Episode 34 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

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The Canadian Tech Podcast

Episode 34 May 27 2013

 

Hosts

 

Stuart Clark

Adam Forristal

Jamieson Roberts

 

Topics

Xbox One’s used game fiasco plays with fire, flirts with pirates

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/gaming/xbox-ones-used-game-fiasco-plays-with-fire-flirts-with-pirates/article12164857/

 

Outlook.com reviews better than gmail?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407877,00.asp

Yahoo Acquires Tumblr and promises not to screw it up
http://allthingsd.com/20130520/yahoo-buys-tumblr-and-promises-not-to-screw-it-up/

Yahoo buying spree grows, reports of bid for Hulu

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/business-technology/yahoo-buying-spree-grows-reports-of-bid-for-hulu/article12136978/

 

Yahoo makes major changes to Flickr

http://mashable.com/2013/05/20/yahoo-flickr-event/

 

Arrested Development is back on Netflix

http://www.fastcocreate.com/1683034/how-mitch-hurwitz-revived-arrested-development-on-netflix-and-why-the-show-belongs-there

 

Twitter launches 2 factor authentication

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/twitter-launches-two-factor-authentication-too-late-to-save-the-onion/

Lenovo hopes to sell smartphones in North America within a year

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2039921/sticking-to-business-can-help-lenovo-smartphones-shine-in-the-u-s-.html

 

Teen’s Invention Could Create 20-Second Phone Charge
http://mashable.com/2013/05/22/super-capacitor-eesha-khare/

 

Noise-cancelling fiber optic transmission could lead to faster internet

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/27/4369392/twin-wave-phase-conjugation-network-research

 

More reports that iOS7 will be flat and minimal

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/24/4362056/jony-ive-ios-7-redesign-features-a-black-and-white-design

 

Wi-Fi chip pushes 1.7Gbps over four streams with 802.11ac

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/wi-fi-chip-pushes-1-7gbps-over-four-streams-using-802-11ac-standard/

 

From the makers ‘Minecraft’ we present ‘Scrolls’

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/27/4369822/mojang-scrolls-release-date-gameplay-launch-video

 

Unlimited doesn’t really mean unlimited

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/fios-customer-discovers-the-limits-of-unlimited-data-77-tb-in-month/

 

WordPress is now 10 years old.

http://mashable.com/2013/05/27/wordpress-10-years/

Picks of the Week

Stuart – Flickr

Adam – Time’s End

Jamieson – Keycard