The Canadian Tech Podcast – Episode 60 – Wed, Feb 17, 2016

The Canadian Tech Podcast – Episode 60 – Wed, Feb 17, 2016

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Hosts & Guests

  • Stuart Clark
  • Derek Silva

 

Topics

Recent proliferation of Canadian digital only banks

Pebble’s new smart strap lets users pay with NFC technology

Samsung patent reveals plans for vein authentication and payments from a wearable device

Google to Stop Serving Flash-based Banner Ads

Amazon AWS region opening in Montreal in 2016

Adobe pulls update that deletes unrelated files without warning

Apple challenges ‘chilling’ demand to decrypt San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone

Toy maker Mattel unveils ThingMaker 3D printer

Eternal 5D data storage could record the history of humankind

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Episode 59 – Feb 12, 2016

Episode 59 – Feb 12, 2016

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The Canadian Tech Podcast
Episode 59: – Fri, Feb 12, 2016

Hosts & Guests

  • Stuart Clark
  • Derek Silva
  • Susan Toth
    • Susan is a local lawyer in London, Ontario specializing in labour and employment law as well as general civil litigation. She is currently also an adjunct professor at Western and Brescia.

This Week’s Topics

Amazon’s Uber-style move into fast delivery lands it in court

Adult Women now largest gaming demographic

Some fitness trackers vulnerable to monitoring, U of T study finds

Apple under pressure as lawyers pledge action over ‘Error 53’ codes

Apple iPhone trade-in program will start taking broken phones

Netflix border crackdown cuts off some customers, but unblocking services fight back

 

Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life

What We Like

Stuart – Headspace
Derek – HP Elite X2 1012
Susan – Legalswipe

Sponsor – Olio Digital Labs

  • Let me use company time to record the podcast
  • Custom web and mobile applications, lots of work in retail operations and e-commerce
  • Connecting web and mobile apps to backend platforms: SAP, SQL Server, Tableau, Sage Business Vision and other internal systems
  • Experienced advice and execution in application planning + design. Usability, accessibility and credit card industry security compliance
Episode 58 – Feb 4, 2016

Episode 58 – Feb 4, 2016

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:39 — 21.8MB)

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Hosts & Guests

  • Derek Silva
  • Stuart Clark

Google’s AlphaGo Becomes The First AI To Win Against A Professional Go Player

High profile BitCoin engineer leaves, declares experiment dead

Finally, a robot vacuum that will learn my home’s layout

 

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Microsoft is selling many Surface products, but not many Lumia products

Office Online Gets Real-Time Collaboration for Files Hosted by Microsoft Partners

Microsoft Buys Swiftkey

Google now blocking websites that show fake download buttons

Local Story

LaserAg debuts at Precision Agriculture Conference in London

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What We Like

Stuart – Nothing this week
Derek – Grav