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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Topics

• Ontario court sides with Bell in dispute over VMedia streaming service
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ontario-court-sides-with-bell-in-dispute-over-vmedia-streaming-service/article32987229/
• Telus launches Internet for Good program to support 15,000 Alberta families
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/11/24/telus-launches-internet-for-good-program-to-support-15000-alberta-families/
• This Holiday Season, a Nationwide Plan to Shop Local—Even Online
  • ‘https://techvibes.com/2016/11/24/holiday-season-shop-local-online
• This Year, Shoppers Experience Black Friday from Their Smartphones
  • https://techvibes.com/2016/11/25/black-friday-stats
• Apple just handed Microsoft the keys to the kingdom
  • https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-microsoft-macbook-pro-surface-studio-creative-professionals/
• Four Lessons From Canada’s Largest Videogame Conference
  • https://techvibes.com/2016/11/22/lessons-from-largest-videogame-conference

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Dayquil and Nyquil 🙂
• Derek – Blue Yeti USB Microphone

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Not much since I have been sick with the latest bug going around. 🙁
• Derek – A bunch of meetings with municipal staff, lots of reading, put up my Christmas lights and tree this weekend, re-installed Plex on my desktop in the basement. Will start using that again as a media server for my Roku.

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“District Four” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:17 — 38.1MB)

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Hosts & Guests

• Derek Silva

Topics

• Elon Musk Says Tesla’s New Solar Shingles Will Cost Less Than a Regular Roof
  • https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/flip.it%2FR7.SoC-elon-musk-says-teslas-new-solar-shingle/f-4362faf3b0%2Ffortune.com
• Mark Zuckerberg outlines how Facebook will tackle its fake news problem
  • http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/19/13685548/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-fake-news-problem-solutions
• Police want the right to force Canadians to unlock their smartphones
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/11/18/police-want-the-right-to-force-canadians-to-unlock-their-smartphones/
• Back-up cameras to become mandatory for cars in May 2018
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/back-up-cameras-to-become-mandatory-for-cars-in-may-2018/article32591991/
• Twitter upgrades some features in bid to thwart online abuse
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/twitter-to-allow-muting-keywords-phrases-in-bid-to-thwart-cyberbullying/article32848166/
  • https://blog.twitter.com/2016/progress-on-addressing-online-abuse
• Customers not happy with Apple’s ‘pitiful’ cure for iPhone ‘touch disease’
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-iphone-touch-disease-1.3856850
• Microsoft joins the Linux foundation
  • https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/16/microsoft-joins-the-linux-foundation/
• Google signs on to the .NET Foundation as Samsung brings .NET support to Tizen
  • https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/16/google-signs-on-to-the-net-foundation-and-samsung-brings-net-support-to-tizen/
• WhatsApp unveils video calls, Skype pops open guest accounts
  • http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/11/whatsapp-video-calls-skype-guest-accounts/
• Pick and pay CRTC reforms arrive Dec. 1
  • http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6974240-pick-and-pay-crtc-reforms-arrive-dec-1/
• Google announces RAISR, a method of upscaling images with machine learning
  • http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/11/14/google-announces-raisr-method-upscaling-images-machine-learning/

Local Story

• U.K. high-tech leader to make North American debut with 20-job medical parts plant
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2016/11/16/uk-high-tech-leader-to-make-north-american-debut-with-20-job-medical-parts-plant

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – N/A
• Derek – Atom

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Unpacking, prepping for a busy week ahead.
• Derek – Put a stop to initiatives like HostEsperto, SSLcheap, and The IT Dept. Needed to make way for recently being appointed Councillor of Ward 4 in Middlesex Centre.

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“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:49 — 63.9MB)

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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

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

Topics

• U.S. visitors flooded immigration website prior to election night crash, department confirms
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canada-immigration-website-crash-presidential-election-1.3845080
• NES Classic Edition now available in Canada, though good luck finding one in stores
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/11/11/nes-classic-edition-now-available-in-canada-though-good-luck-finding-one-in-stores/
• Huawei forges R&D partnership with the University of Waterloo, pledges $3 million over three years
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/11/11/huawei-forges-rd-partnership-with-the-university-of-waterloo-pledges-3-million-over-three-years/
• Las Vegas gets “kinetic tiles” that power lights with foot traffic
  • http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/11/las-vegas-gets-kinetic-tiles-that-power-lights-with-foot-traffic/
• After cyber attacks, Internet of Things wrestles with making smart devices safer
  • http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-attacks-manufacturers-idUSKBN133199
• $25 basic TV can’t stop customers from cutting their cable in record numbers
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/basic-tv-cord-cutting-cable-1.3847342
• Google’s Chrome Hackers Are About to Upend Your Idea of Web Security
  • https://www.wired.com/2016/11/googles-chrome-hackers-flip-webs-security-model/
• Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research testing highly automated vehicles in Stratford
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2016/11/11/waterloo-centre-for-automotive-research-testing-highly-automated-vehicles-in-stratford

Local Story

• Game maker Big Viking announces $21-million financing for 2016
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/startups/game-maker-big-viking-announces-21-million-financing-for-2016/article32628667/

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Star Citizen
• Derek – Nextcloud

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Vacation week, stuff done around the house, digital purge continues.
• Derek – Started some home renovations in the kitchen, will move into the basement afterwards. I installed Plex on my desktop, will use it again as a media server with my Roku soon. I enabled AutoSSL and Let’s Encrypt at CleverHost, giving everyone free SSL certificates — need to ensure that works properly and will announce formally soon.

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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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