Amazon's Music Unlimited streaming service aims to take on Spotify and Apple Music

While Amazon has offered streaming music for free with Amazon Prime subscriptions, the range of artists, songs and albums was rather lacking compared to larger libraries from services like Spotify and Apple Music.

Amazon actually has another music streaming service in Canada available since last month and unlike Prime Music, which has around one million songs, the Music Unlimited service offers millions of songs. Costing $9.99 a month, Music Unlimited is discounted to $7.99 for individual and current Amazon Prime users. A family plan costs $ 14.99 a month and a single device subscription (ideal for one Amazon Echo device) for $3.99 a month.

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Amazon diversifies its Echo product base in Canada with a range of new models

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Canadians today are spoiled for choice when it comes to smart speakers and smart home technology. Just think that two years ago, we had to sneak in Amazon Echos and Google Homes across the border and run through hoops to enable some fascimile of functionality with these devices.

Today there are literally dozens of smart speaker devices to choose from and Amazon has just made choosing the right device more challenging thanks to its latest fall harvest of devices.

Occupying an entire floor of an old building in downtown Toronto, Amazon set off to demo a slew of new devices that are all coming to Canada and will be available as early as tomorrow.

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Web app offers Canadians a convenient, wait-free solution to getting their meds

Getting medical prescriptions filled is now going to be easier than ever. Canadian patients across the country will soon be able to have their prescriptions filled securely via their mobile browser. Pillz, the brainchild of doctor-turned-entrepreneur, Mohammad Taher, plans to eliminate the arduous wait times related to prescription pick-up and bills itself as the “Ritual” for pharmacies.

After working in healthcare for six years, Taher saw an opportunity to address the challenges that come with filling and refilling prescriptions. He was particularly concerned about senior citizens and cancer patients with weak immune systems and could potentially be exposed to seasonal viruses while at the pharmacy.

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Google's new USB-C headphones offer great sound and innovation for $35

USB Type-C headphones have traditionally been rare and quite expensive. My Razer Hammerheads in-hear headphones cost over $80 but they were the ideal plug and play solutiion to use on my Essential Phone PH-1 and later on my Pixel 2 daily driver Android phones.

Google has quietly added its new USB-C headphones which are included with the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, not only are these generally lightweight to use and fit nicely in most user's ears. Google says these will sound great with 24-bit digital audio and should be outstanding companions to the new Pixel 3 flagships.

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