The Canadian Tech Podcast – Ep. 79 – Sunday, July 24, 2016

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CTP Ep. 79 – Sunday, July 24, 2016

Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Thanks to techdoz.ca for the loan of the snowball mic.

Topics

• Microsoft wins landmark appeal over seizure of foreign e-mails
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/microsoft-wins-landmark-appeal-over-seizure-of-foreign-emails/article30915214/
• Here’s the Government of Ontario’s trick to stop distracted driving
  • Not the most practical but a start to get the message out more
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/07/23/heres-the-government-of-ontarios-trick-to-stop-distracted-driving/
• Verizon Communications Inc. said to be nearing US$5 billion deal to buy Yahoo! Inc, beating out rival bidders
  • http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/verizon-communications-inc-said-to-be-nearing-deal-to-buy-yahoo-inc-beating-out-rival-bidders?__lsa=33d4-df76
• MasterCard to take on Apple with new mobile payments solution, launching in Canada in 2017
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/07/15/mastercard-mobile-payments-to-canada-2017-take-on-apple-google/

• Pokemon Go released in Canada
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/canadians-and-the-pokemon-craze-in-four-charts/article30899687/

• https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/17/ourmine-attacks-pokemon-go-servers/
• Elon Musk unveils Part 2 of his Master Plan
  • http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/07/musk-tesla-to-become-a-sustainable-energy-company/
• Twitter opens up account verification to everyone
  • http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/07/twitter-account-verification-abuse-free-milo/

 

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Local Story

• And you Are?: Mark Baldwin, President of Tuku
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2016/07/17/and-you-are-mark-baldwin-president-of-tuku

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Comic-con movie and TV show trailers.
• Derek – CloudMagic

 

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – First Week of work. Moving a hobby club’s website over to CleverHost and trying to update the look of it.
• Derek – Finished up that server migration I mentioned previously, have a Raspberry Pi 3 that I’m toying around with, got my Bluetooth keyboard connected to, going to get the official touchscreen for it, and will eventually turn it into a multimedia centre for my Toyota Yaris. Also made a few decisions about where to take The IT Dept, and there will be an educational component to that, so I’ve been laying down ideas for which courses to develop.

Our first video looks at whether @Google should build their own phone!
https://twitter.com/techpodcast_ca/status/753397220943261700

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