The Canadian Tech Podcast Ep. 68 – Wed April 20 2016

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CTP Ep. 68 – Wed, April 20, 2016

Thanks to our sponsor – Olio Digital Labs

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Topics

• Signs point to Apple abandoning OS X branding in favor of “MacOS”
  • http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/04/signs-point-to-apple-abandoning-os-x-branding-in-favor-of-macos/
• Apple confirms it is no longer supporting Quicktime for Windows
  • http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/18/apple-ends-quicktime-for-windows-support/
  • http://www.pcworld.com/article/3058312/security/adobe-on-quicktime-youre-up-the-creek-without-a-paddle.html
  • http://blogs.adobe.com/adobecare/2016/04/16/quicktime-on-windows/
• Visual Studio Code editor hits version 1, has half a million users
  • http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/04/visual-studio-code-editor-hits-version-1-has-half-a-million-users/
• Mitel buys Polycom for $1.96B in enterprise communications consolidation play
  • http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/15/mitel-buys-polycom-for-1-96b-in-enterprise-communications-consolidation-play/
• Canadian watchdog clears Google of anti-competitive practices, with one exception
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/competition-bureau-clears-google-of-anti-competitive-practices-with-one-exception/article29674662/
• Microsoft sues U.S. government over requests for customer data
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/microsoft-sues-us-government-over-data-requests/article29630648/
  • Some commentary for other companies
    • https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/attention-bigcos-stop-outsourcing-your-customers-trust-john-battelle

Local Story

• Peer-to-peer car rental company Turo launches in Canada
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2016/04/19/peer-to-peer-car-rental-company-turo-launches-in-alberta-ontario-and-quebec

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Alien “Wow” signal could finally have a explanation

Derek – Quiver