Canadian startup Couply wins Collision 2021's PITCH competition

The winner of Collision Conference's pitching competition is a homegrown startup and one that seems to reflect our times. Couply is the PITCH winner for 2021, beating out US enterprise software company SalesBeat and Colombian e-commerce startup Dondo. 

Couply is a free app designed to help couples improve their relationships with the help of tech. The app helps out with gift and date ideas, thoughtful moments, reminders of important occasions, and even proposals. The app builds personality profiles using quizzes and holds quarterly structured relationship check-ins.

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Spotify tipped to offer its own paid podcast subscription option

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If the rumours are true, it looks like Spotify will also launch its paid podcast subscription option. And according to the Wall Street Journal's sources, Spotify might unveil this service "next week," which would come at the tail of Apple's paid podcast subscription announcement. But unlike its rival, Spotify supposedly wouldn't charge a fee or take a cut of each membership. The podcasters will set their own prices.

Those who use Spotify's iOS app will reportedly get steered to a website to complete the transaction, which would deny Apple of its "App Store tax." Spotify hasn't confirmed these rumours, but according to the company's chief content and ad business officer Dawn Ostroff, there was "room for everybody" in the audio space.

Source: Engadget

The new 12.9-inch iPad Pro won't work with the older Magic Keyboard

If you thought your older Magic Keyboard would work with the new iPad Pro, we have some bad news. The 12.9-inch option will require the new Magic Keyboard to work. But the new Magic Keyboard will work with the third- and fourth-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro. It seems that because the new iPad Pro is slightly thicker, this might be causing the issue. The 11-inch model doesn't have the same problem as it has the same size and weight as its predecessor.

Source: 9to5Mac

What to Look for in an Ontario Virtual School

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Despite the educational uncertainty in 2021, the majority of school boards in the Ottawa area will be maintaining the hybridized form of education we’ve seen so much of over the last year. This means that students will need to continue to rely on eLearning methodologies for the remainder of the school semester.

Of course, there can be a lack of quality in the online education space. In the public sphere, teachers are still struggling with portals and platforms, while in the private spere, some institutions are only just taking their first fledgling steps into the world virtual education, or failed to improve since 2020. 

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