Canadian Tech Podcast Episode 43 Sept 2nd 2013
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Canadian Tech Podcast Episode 43
Sept 2nd 2013
Hosts
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
Adam Forristal
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*Breaking Verizon CEO says no plans to come to Canada
Fan-Expo Review
XBOX 1
PS4
Indie Games – http://www.fivearchers.com
PS4 to be released Nov 15 in North America
Steve Ballmer retiring as Microsoft CEO in 12 months.
http://www.itbusiness.ca/blog/the-meaning-of-ballmer-an-insiders-take/42209
What a new Microsoft CEO must decide
Google Bids to put NFL Sunday Ticket on Youtube
First Bezos buys a newspaper, now Amazon sells magazine subscriptions
Magazine publisher Conde Nast announced a major partnership with Amazon on Tuesday in which the Internet retailer will handle print and digital subscriptions for its stable of glossy publications like Vogue, Wired and Vanity Fair.
Microsoft offers classrooms free Surface RT tablets with ad-free Bing for Schools
Microsoft and Google to sue over US surveillance requests
Technology firms want to be allowed to publish information about US government requests under the Fisa legislation
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/aug/31/microsoft-google-sue-us-fisa
BlackBerry puts quantity over quality, lets one developer own a third of its app store
BlackBerry 10 is far from a “thriving ecosystem,” and the company is doing little to fix it
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/22/4648730/blackberry-lets-developer-submit-a-third-of-apps
BlackBerry sales hit by fears over company’s future
Firm’s financial woes appear to be worrying clients such as Morgan Stanley, which has delayed upgrade to latest model
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/30/blackberry-sales-concerns-company-future
Vodafone and Verizon to split ways and Verizon to take control
EA’s SimCity continues to plague them http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/29/4674112/simcity-for-mac-too-plagued-by-day-one-issues
Blizzard Announces Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/08/21/diablo-3-reaper-of-souls-announced/
Nintendo confirms release date for fall games
Nintendo 2DS
http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/08/28/nintendo-announces-2ds
GamesCom 2013
http://www.reviewstudio.net/572-gamescom-2013-a-recap-of-the-week-s-highlights
Project Play Plug
Picks of the Week
Jamieson – Klok2
Adam – Cloudberry Kingdom