CTP Ep. 126 – Jul 30, 2017: Vacuum Tube Me Up, Scotty
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Thanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue Mic
Hosts & Guests
- Stuart Clark
- Derek Silva
- Juleigh Giberson
Juleigh Giberson is a research assistant at the Hospitality and Tourism Research Institute at Ryerson University, and a 4th year Bachelor of Commerce student. She’s co-authored three papers on Virtual Reality, one of which was the recipient of Best Paper Award at the 2017 Tourism & Sports Management Division at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, and one was a finalist for Best Paper Award at the 2017 Travel & Tourism Research Association Conference. She has also conducted her own research on Gen Y and VR, which she presented at the 3rd Global Hospitality & Tourism Conference in Hong Kong.
Talking about VR in the hospitality & tourism space with Juleigh
Quick Hits
- Watch Siri help Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson dominate his day [worth watching for the lulz]
- Mitel to buy ShoreTel for $430 million to create unified communications powerhouse
- https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/27/mitel-to-buy-shoretel-for-430-million-to-create-unified-communications-powerhouse/
- Less than 18 months after announcing acquisition of Polycom
- Campsite booking service launches
Earnings news
- Facebook Q2 2017 earnings exceed expectations with $9.32 billion in revenue, 2.01 billion users
- Alphabet reports lower Q2 profit following EU Google fine, revenue higher than expected
- Intel beats earnings expectations as it manages to maintain growth in its Data Center Group
- Samsung Q2 2017 earnings predict the company will overtake Apple in profits
- Switch sells 4.7 million consoles as Nintendo’s profits surge
Topics
- Adobe to pull plug on Flash, ending an era
- Google has dropped Google Instant Search
- CRTC calls for comments on the subject of Wi-Fi-first MVNOs
- Google seeks to use U.S. law to battle Supreme Court of Canada’s order to change global search results
- Hype for Hyperloop in Canada: Half the Cost, Quadruple the Speed of Proposed High-Speed Rail Plan
- Switch sells 4.7 million consoles as Nintendo’s profits surge
Stuff We Like
- Stuart – Canon RF 70 Camcorder
- Derek – The Referral Engine
- Juleigh – Relive https://www.relive.cc/about, AR Measure https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/26/arkit-ar-tape-measure-iphone/
What are you up to lately?
- Stuart – Job hunting, working on some e-guides in the backup space. Busy first half of the week ahead.
- Derek – Another week of soccer in the can, got to see my oldest play hockey this morning, still enjoying the pool, installed HTTP/2 across all CleverHost servers yesterday, some freelance work, and have a Council meeting this Wednesday, and we’re going to Fireside Conference!
- Juleigh – VR focus groups
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Music Credit:
“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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