, so this refresh is mostly about silicon and colour, not a new chassis.

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Early Testers Like Apple’s Foldable iPhone, Except the Camera

People who have actually used Apple's first foldable iPhone like how it feels in a pocket and how the hinge holds up, according to Mark Gurman in Sunday's Power On newsletter for Bloomberg, though the camera setup is already looking like the weak spot. Gurman says the device, which Apple staff still call the iPhone Ultra internally, sits well in a pocket when closed, and testers have been impressed by the hinge's feel and durability. Once you open it, the software is the other thing they keep coming back to, with iPad-like app layouts that make better use of the inner screen than a stretched iPhone interface would.

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Apple Stores Prepping for New HomePod mini, Apple TV and a Screen Hub

Apple retail teams are quietly preparing stores for a wave of new home products this fall, according to Mark Gurman in Sunday’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg. Layout teams are rearranging the accessory walls known internally as Avenues and adding new accessory bays to make room. Two of the products behind that shuffle are already known. Apple is planning an upgraded Apple TV set top box and a new HomePod mini, both of which have been in the works for well over a year. The bigger signal is the scale of the retail changes, which looks larger than a simple refresh of two existing devices.

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Apple Is Prepping an iPhone Price Hike as Memory Costs Climb

Apple is getting ready to raise iPhone prices, according to Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg on August 23, 2026. The move would follow Samsung and Google, which both added roughly $100 US (about $138 CAD) to the price of their latest flagship phones this year. Matching those increases would push the iPhone 18 Pro to about $1,199 US (about $1,751 CAD), an increase of roughly 9 percent over the current generation. Gurman points to memory and silicon shortages as the main driver behind the higher bill of materials Apple is now facing.

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CRTC Lets Bell Kill Legacy Broadcast Lines, But Not Until December

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved Bell Canada's plan to withdraw its Channels for Program Transmission service, but pushed the final kill date to December 1, 2026, in a decision published August 21. It is also the latest in a busy stretch of CRTC and Bell friction, after the Commission demanded answers over emergency alert spam, cracked down on locked phones, and rejected a bid to stall the switching-fee probe. The copper-based service links radio and TV studios to local transmitters so stations can get signals on air.

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Amazon Just Raised Echo and Kindle Prices in Canada by Up to 63%

Amazon has raised prices on a string of its own gadgets in Canada, according to checks by iPhone in Canada on Saturday, after Fortune reported in an exclusive that the company quietly hiked U.S. list prices overnight across Echo, Fire TV, Kindle, and eero and an Amazon spokeswoman confirmed the moves. Echo speakers, Kindles, Fire TV Sticks and eero mesh systems all jumped on Amazon.ca, with some of the biggest swings hitting the entry Echo Dot and the Kindle Paperwhite, each up more than 50 per cent from recent list prices.

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Bell Swoops In on WNBA Star Marina Mabrey After Rogers WiFi Meltdown

The saga of Toronto Tempo guard Marina Mabrey and her unstable Rogers home internet just took a turn, and Bell is the one making the play. Yesterday, Bell slid into her mentions on X with an offer: "Hey @mmabrey1, we want to put an offer on the table. Let's connect. 🏀" Bell shared a poster that read, "Bell Wi-Fi Trade Proposal", highlighting its "up to 8 Gbps download and upload speeds," along with "we answer your calls" and "it literally works." Now those are some fighting words, especially after recent online complaints about long wait times to talk to a human from Rogers.

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Apple Restructures Siri and Vision Pro Teams, Eliminating 200 Jobs

Apple is cutting around 200 jobs across its hardware and software divisions as it shifts focus toward new products and artificial intelligence, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The layoffs hit teams working on the pricey Vision Pro headset, including its gaming division and immersive video group. Apple is scaling back these efforts to reflect how customers actually use the device and to curb expenses. Producing immersive video content can cost millions of dollars per episode, while the Vision Pro has struggled to gain traction as a gaming platform. On the software side, Apple is eliminating roles within its Siri and Intelligence Systems Experience teams.

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CRTC Demands Answers From Bell, Rogers, Telus Over Emergency Alert Spam

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is looking into why residents across Manitoba received a flood of emergency wireless alerts during a severe storm earlier this summer. The CRTC sent letters to Bell, Rogers, and Telus, as well as Pelmorex Corp., which manages the Alert Ready system. The regulator is asking the companies to explain what triggered the flood of notifications and how to prevent similar over-alerting in the future, (via ChrisD.ca). The inquiry stems from a June 9 severe weather event that brought heavy rain, damaging winds over 100 km/h, large hail, and a confirmed tornado near Ste.

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YouTube Paying Creators Millions to Keep Them Away from Netflix

YouTube is offering millions to top creators to prevent them from licensing their content to Netflix in an escalating streaming war.

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Corus Slashes Jobs Across Global BC, Global National, and Talk Radio

Corus Entertainment has confirmed another round of layoffs across Global BC, Global National, 640 Toronto, and its talk radio network.

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Apple Paid Ireland $17 Billion in Taxes in a Single Year

Apple paid Ireland $17 billion in taxes following a decisive European Court of Justice ruling on back levies, account disclosures revealed.

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Apple Music is About to Expose Every AI Song on Your Playlists

Apple Music will require distributors to declare AI-generated tracks and display clear labels to listeners later this year.

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CRTC Breaks Silence on Website Issues, Won’t Address Hack Claims

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) website has been going down on and off in recent weeks, with some reports pointing to a possible hack. When we reached out to the CRTC to inquire, the regulator confirmed the outages but would not say anything about whether it was hacked. "The CRTC is aware that some users have experienced difficulties accessing parts of its website and online services. These intermittent outages have been acknowledged on the public record, including in procedural determinations on July 30 and August 11. The CRTC continued to receive interventions and other submissions during this period," said Megan MacLean, CRTC spokesperson, in an email to…

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Google Adds New Personalization Features for Search, Discover, and News

Google is rolling out new updates to give users more control over what they see in Search, Discover, and Google News. A new interactive 'Preferred Sources' button allows publishers to embed a option directly on their website pages. When readers tap the button, the publication is saved as a preferred source on Google, automatically boosting its presence in Top Stories, AI Overviews, and AI Mode. Over 600,000 unique sources have already been selected by users. It's never been more challenging to be an independent publisher—click here to add iPhone in Canada…

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Logitech Canada Drops Amazon Business Prices Up to 43% Off

Logitech Canada is dropping prices across its business lineup for Amazon for Business Brand Week, running August 24 through September 1. The sale covers headsets, mice, keyboards, webcams, and the MeetUp video bar family, with volume order discounts hitting up to 43% off. There's a catch though: these offers are only available to commercial, government, and education purchasing accounts, so regular shoppers won't be able to grab them. "Underestimating total workplace technology costs, or failing to account for the value of missed opportunities, can set companies back," said Jedd Williams, Chief Commercial Officer for Logitech for Business, in an email to…

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What’s New on Disney+ Canada: September 2026

Disney+ Canada just released its September 2026 lineup, and Star Wars fans should be pretty excited. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu lands on September 2. The same day brings LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian plus a two-episode premiere of the official podcast at 9pm ET. As for other highlights, Glen Powell's Chad Powers returns for season two on September 3, FX's Snowfall spinoff The Drop: A Snowfall Saga premieres September 9, and Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story: 13 lands with a three-episode premiere on September 25. Dancing with the Stars…

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Another Wave of Back to School Deals Arrives From ASUS

The latest deals are available through the ASUS Store, Best Buy, Memory Express and Amazon until September 10.

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Top 5 ROG Gaming Laptops You Should Have on Your Radar

Between the brand-new Strix SCAR 18 and the Zephyrus Duo, Asus has a lot of powerful gaming options.

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Fan Expo Canada Begins August 27 in Toronto: Here’s What to Expect

This year, Fan Expo is hosting the "world’s largest-ever Resident Evil reunion” with many legacy voice actors reuniting.

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