PayPal will charge inactive accounts in Canada a $20 annual fee

Photo by Brett Jordan from PexelsIf you have a PayPal account, make sure to use it sometimes. The payment platform quietly added a $20 account inactivity fee in the country. The change was spotted in PayPal's Canadian User Agreement, which was updated on August 11. The note simply stated, "We are introducing an annual account inactivity of $20 CAD," effective November 20, 2021. Beyond this update, PayPal hasn't mentioned this upcoming change elsewhere. It hasn't said what it considers an inactive account, either.

If it follows the policy it implemented on UK accounts back in December, the criteria is you need to use your PayPal at least once within 12 months to avoid the charge. You can also take out any PayPal wallet balances you have because the payment platform won't charge credit or debit cards linked to your account. In the UK, the accounts approaching the one-year inactivity mark are warned via email. It isn't known if that will be the case for Canadian account holders, too. 

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'Halo Infinite' to launch on Dec. 8

343 Industries has confirmed that Halo Infinite will finally launch on December 8. The developer confirmed the news during Gamescom's Opening Night Live event. It's been a year-long wait for the title to come out. But now, it's finally almost here. 343 Industries announced last week that the game wouldn't launch with its campaign co-op or Forge Mode, which lets you create and play custom maps. But Halo Infinite's multiplayer betas kicked off last month with a generally favourable reception.

Source: Engadget

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TikTok and Shopify bring e-commerce into app, pilot test in Canada kicks off soon

Kylie Jenner's Kylie Cosmetics brand is among the early adopters of the new service (Source: TikTok x Shopify)

After announcing their partnership in October, TikTok and Shopify are ready to test its TikTok Shopping feature with select Shopify merchants. The pilot has kicked off in the US and UK, with Canadian merchants getting access to the feature in the coming weeks. 

Shopify merchants with a TikTok For Business account will soon get the option to add a Shopping tab on their profiles and sync their product catalogs to have a mini-storefront on the platform. They will also get the option to tag products in TikTok videos, which will link out to their storefront for checkout.

Source: TechCrunch

Fitbit unveils new Charge 5, costs CA$230

Fitbit's newest wearable is here, and the company calls the Charge 5 its "most advanced health and fitness tracker" yet. It's equipped with a brighter, colour touchscreen and up to seven days of battery life, along with six months of Fitbit Premium for free.

The Charge 5 is Fitbit's first tracker to get an EDA sensor, which measures your body's response to stress through tiny changes in the sweat glands on your fingers. Fitbit first introduced the EDA sensor in the Fitbit Sense smartwatch. 

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