CTP Ep. 110 – Apr 9, 2017: Canada Hearts Music

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Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs

Thanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue Mic

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Quick Hits

• Toronto’s Turnstyle Has Been Acquired by Yelp
  • https://getturnstyle.com/press-releases/acquired-by-yelp/
• Apple Music 2.0 update for Android delivers major design, lyrics
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/04/apple-music-2-0-launches-on-android/
• Infiniti launches accelerator program in Toronto to support IoT and smart city startups
  • http://betakit.com/infiniti-launches-accelerator-program-in-toronto-to-support-iot-and-smart-city-startups/

Topics

• Town of Innisfil partners with Uber to solve transit problems
  • https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/this-town-considered-starting-a-bus-line-but-will-just-pay-uber-instead
  • http://www.citynews.ca/2017/04/04/town-innisfil-partners-uber-solve-transit-problems/
• Music Streaming Subscriptions Double from 2015 to 2016
  • http://www.srgnet.com/2017/04/05/streaming-subscriptions-double-in-one-year/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/06/canada-music-streaming-subscriptions-2016-srg/
• Canadian carriers should offer unlimited data: Toronto City Council to CRTC
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/05/carriers-should-offer-unlimited-data-canada-toronto-city-council-crtc/
• Ontario invests $700,000 to co-found Code for Canada, a digital initiative to make government more accessible
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/06/ontario-code-for-canada/
• Devices that track, spy on cellphones found at Montreal’s Trudeau airport
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/trudeau-airport-spying-1.4055803?cmp=rss
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rcmp-reveal-their-use-of-surveillance-machines/article34604182/
• VICE News obtained a blueprint for how Ottawa could let cops obtain your data without a warrant
  • https://news.vice.com/story/how-cops-in-canada-could-obtain-your-data-without-a-warrant
• Google to display fact-checking labels to show if news is true or false
  • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/google-to-display-fact-checking-labels-to-show-if-news-is-true-or-false

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – NADA!
• Derek – Bluk: Play Store, App Store

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Quarter End finishing up. Moving some hardware around to better do podcasting and video work in the basement. 1 more week until vacation.
• Derek – Hosted a very successful, second annual Dribbble Meetup at Olio on Tuesday, an eventful Council meeting on Wednesday, finished a Python module in SoloLearn, attended an interesting event put on by LEDC Friday afternoon, drafted a bunch of announcements and press releases for CleverHost to go out over the next few weeks, working on that new startup (Food Trucks Plus)!

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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