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Renders show that Coca-Cola is working on a new phone

It looks like Coca-Cola is making a new smartphone, according to the well-known leaker Ice Universe.

Reportedly, the company will partner with another smartphone brand for their first-ever Cola Phone. However, it’s unclear who the Coke brand will partner with.

It’s unclear if this is right, but replies to the post indicate that this handset might be a rebranded Realme 10 Pro, which is a mid-range phone. This also features a 6.7-inch 120Hz IPS LCD screen with a Snapdragon 695 chipset, comes in 6/8/12GB of RAM variants, and sports a 108-megapixel primary shooter and a 5,000mAh battery. But it’s unclear if this is that phone.

This isn’t the first time a brand has worked together with a phone company, as we’ve seen Pokémon-themed Galaxy Z Flip handsets, a Dragon Ball Z Realme GT Neo 3 and even a Naruto-themed Realme GT Neo 3.

Source: Ice Universe

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Pixel Fold’s Flip to Shh requires the handset to be folded

The long-rumoured Google Pixel Fold’s Flip to Shh feature is a bit different than what we’re used to.

Flip to Shh is featured on various smartphones, including the Pixel 7. The feature on the Pixel 7 series can automatically turn on Do Not Disturb mode when you put it flat on its display on an even surface.

However, 9to5Google has found strings in the latest Digital Wellbeing app update, which turns on Do Not Disturb when you fold your phone and place it face down on a flat surface. When flipped, you’ll feel a vibration notifying you that Do Not Disturb is turned on.

9to5Google says that Quick Tap will also be on the device, allowing you to assign an app or action to a double tap on the rear of your handset.

Source: 9to5Google

Image Credit: Howtoisolve 

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New on Netflix Canada: February 2023

In February 2023, Netflix Canada is set to stream several new TV shows, films and documentaries, including You season 4, part 1, new films like Our Friend, Your Place or Mine, We Have a Ghost, and True Spirit.

February 1st

  • Gunther’s Millions — Netflix Documentary 
  • American Assassin
  • Blow
  • Blue Valentine
  • Closer
  • Crazy, Stupid, Love
  • Fury
  • Girls5eva: Season 1
  • John Q
  • Legend
  • Legion
  • Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
  • Mystic River
  • Resident Evil: Retribution
  • Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
  • Spawn
  • The Wedding Planner
  • Vacation

February 2nd

  • Freeridge — Netflix Series

February 3rd

  • Class — Netflix Series
  • Infiesto — Netflix Film 
  • Stromboli — Netflix Film 
  • True Spirit — Netflix Film 
  • Viking Wolf — Netflix Film 

February 5th

  • The Spectacular Now

February 6th

  • Outlander: Season 6
  • Vinland Saga: Season 2

February 7th

  • Medieval

February 8th

  • Bill Russell: Legend — Netflix Documentary 
  • The Exchange — Netflix Series 

February 9th

  • The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem — Netflix Series
  • Dear David — Netflix FIlm 
  • My Dad the Bounty Hunter — Netflix Family 
  • You: Season 4, Part 1 —  Netflix Series

February 10th

  • 10 Days of a Good Man — Netflix Film 
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  • Love Actually
  • Love is Blind: After the Altar: Season 3 — Netflix Series
  • Love to Hate You —Netflix Series
  • Your Place or Mine — Netflix Film 

February 13th

  • Squared Love All Over Again — Netflix Film 

February 14th

  • All the Places — Netflix Film 
  • A Sunday Affair — Netflix Film 
  • In Love All Over Again — Netflix Series
  • Jim Jefferies: High n’ Dry — Netflix Comedy 
  • Perfect Match — Netflix Series 
  • Re/Member — Netflix Film 

February 15th

  • #NoFilter — Netflix Series
  • African Queens: Njinga — Netflix Documentary 
  • CoComelon: Season 7
  • Eva Lasting — Netflix Series
  • Full Swing — Netflix Documentary 
  • Hubert & Fanny: Season 1
  • The Law According to Lidia Poët — Netflix Series
  • The Mummy
  • The Purge
  • Red Rose — Netflix Series

February 16th

  • The Upshaws: Part 3 — Netflix Series

February 17th

  • A Girl and an Astronaut — Netflix Series
  • Community Squad – Netflix Series
  • Ganglands: Season 2 — Netflix Series
  • Unlocked — Netflix Film 

February 19th

  • I Care a Lot
  • Whindersson Nunes: Preaching to the Choir — Netflix Comedy 

February 20th

  • Rocketman

February 21st

  • Altar Boy
  • Perfect Match — Netflix Series (new episodes) 

February 22nd

  • Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal — Netflix Documentary 
  • The Strays — Netflix Film 
  • Triptych — Netflix Series

February 23rd

  • Call Me Chihiro — Netflix Film 
  • Outer Banks Season 3 — Netflix Series
  • That Girl Lay Lay: Season 2 — Netflix Family 

February 24th

  • Formula 1: Drive to Survive Season 5 — Netflix Documentary 
  • Oddballs: Season 2 — Netflix Family 
  • We Have a Ghost — Netflix Film 
  • Who Were We Running From? — Netflix Series

February 26th

  • French Exit
  • Our Friend

February 28th

  • A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou — Netflix Comedy 
  • Too Hot to Handle Germany — Netflix Series

Here’s what’s leaving Netflix

  • Wonder Woman 1984 (February 12th)
  • The Departed (February 13th)
  • Hereditary (February 14th)
  • New Amsterdam: Seasons 1-2 (February 14th)
  • Heartland: Seasons 1- 15 (February 28th)
  • Kim’s Convenience: Seasons 1-5 (February 28th)
  • Murdoch Mysteries: Seasons 1-15 (February 28th)
  • Schitt’s Creek (February 28th)
  • The Great Canadian Baking Show: Seasons 1-5 (February 28th)
  • When Calls the Heart: Seasons 1-5 (February 28th)
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A first look at the OnePlus 11 (gallery)

OnePlus is hyping up the launch of the upcoming OnePlus 11 smartphone by letting reviewers share photos of the device early.

We can’t share any impressions or information, but stay tuned for the full review coming at some point and enjoy the photos.

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If you want to prepare for the review, you can read my thoughts on the other recent OnePlus phones and announcements below:

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Bell Aliant charges N.S. senior long distance prices for local calls

When Frankie Allison received his landline bill, he knew the numbers were wrong.

The Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia resident had agreed to pay $35 monthly for a new house phone with Bell Aliant that he purchased before Christmas, according to the CBC.

But when he received his bill for two months of local calls, equaling more than $600, he saw he was charged 20 cents a minute for long-distance calls. But Allison wasn’t making international calls; most of his calls were to the nearby suburb of Lower Sackville.

“I made calls to Sackville — and I mean Sackville to here is no long distance,” Allison told CBC.

Bell owns Bell Aliant, a telecom company that serves Atlantic Canada.

The 81-year-old called the company after he received the bill. Bell Aliant told him the numbers were correct. He cancelled his landline and said he wouldn’t pay an incorrect bill. The company said they would send his bill to a collections agency.

“I told him you can put in whose hands you like, I’m not paying anything,” Allison told the publication. “I’m 81 years old, I don’t need no credit.”

Bell Aliant didn’t admit to its mistake until CBC reached out, prompting them to look into the bill. The company admitted there was a “programming error” and waived the charges.

Image credit: Shutterstock 

Source: CBC

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MacBook Pro (2023) sports slightly slower SSD than its predecessor

It looks like the base-level 14-inch MacBook Pro running Apple’s new M2 Pro chip has worse SSD performance than its predecessor.

According to tests run by 9to5Mac, the old M1 Pro MacBook Pro had a write speed of 3,950.8MB/s and a read speed of 4,900.3MB/s. The new M2 Pro MacBook Pro, on the other hand, had read and write speeds of 3,154.5MB/s and 2,973.4MB/s, respectively.

9to5 attributes this drop to a change in the number and the capacity of the NAND chips — these are what make up the storage of SSDs. The M2 Pro MacBook Pro sports fewer NAND chips at a higher capacity than before. Specifically, the M1 Pro version of the MacBook Pro split its 512GB of SSD storage across four 128GB NAND chips. 9to5Mac took a peak inside its M2 MacBook Pro and found one NAND chip on the front of the motherboard and noted there likely was another chip on the underside of the motherboard (the M1 Pro variant sported two chips on the top and two on the underside).

While disappointing to see a drop in performance like this, it’s worth keeping in mind that the read/write speeds are still quite fast, and for most people, the difference likely won’t be noticeable. That said, some edge cases might see worse performance as a result.

This also isn’t the first time a MacBook took a hit to SSD performance. 9to5 highlights that the base M1 and M2 MacBook Air had a similar performance dropoff thanks to Apple switching from two 128GB NAND chips in the M1 Air to one 256GB chip in the M2 Air. Moreover, a quick dig into the MobileSyrup archives revealed that back when the MacBook Air still used Intel chips, the 2019 Air saw a slight drop in SSD read speeds compared to the 2018 Air.

Source: 9to5Mac

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How to watch the Xbox & Bethesda Developer_Direct in Canada

On January 25th at 3pm ET/12pm PT, Xbox is introducing a new showcase format: the Xbox & Bethesda ‘Developer_Direct.’

Unlike traditional E3-style keynotes featuring dozens of games, Developer_Direct will focus on deep dives into a handful of titles. For the inaugural show, this includes:

  • The Elder Scrolls Online (ZeniMax Online Studios) — an unveiling of the 2023 Chapter Update (an ‘ESO Chapter Reveal Event’ will also take place immediately after Developer_Direct)
  • Forza Motorsport (Turn 10) — we’ll learn more about the next Forza game built from the ground up for Xbox Series X/S
  • Minecraft Legends (Mojang and Vancouver’s Blackbird Interactive) — an “insider’s look” into the PvP experience
  • Redfall (Arkane) — “several minutes” of gameplay from this vampire FPS will be shown

Those interested in tuning in can do via Xbox’s Twitch, YouTube and Facebook channels or Bethesda’s YouTube and Twitch channels. An ASL stream will be available on the dedicated Xbox ASL Twitch channel.

It should be noted that Xbox confirmed that Starfield will not be at this Developer_Direct and will instead get its own standalone show at a later date.

What are you looking forward to seeing? Let us know in the comments.

Image credit: Xbox

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Amazon discounts select Fire TVs by up to 29 percent

January is when new shows and movies come out on most of the streaming services. You can check out some of what’s coming in our outline on Netflix, Disney and Amazon here.

If you’re in the market for a new TV, possibly an affordable one, Amazon is have a sale that discounts select Amazon Fire TVs by up to 29 percent off.

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Source: Amazon Canada

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Spotify launches GLOW program celebrating the 2SLGBTIA+ community

Spotify is launching GLOW a new global music program created to celebrate the 2SLGBTIA+ community.

The program is supported by the Creator Equity Fund, which is used to foster equity in the audio space alongside programs like EQUAL and Frequency:

  • The GLOW Hub, a dedicated space on Spotify to highlight audio offerings of 2SLGBTIA+ voices for queer and ally users
  • Global Flagship Playlist, GLOW, which will be refreshed monthly and highlight tracks by 2SLGBTIA+ artists
  • A 360 program providing editorial and partnership capabilities, marketing support, and charitable components

To launch GLOW, Spotify is partnering with 2SLGBTIA+ artists like Arlo Parks, Bruses, Jean Seizure, Joesef, Leland, Liniker, Natalia Lacunza, Pabllo Vittar, Sam Smith, Tove Lo, and Villano Antillano.

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New on Hayu: February 2023

Everyone knows about Netflix, Crave and Prime Video, but there are also other video streaming platforms in Canada for fans of niche content.

For example, NBC Universal’s Hayu is a reality TV subscription streaming service that gets new series monthly and continuing series weekly.

Here’s everything that’s coming to Hayu in February:

New this February

  • Love Island: Season 9 (From Tuesday, January 24th)
  • Nikki Bella Says I Do: Season 1 (From Friday, January 27th)
  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 1 (From Wednesday, February 8th)
  • Vanderpump Rules: Season 10 (From Thursday, February 9th)
  • Summer House: Season 7 (From Tuesday, February 14th)

Continuing Series

  • The Real Housewives of Potomac: Season 7 (Mondays)
  • Family Karma: Season 3 (Mondays)
  • Snapped: Season 31 (Mondays)
  • Below Deck: Season 10 (Tuesdays)
  • Watch What Happens Live: Season 20 (Tuesdays – Saturdays)
  • Below Deck Adventure: Season 1 Finale (Wednesdays)
  • The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City: Season 3 (Thursdays)
  • Love Without Borders: Season 1 Finale (Thursdays)
  • Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles: Season 14 (Fridays)
  • Accident, Suicide or Murder: Season 4 (Sundays)
  • Floribama Murders: Season 1 (Sundays)

Image credit: Hayu