The Canadian Tech Podcast – Ep. 78 – Sunday, July 10, 2016

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CTP Ep. 78 – Sunday, July 10, 2016

Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs

 

Hosts & Guests

 

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

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

Topics

• Google Chrome now comes with casting functionality baked in
  • http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/google-chrome-cast-built-in-version-51-download/
• After 1.7 billion miles Juno nails its Jupiter orbit to within tens of miles
  • http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/07/after-1-7-billion-miles-juno-nails-its-jupiter-orbit-to-within-tens-of-miles/
• Mobile Payment Users in Canada Get More Enthusiastic
  • http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Mobile-Payment-Users-Canada-More-Enthusiastic/1014152
• Google’s DeepMind AI to use 1 million NHS eye scans to spot diseases earlier
  • http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/googles-deepmind-ai-to-use-1-million-nhs-eye-scans-to-spot-common-diseases-earlier/

This Week in Olio

• Plugging away at six month project
• Going to lock up new customer this week
• Several new leads, started an outbound email campaign
• Reached out to some old clients from past job
• Planning a team fun day for this summer
• Will get started on hardware prototype device this week, just need to buy soldering kit

• Avast acquires rival AVG for $1.3 billion to create a security software giant
  • http://venturebeat.com/2016/07/07/avast-acquires-rival-avg-for-1-3-billion-to-create-a-security-software-giant/
• TP-Link forgets to register domain name, leaves config pages open to hijack
  • http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/07/tp-link-forgets-to-register-domain-name-leaves-config-pages-open-to-hijack/

• Pokemon Go launches for Android and iOS

• http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/pokemon-go-police-ask-players-to-stop-trying-to-catch-sandshrew-in-darwin-police-station-a7127616.html
• http://qz.com/728225/augmented-reality-gets-sinister-as-pokemon-go-leads-players-to-real-life-dead-body-and-armed-robbers/

Local Story

• Bunz Trading Zone mobile trading app launches in London
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2016/07/04/bunz-trading-zone-mobile-trading-app-launches-in-london
• Warpaint Media merging with Red Rhino
• Digital Extremes hosts Warframe players to London in first-ever Tennocon
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2016/07/07/digital-extremes-hosts-warframe-players-to-london-in-first-ever-tennocon

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Nirvana
• Derek – Lune

 

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Prepping for a new job, trying a new GTD system Nirvana.
• Derek – Moving over a new client to their own custom dedicated server which CleverHost will manage for them, still in awe at NASA’s ability to get objects like Juno into Jupiter’s orbit so precisely, and basking in the glory of Portugal’s national soccer team winning their first international competition ever!

 

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