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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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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:05 — 63.0MB)

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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

• Netflix now lets you download videos for offline viewing in Windows 10
  • https://mspoweruser.com/netflix-now-lets-download-videos-offline-viewing-windows-10/
• Apple releases iOS 10.3 with new Apple File System, find my AirPods and more
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/27/apple-10-3-new-file-system-find-my-airpods-update/
• Lowe’s Canada introduces next-generation VR experience, Holoroom How To, providing on-demand DIY clinics for home improvement learning
  • http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/lowes-canada-introduces-next-generation-vr-experience-holoroom-how-to-providing-on-demand-diy-clinics-for-home-improvement-learning-617955453.html
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/03/lowes-canada-launches-vr-experience-teach-skills-for-diy-home-improvement/
• RBC piloting service that allows clients to connect with investment advisors over video
  • http://betakit.com/rbc-piloting-service-that-allows-clients-to-connect-with-investment-advisors-over-video/

Topics

• Federal Budget includes tax on ridesharing services like Uber
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/22/uber-canada-gst-hst-budget-2017/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/23/uber-canada-gm-calls-gsthst-collection-on-ridesharing-a-tax-on-innovation/
• Apple did a iPad upgrade and other announcements
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/21/new-ipad-apple-ios-tablet-2017/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/20/apple-broadens-iphone-applecare-enrolment-window-one-year/
• Year-to-Date Deaths Linked to Inattentive Drivers Nearly Triple Over Last Year
  • http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/year-to-date-deaths-linked-to-inattentive-drivers-nearly-triple-over-last-year-616729214.html
• More than 1,000 high school students compete in London robotics competition
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2017/04/01/more-than-1000-high-school-students-compete-in-london-robotics-competition
• Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ Hands-on: The death of the bezel
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/29/samsung-galaxy-s8-and-s8-plus-hands-on-canada/
• Shopify, Google among 30 companies committing combined $80 million over 10 years to Vector Institute
  • http://betakit.com/shopify-google-among-30-companies-committing-combined-80-million-over-10-years-to-vector-institute/
• Ice Wireless Eliminates Roaming Charges
  • http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/ice-wireless-eliminates-roaming-charges-offers-special-unlimited-data-plan-for-89-per-month-617446943.html
  • Company that was operating Sugar Mobile
  • Very compelling plans for people that need more data, calls across North America

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Some friends started a new company getwyrd.ca/
• Derek – Risk: Global Domination — Play Store, App Store

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – 1st on call week came and went. Quarter End this weekend. Still learning some video apps.
• Derek – Busy at work, hosting Dribbble Meetup tomorrow night, still learning Python, working on a new startup!

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08:54 — 78.8MB)

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Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs

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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva
• Jayme Cousins  @londononlogic

Guest Bio

• Jayme Cousins is a father, husband, geek and operator of multiple businesses from their world headquarters in beautiful downtown Komoka, Ontario just outside of London. His daily business is a boutique web development firm called In House Logic which specializes in custom-built web sites for small businesses and organizations. He is a regular speaker at the London Small Business Centre and has taught a range of tech courses at Fanshawe College and elsewhere.
• Full disclosure – he’s known Stu for decades and did vote for Derek at the last municipal election.

Topics

• BCE completes acquisition of MTS and forms Bell MTS in Manitoba
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/17/bell-mts-in-manitoba/
• Feds unveil new fines, tighter rules for drones flown too close to airports
  • http://globalnews.ca/news/3314072/feds-to-announce-strict-new-rules-fines-for-drones-flown-too-close-to-airports/
• U.S. Plans to Charge Four People Over Yahoo Hacking
  • https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-14/u-s-is-said-to-plan-indictments-related-to-yahoo-hacking
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/karim-baratov-court-appearance-1.4029305
• Google offers more control, after ads on offensive content leads to brand boycott
  • https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/18/google-offers-more-control-after-ads-on-offensive-content-leads-to-brand-boycott/
• Teams, Microsoft’s Slack rival, opens to all Office 365 users
  • https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/14/teams-microsofts-slack-rival-opens-to-all-office-365-users/
• Guyana tribe goes hi-tech to protect its land
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39282922
• National Lacrosse League and Twitter announce exclusive live streaming partnership
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/15/national-lacrosse-league-twitter-livestreaming/

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Hoopla
• Derek – Oristand
• Jayme
  • Password managers (LastPass – yes, again – for helping manage seniors’ and kids’ accounts through sharing features).
  • Also https://www.fairphone.com/en/ (modular mid-range smartphones with socially aware and fair supply chains).

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Did some photography this weekend, (the first time in a while).  More unpacking and purging, still working my way through “Designing Your Life.”  Prepping for London Public Library Board Meetings this week.
• Derek – Still learning Python, plotting a new startup, helping Kathleen plot her own startup, signing kids up for sports and such, started using my GitLab account and set up two repositories for my startup.
• Jayme
  • Work: recent launch of Advantage-Clinical.com (clinical research study training) and about to launch an updated version of a classical music-related site this week. Dealing with user panic over browsers claiming sites are “not safe”.  Also, presenting a Search Engine Optimization seminar on March 30 through the Small Business Centre (tickets still available at either SBCentre.ca or InHouseLogic.com)
  • Personal: Started learning a new kata, Heather starts a new contract tomorrow, getting KubCars ready for my son and I, and we’re getting a new puppy next weekend.

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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