CTP Ep. 117 – May 28, 2017: Segue!

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

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva
• Mike Marsman

Guest Bio

• Mike Marsman
• @mikemarsman
• linkedin.com/in/mmarsman
• Mike is a London Ontario native, UWO grad, and the Director of Technology at GoodLife Fitness. Mike believes in Agile as a software development methodology, cycling as a viable method of commuting, and that caffeine makes pretty much everything better.

Quick Hits

• Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service to launch in Canada on June 1
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/05/24/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-canada/
• Samsung Gear 360 Canadian pricing and availability
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/05/24/samsung-gear-360-canadian-pricing-availability/
• Reboot of ReBoot officially coming to TV with 26 new episodes –
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/reboot-of-reboot-officially-coming-to-tv-with-26-new-episodes-1.3104830
• Walt Mossberg’s last column – Mossberg: The Disappearing Computer.
  • https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/25/15686870/walt-mossberg-final-column-the-disappearing-computer

Topics

• Android Pay to launch in Canada on May 31
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/05/24/android-pay-canada-may-31-mobile-payments/
• China’s Huawei enters PC market to take on Lenovo, HP, Dell
  • http://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-computers-idUSKBN18J1ST
• Fitness Tech
  • Wearables suck at tracking calories burned, study shows
    • https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/25/wearables-suck-at-tracking-calories-burned-study-shows/amp/
  • The Best Health Tech 2017: Gadgets That Make You Fit And Healthy
    • https://www.forbes.com/sites/leebelltech/2017/05/27/the-best-health-tech-2017/
  • Apple Watch can detect heart conditions, says major study (sound warning)
    • https://www.cnet.com/news/beyond-fitness-can-the-apple-watch-detect-heart-conditions/
• eCampusOntario, Ryerson University to Create Open Publishing Infrastructure for Ontario Post-Secondary Educators, Learners
  • http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/ecampusontario-ryerson-university-to-create-open-publishing-infrastructure-for-ontario-post-secondary-educators-learners-622521614.html
• Raspberry Pi enters thin client mainstream
  • http://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-enters-thin-client-mainstream/
• The road to Robocop: Policing in the 21st century
  • http://newatlas.com/robocops-future-of-police/49733/

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Discord
• Derek – Transferwise
• Mike – Brewhaven, Eastown Barber

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Software training, more work in the garden. Included herbs in the dehydrator.  Busy week with Library board stuff.
• Derek – Been taking some time to think about where to take CleverHost over the last few days, gave up on SimCity BuildIt today (TOO MUCH TIME!), had a Council meeting where I rubbed a local lawyer the wrong way for the second public meeting in a row, etc. 😀
• Mike – Besides work? Homebrewing, car shopping, fidget spinning.

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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