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Every month, PlayStation offers a few games at no additional cost to those subscribed to its premium PlayStation Plus service. Now, the company has revealed the trio of games hitting PS Plus in April. As previously confirmed, Oddworld: Soulstorm is launching on PlayStation 5 day-and-date on PS Plus. However, the PS4 version of the action-adventure platformer is not included … [Read more...] about Here are the free games hitting PlayStation Plus in April 2021

The PlayStation Store is offering a new Spring Sale with several games and bundles on discount. While the Spring Sale usually runs for four weeks, PlayStation has decided to split it into two parts this year. Part one starts Wednesday, March 31st, and part two of the sale is set to go up on Wednesday, April 14th. Below are some of the games and bundles currently on sale from … [Read more...] about PlayStation’s ‘Spring Sale’ offers games and bundles at a discounted price

The federal government has announced funding to bring high-speed internet to 1,550 more homes in southeastern Ontario. Rural Economic Development Minister Maryam Monsef announced over $4.2 million in funding through the Universal Broadband Fund for three projects. The three projects will bring high-speed internet access to South River, Emsdale, Burk’s Falls, Sundridge, … [Read more...] about Government announces funding to bring high-speed internet to southeastern Ontario

As part of Apple’s iOS 14.5 beta 6, Apple is making a few notable changes to Siri. First off, Siri longer defaults to a female voice with the release of iOS 14.5. This means that when the voice-activated assistant is set up for the first time, users are now prompted to select a voice. Apple is also adding two additional options to Siris’ selection of voices. Though it’s still … [Read more...] about Siri gets two new voices, no longer defaults to female-sounding

TekSavvy, Vidéotron and its parent company Quebecor have warned MPs about the possible consequences of Rogers’ proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications. The companies appeared in a virtual hearing in front of the Industry, Science and Technology Committee in Ottawa on March 31st alongside OpenMedia and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. TekSavvy’s vice-president of … [Read more...] about Teksavvy, Quebecor caution MPs on consequences of proposed Rogers-Shaw deal

Netflix has won a major bidding war among streamers to acquire the rights to the second and third Knives Out films for $450 million USD (about $565 million CAD). According to Deadline, Amazon and Apple were also in talks with Knives Out studio Lionsgate. While Lionsgate had confirmed a sequel in February 2020, the existence of a third film was previously unheard of. Specific … [Read more...] about Netflix buys Rian Johnson’s Knives Out sequels for $450 million

Google’s updated its Play Pass catalogue now offers access to more than 800 games and apps, all without ads and in-app purchases. Some of the notable new additions are as follows: Click here to see the full list of games and apps added since February 1st, 2021.   Play Pass is Google’s Android app/game subscription service that launched in July 2020 in Canada. It is a direct … [Read more...] about New games and apps added to Google Play Pass

Starbucks Canada is releasing a mobile game to support Earth Month initiatives while also offering customers a chance to win various prizes. Instead of a separate app on the App Store and Play Store, the ‘Starbucks Earth Month Game’ will instead be accessible to Starbucks Rewards members via a link in the Starbucks app on Android and iOS. Running from April 1st to 30th, the … [Read more...] about Starbucks Canada launches ‘Earth Month’ game on Android and iOS

Google will soon add the ability to share multiple photos in bulk via voice command on its Nest Hub and Smart Displays. As seen in a new video from the company, these smart products will get a new “Hey Google, share my photos with [insert person]” command. This will take users to a grid view that will display recent images which can be manually selected and shared. Currently, … [Read more...] about Google Nest Hub and Smart Displays to get bulk photo sharing

It looks like Mobile World Congress (MWC), might not happen again this year as Google has announced it’s pulling out from the show. Last year as the Pandemic ramped up, the GSMA (which runs MWC) insisted the event would still occur, and this year the same thing seems to be happening again. So far, Google, Nokia and Sony have all pulled out from the event over COVID-19-related … [Read more...] about Google isn’t going to Mobile World Congress