If you live in Canada, you can expect a future in which high-speed internet connections will always be a way of life. Broadband internet access is now considered a basic service in Canada, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, the country’s telecommunications regulator, said Wednesday. The decision mandates higher download speed targets and creation of …

You still have a couple more days to do your gift shopping, even if you’re shopping online — those shipping deadlines haven’t all passed yet. But you may still be scrambling for time. It’s hard to find the perfect gift and get it purchased, wrapped and sent while trying to juggle the stress of the holidays. If that’s the case, …

“Hey, are you awake?” I texted. It was 2:37 a.m. and every moment of wakefulness that passed would leave me more tired in the morning, but I just couldn’t fall back asleep. At the very least, I could use someone to talk to. “Hey what’s up hello, ” came the response. This was no fellow insomniac, nor the hotline for …

Spam, scams and fraud are nothing new in the world of telecommunications, but now, AT&T wants to stop those kinds of nuisance calls from ever reaching your phone in the first place. Its secret weapon: a new feature, launching Wednesday, called Call Protect. Enlarge Image AT&T wants to stop spam before it reaches your phone. KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images The feature …

Fitbit on Wednesday announced a software update for its flagship Charge 2 fitness tracker. The update addresses numerous complaints users had with the device, specifically those with workout modes. User will now have the ability to pause and resume workouts. The update also adds a Do Not Disturb mode that will disable notifications when enabled. Other changes include a new …

Microsoft’s Office 365. Google‘s Gmail. Facebook’s Messenger. These and other modern software products use a cloud-computing approach that lets you work anywhere with a network connection — you can use your phone, your office PC, your friend’s laptop that you borrow for 10 minutes. Now it looks like Adobe Systems‘ Lightroom, one of the most popular photo-editing programs around, will …

Disney has agreed to make TV shows for Snapchat, but don’t expect your favorite cartoon princesses to tag along for the ride. Technically, it’s the Disney-ABC Television Group that signed a deal to make several shows for the teen-favorite social network. ABC’s long-running dating reality show “The Bachelor” will be first out of the gate. According to a press release …

Amazon’s got a little something for everyone in January. If you’re a comic book fan or just like watching action movies with a giant red demon, “Hellboy” joins Amazon Prime on the first of January. If you want even more Hellboy, “Maid in Manhattan” will surely disappoint you because it features no demons. However, it does feature Ralph Fiennes, who …

It’s getting down to the wire and you still haven’t figured out which laptops to get your kids for Christmas. Have no fear. Ask Maggie is here to help. The good news is that this is a great time to be in the market for a budget laptop. Today more than ever, consumers don’t have to sacrifice as much performance …

Call it a Christmas miracle? Garth Brooks’ entire catalog of music will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon’s Spotify rival, Music Unlimited, beginning at midnight ET Saturday, the company said Wednesday. Brooks, one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, had already opened up to Amazon Music Unlimited in October, the same month the e-commerce giant launched the …