Air Canada to roll out Wi-Fi connectivity on North American flights

Air Canada is bringing in-flight Wi-Fi to its North American flights starting next month. The company will start to roll out Gogo-based Wi-Fi to 29 of its aircraft beginning May. The airline also aims to outfit 130 narrow-body models by December 2015. To make sure passengers have decent internet connection, Air Canada also plans to test advanced satellite broadband connectivity from Gogo and Inmarsat next year.

Facebook to pull plug on chat feature on mobile

Facebook wants chatting to be a standalone experience on its Messenger app. The social network is officially pulling the plug on the chat feature in the next couple of weeks. If you want to continue chatting with your Facebook friends, now is the time to download the Messenger app. If your device can’t run the app, then you are going to have to use the mobile site.

Source: Engadget

Visa Canada to help you plan your kid’s prom with Plan’it Prom

A new survey from Visa Canada reports Canadians spend 26% less on prom than our American counterparts. Also, we are willing to shoulder 81% of the cost for our teens as opposed to 56% American parents are willing to cover for their teenagers.

In order to keep all these expenses in check, Visa Canada has unveiled a free smartphone app called Plan’it Prom. The app covers different aspects of prom planning, including features such as a budget calculator, prom countdown, budget health meter, and prom timeline. 

Netflix starts 4K streaming of ‘House of Cards’

If you own a 4K TV, then you can finally take advantage of the feature that costs you thousands of dollars. Netflix has started streaming its smash hit House of Cards in 4K resolution. But you’d have to make sure the TV has HEVC/H.265 decoding though. Other than that, we think you’re all good to stream the show in all that high resolution goodness.

Netflix hasn’t said what else they plan to upgrade to 4K next but we will keep you posted when we find out.

Source: Engadget