Wednesday
Jun102020

Travel safely during COVID-19 with Google Maps' safety features

Google Maps is introducing a slew of features to help you navigate through a world with the COVID-19 pandemic. The company gets its data from local, state, and federal governments and their sites to provide more accurate information for its users. Let's take a look at some of these features under the cut:

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Tuesday
Jun092020

Telus brings back $75/20GB promo as an online offer

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

Telus has reintroduced its $75/20GB Peace of Mind promotional plan as an online-only offer. This plan includes the said 20GB of high-speed data (and if exceeded an unlimited data at a throttled speed of 512Kbps), unlimited nationwide calls, text, and picture and video messaging. It also comes with voicemail, call display, call waiting, and conference calling.

On top of that, Telus is offering an $85/20GB Peace of Mind Connect offer on a limited basis. Aside from providing the same conditions as the regular Peace of Mind plan, the Connect plans allow subscribers to give "connected" devices access to your plans' unlimited data. That said, you can use the Peace of Mind plan and tether your other mobile devices to it. You can find out more about both offers in this link.

Tuesday
Jun092020

Uber gets license to operate in Winnipeg, aims for summer launch

Uber is now actively looking for drivers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as it received its license to operate in the area. The ride-sharing service hopes to launch this summer. Those who are interested in driving for the company can apply through this link. According to Uber, "tens of thousands" of people in the city have signed up and expressed interest in riding. Of course, we don't know what an effect COVID-19 will have with the number of users in the area. 

Source: Manitoba Post

Tuesday
Jun092020

New Samsung leaks are about next Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Buds

It looks like Samsung is solving a branding dilemma again by skipping another model name. The company's latest smartwatch was the Galaxy Watch Active 2 introduced in September, which was the successor of the Galaxy Watch Active. And that, in turn, succeeded the original Galaxy Watch. So, the expectation is the next Samsung wearable would be the Galaxy Watch 2. The presumption is the "Active" line is separate from the main Galaxy Watch line. But new leaks suggest the company is just opting to call its next smartwatch the Galaxy Watch 3 to avoid confusing it with the Galaxy Watch Active 2. (Similar to how the company skipped model numbers to launch the Galaxy S20.)

MySmartPrice saw the name surfaced on Thailand's NTBC certification site. It's the country's regulatory body that certifies devices. And then it was spotted by XDA-Developers on Samsung's app. An image asset on the Galaxy Wearable app mentions the smartwatch specifically, despite the company not confirming its name yet.

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