CTP Ep. 121 – Jun 26, 2017: The Cryptocurrency Ripple

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

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Quick Hits

• Over 3,000 of Canada’s Indigenous Lands are now on Google Maps
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/06/21/over-3000-canadas-indigenous-lands-on-google-maps/
• YouTube announces sharing videos within its native app and true full screen videos
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/06/23/youtube-announces-sharing-videos-native-app/
• SpaceX launches and lands 2 rockets over the weekend
  • http://globalnews.ca/news/3555915/spacex-launches-and-lands-2-rockets-over-the-weekend/
• Twitter to let streaming video stars collect money from fans
  • https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/twitter-to-let-streaming-video-stars-collect-money-from-fans/article35409036/
• Nintendo officially reveals the $99 SNES Classic
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/06/26/nintendo-officially-reveals-snes-classic/
• Amazon growing Toronto office by 200 people, plans to open Alexa-focused dev shop in Ottawa
  • http://betakit.com/amazon-opens-office-in-toronto-plans-to-hire-200-people/
  • http://betakit.com/amazon-opening-ottawa-office-focused-on-alexa-development/

Topics

• Social media giants join to combat online extremist content
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/social-media-giants-combat-online-extremist-content-1.4178791
• Snapchat’s newest feature is also its biggest privacy threat
  • https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/23/15864552/snapchat-snap-map-privacy-threat
• Google will stop scanning your Gmail messages to sell targeted ads
  • https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/23/15862492/google-gmail-advertising-targeting-privacy-cloud-business
• RBC has been trialling Ripple’s cryptocurrency-related products since 2015
  • https://www.xrpchat.com/topic/376-rbc-royal-bank-of-canada-is-trialling-ripple/
  • http://www.coindesk.com/royal-bank-canada-reveals-blockchain-remittance-trial-ripple/
  • https://ripple.com/insights/ripple-and-r3-team-up-with-12-banks-to-trial-xrp-for-cross-border-payments/
  • https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/75-banks-now-ripples-blockchain-network-162939601.html (auto-play video)
  • https://www.americanbanker.com/news/inside-ripples-plan-to-make-money-move-as-fast-as-information
• Supreme Court rules in favour of B.C. resident in Facebook lawsuit
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/06/23/supreme-court-rules-in-favour-of-b-c-resident-in-facebook-lawsuit/

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Asus’ new Vivobook S
• Derek – SeatGeek

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Busy week last week with board meetings etc, new software rollout in the upcoming weeks at work. Getting back into reading some fiction.
• Derek – Attended the last Council meeting before the summer break starts (one meeting per month in July and August), counting down to oldest child’s last day of school, went to Food Fest on Friday evening, hosted some family from Portugal for an evening.

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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