Ep. 1. July 30th 2012 Thunderbolt not Thunderbird.
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Stuart Clark
Jon Pilon
Mike Battista
Andrew Berdan
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Jamison Roberts for the intro and exit music and several stories this week.
Google to become an ISP in US.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/07/google-fiber-launches-in-kansas-city/
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/26/3724345/google-announces-plans-on.html
Will we ever see something similiar in canada?
Bring Google fibre to Canada
http://on.fb.me/QsmzeG
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/do-we-need-a-new-national-broadband-plan/
Does Canada need a national broadband plan (article is about US)
http://www.thestar.com/business/sciencetech/article/1231983–rim-channels-apple-in-blackberry-comeback-bid-but-will-it-work
New iPhone Sept 21, announced Sept 12. Simultaneous Canadian release? Plus we should discuss the case leaks showing what it will probably look like.
Also: iOS 6 will finally bring full Siri functionality here.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/30/two-sources-talk-of-iphone-event-around-september-12th/
Mountain Lion Released. Comments so far?
Valve hedging bets against Windows 8
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/07/steams-newell-windows-8-catastrophe-driving-valve-to-embrace-linux/
IOC old school when it comes to Social media.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/an-olympian-struggle-ioc-vs-social-media/article4432121/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/07/30/tech-olympics-tweeting.html
They suggested people only tweet important things.
Communications director Mark Adams said: “From my understanding, One network was oversubscribed, and OBS are trying to spread the load to other providers. We don’t want to stop people engaging in this by social media but perhaps they might consider only sending urgent updates.”