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A number of Google Pixel phones in Canada and the U.S. were hit with a Daylight Saving Time update bug on March 14th. Some Google Pixel devices did not update and jump ahead an hour once Daylight Saving Time started Sunday morning. Although the bug is inconvenient, it can, fortunately, be fixed with a quick reboot. Users who encountered the bug took to Reddit to report the bug … [Read more...] about Some Google Pixel devices encountering Daylight Saving Time update issue

The Ontario government is set to launch its online COVID-19 vaccine booking portal on March 15th at 8am ET. Residents who are 80 years of age or older will be eligible to book an appointment at ontario.ca/bookvaccine once the portal launches. A telephone booking system will also be launching alongside the online system. Retired General Rick Hillier, the chair of Ontario’s … [Read more...] about Ontario government to launch COVID-19 vaccine booking portal on March 15

Images, renders and videos of upcoming smartphones continuously leak. All of these leaks can be difficult to follow, so we’ve compiled a list of this past week’s hottest rumours. Finally, this week there were enough leaks to put together this roundup. With phones like the OnePlus 9 series, Huawei P50 series and Samsung’s upcoming A series launching shortly, we’re starting to … [Read more...] about Here are Samsung Galaxy A series, OnePlus 9 and Huawei P50 leaks from last week

Waze has released data about Canadian driving patterns over the last year amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “In general, Waze users in major cities across the country are still driving less now than they were a year ago. Activity reached its lowest point over the last 13 months in April 2020, and then rose steadily through the summer,” the company notes. Waze outlines that … [Read more...] about Waze releases data about Canadian driving patterns amid pandemic

SpaceX has launched another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on March 14th, a few days after its previous mission. With this latest launch, the company has sent more than 1,000 Starlink satellites into space. Starlink’s network could eventually total more than 10,000 satellites. SpaceX has opened up Starlink pre-orders on a first-come, first-served basis in Canada to allow … [Read more...] about SpaceX launches third batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks

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 Canada, Crave and Netflix Canada, but other services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ will be mentioned when relevant. We’ll also highlight shows or movies that are made … [Read more...] about Streaming in Canada on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Crave, Disney+ and Netflix [March 8-14]

Microsoft and Google are butting heads over whether to pay news publications for their content. The core issue at the centre of the spat between the tech giants is one playing out in several countries, including Canada: saving local journalism. Over the last decade, journalism — especially local news — has suffered as big tech companies like Google and Facebook monopolize the … [Read more...] about Microsoft, Google spar over paying news organizations for content

At the end of February, Fido, Koodo and Virgin Mobile all rolled out bonus data on their plans, offering some pretty decent deals like $50 per month for 10GB of data. Now, Fido’s sweetening the offer with another 2GB bonus. For a “limited time,” Fido will add 2GB of data to select plans when a new customer completes an activation. The deal is available for both … [Read more...] about Fido offering online-only 2GB data bonus to new customers

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will lock over 800,000 taxpayers out of online accounts starting Saturday, March 13th. The move comes after an investigation found that unauthorized third parties had obtained some usernames and passwords. It’s worth noting that the CRA took similar action in February, locking over 100,000 accounts. “Like the accounts that were locked in … [Read more...] about CRA locks another 800,000 taxpayer accounts as preventative measure

Every week, MobileSyrup goes over some of the biggest titles to recently hit gaming services, such as Xbox Game Pass, Google Stadia, PlayStation Now and PlayStation Plus. We’ll also highlight any Canadian titles when relevant. Google Stadia Monster Energy Supercross — The Official Videogame 4 Developer/Publisher: MilestoneGenre: RacingPrice: $79.99Metacritic: 69 percent (PC … [Read more...] about Games to Stream ‘n Load on Xbox Game Pass and Google Stadia [March 8-14]