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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Topics

• Derek and son and the North American International Auto Show
  • Major trends: touchscreens, carbon fibre, connected cars, manufacturers promoting self-driving fleets (a la Uber)
• Edward Snowden criticizes BlackBerry for its stance on privacy
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/01/18/edward-snowden-criticizes-blackberry-for-its-stance-on-privacy/
• Amazon and Kobo can now offer Canadian ebook discounts from 3 major publishers
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/01/20/amazon-and-kobo-can-now-offer-canadian-ebook-discounts-from-three-major-publishers/
• Internal document raises possibility of taxing Netflix and other digital services
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sales-tax-netflix-bell-rogers-digital-melanie-joly-bill-morneau-internet-1.3937955
• Tim Hortons and Burger King to launch mobile order and pay feature this Spring
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/01/20/tim-hortons-and-burger-king-to-launch-mobile-order-and-pay-feature-this-spring/
• Western team’s app will pay users to visit their favourite business, post about it on social media
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2017/01/16/western-teams-app-will-pay-users-to-visit-their-favourite-business-post-about-it-on-social-media
• Newly discovered Mac malware found in the wild also works well on Linux
  • http://arstechnica.com/security/2017/01/newly-discovered-mac-malware-may-have-circulated-in-the-wild-for-2-years/
• Uber has been built directly into Google Maps
  • http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/uber-has-been-built-directly-into-google-maps/
  • Works in Canada; Derek already saw it a few days ago in app

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Open Broadcaster Software
• Derek – Nothing!

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Playing around with some video broadcast recording software. Looking at mic booms for podcasting.
• Derek – Went to the North American International Auto Show, getting to the gym on a more regular basis, and looking forward to picking up a new phone and carrier tomorrow.

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“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva
• Susan Toth
  • Lawyer specializing in civil litigation, human rights and employment, also adjunct prof at western and Brescia. Feminist, law geek, science nerd, and political keener. Proud Latina. @tothsusan
• Jon Pylon
  • Jon (@Pylawn on the internet) spends his days as a mild mannered Business Analyst for GoodLife Fitness, but at night… really not much changes except you can also find him streaming games on twitch and doing chores and other stuff.
• Mike Battista
  • Mike Battista is better known as “Phronk” online. He’s a writer, scientist, and technology person. Since his last appearance on the podcast, he’s started working for a neuroscience startup that helps people make their brains work better. Follow him on Twitter as Phronk, buy his dumb books, or visit Putting Weird Things in Coffee.

Topics

• Our 100th episode!
• 1st was July 23 2012; Jon Pilon and Derek Martin were the first co-hosts
• Top stories of 2016
• Nintendo Switch pre-orders now live in Canada for $399.99
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/01/13/nintendo-switch-pre-orders-now-live-in-canada-for-399-99/
• WhatsApp, Gmail roped into tougher EU privacy proposal
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/european-business/whatsapp-gmail-roped-into-tougher-eu-privacy-proposal/article33561534/
• Thousands Of Canadians Get Internet Discount After CRTC Ruling
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/12/20/internet-bills-teksavvy-crtc_n_13747464.html

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Marvin Ebook reader for iOS
• Derek – Ethereum
• Susan – Central Conversations
• Mike – World Uncovered
• Jon – Apple Watch

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Busy few weeks at work with Q/E and Y/E work. Library board starts a new year.
• Derek – Christmas and New Year’s all done. Back into Council meetings lately. A few projects really close to signing paperwork, should be able to announce them in a few weeks. Otherwise, going to NAIAS tomorrow!

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“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:08 — 55.1MB)

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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Topics

• Taking a 2 week break over the holidays. Back on Jan 8th.
• Amazon Prime Video is now officially available in Canada
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/12/14/amazon-prime-video-is-now-officially-available-in-canada/
• Rogers shelves IPTV rollout in favour of Comcast’s platform, will write-off up to $525M
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/12/16/rogers-abandons-iptv-research-in-favour-of-comcasts-platform-faces-476m-charge/
• Bell tests AT&T’s ECOMP platform in the aim of moving more network functions to the cloud
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/12/15/bell-tests-atts-ecomp-platform-in-the-aim-of-moving-more-network-functions-to-the-cloud/
• Yahoo discloses hack of 1 billion accounts
  • https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/yahoo-discloses-hack-of-1-billion-accounts/
• Evernote Backtracks on privacy policy
  • https://www.fastcompany.com/3066680/the-future-of-work/evernote-ceo-explains-why-he-reversed-its-new-privacy-policy-we-screwed-u
• Tech Execs To Liberals: Don’t Make Online Surveillance Even Worse
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/12/13/bill-c-51-review-open-letter_n_13589054.html
• LinkedIn has begun informing Lynda.com users of a data breach
  • https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-owned-linkedin-is-sending-emails-to-users-about-a-lyndacom-data-breach

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Radio Garden
• Derek – Super Mario Run

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Finally over the cold/flu, trying to catch up on some chores.
• Derek – On a break from Council until 2017. Celebrated birthday today with family, getting ready for Christmas. Going to try and do lots of learning over the next few weeks with the normal sales lull that happens this time of year. Going to the NAIAS next month, will definitely report back!

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Music Credit:
“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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