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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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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:13 — 47.2MB)

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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Topics

• Amazon debuts first AWS Region in Canada
  • https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/08/amazon-debutes-first-aws-region-in-canada/
• Nikola reveals hydrogen fuel cell truck with range of 1,200 miles
  • http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/12/nikola-hydrogen-fuel-cell-truck/
• Google Wifi Review: Wi-Fi That Works
  • http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/6/13843536/google-wifi-review-mesh-router-system-vs-eero
  • http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/12/review-comparing-google-wifi-to-other-mesh-networking-heavyweights/
• New Bluetooth devices will have faster speeds and longer range
  • http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/7/13863360/bluetooth-5-launching-faster-speeds-longer-range
• Pebble confirms Fitbit sale: Hardware is dead, software in maintenance mode
  • http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/12/pebble-confirms-fitbit-sale-hardware-is-dead-software-in-maintenance-mode/
• Server Chip Threat to Intel Isn’t Hypothetical Anymore
  • http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/server-chip-threat-to-intel-isnt-hypothetical-anymore
• Radeon Crimson ReLive driver: More performance, less power, and screen capture tech
  • http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/12/radeon-crimson-relive-driver-details-download/

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Goodreader for iOS
• Derek – Google Maps’ Time Lapse
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2016/12/08/google-earth-engine-shows-satellite-images-of-london-since-1984
  • https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Checking out various health apps for the iPhone
• Derek – Lots of Council meetings to wrap up 2016,

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“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:26 — 61.1MB)

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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Topics

• The Internet Archive is expanding its backups into Canada
  • http://blog.archive.org/2016/11/29/help-us-keep-the-archive-free-accessible-and-private/
  • http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/29/13778188/internet-archive-of-canada-backup-trump-surveillance-censorship
• Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble
  • https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/30/fitbit-is-reportedly-buying-pebble/
• Netflix finally adds offline mode for binging on the go
  • http://thenextweb.com/lifestyle/2016/11/30/netflix-offline-mode/
  • Not everything will be available in offline mode
• Amazon Prime video streaming could launch in Canada on Thursday
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-prime-video-canada-1.3874326
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/11/29/bell-confirms-amazon-prime-video-officially-going-live-december-1st-in-canada/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/11/22/how-to-watch-amazon-prime-video-in-canada/

Pre recorded ad?

• Startup Says Beaming Millimeter Waves Over the Air Will Make It a Star in Ultra-Fast Wireless Broadband
  • http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/after-a-long-silence-starry-startup-says-millimeter-waves-perform-admirably-in-beta-for-ultrafast-wireless-broadband
• Is the Bell-MTS deal on the rocks?
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/11/20/is-the-bell-mts-deal-on-the-rocks-will-shaw-save-it/
  • https://www.google.ca/amp/s/sec.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/competiton-bureaus-scrutiny-of-bce-mts-deal-goes-into-overtime/article33109912/%3Fservice%3Damp?client=ms-android-motorola
• What is VoWiFi and is it key to Freedom Mobile’s future?
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/12/03/what-is-vowifi-and-is-it-key-to-freedom-mobiles-future/

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Outlook for iOS
• Derek – PINEBOOK

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – iPhone 7 Plus has arrived.
• Derek – I was sworn in as Councillor of Ward 4 in MXC on Wednesday! Lots of phone calls and meetings already, have a Council meeting upcoming on Wednesday. Otherwise we’re decorating for Christmas, buying Christmas gifts, etc. I also signed up for the Google Play Music 4 month trial, which was a Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal. Absolutely going to buy the Family Plan come March.

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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