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CTP Ep. 141 – Nov 27, 2017: Finding my Waze through T.O.

By Derek Silva | 28 November 2017 | Comments 0 Comment

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Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs and Codeship

Thanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue Mic

Hosts & Guests

Stuart Clark
Derek Silva

Quick Hits

Loblaw Borrows From Amazon With New Subscription Service
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/21/loblaw-borrows-from-amazon-with-new-subscription-service
Sixty-five percent of Canadians plan to shop online this holiday season, says survey
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/23/canadians-online-shopping-2017-habits/
Telus joins Rogers in asking for extension to December 1 Wireless Code deadline
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/20/telus-wireless-code-crtc-deadline/
Google cracking down on misleading ticket resale sites
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/24/google-cracks-down-on-misleading-ticket-resale-sites/
City of Toronto partners with Waze to improve city’s traffic awareness
- https://betakit.com/city-of-toronto-partners-with-waze-to-improve-citys-traffic-awareness/

Topics

Uber reveals 2016 hack, reports say it paid $100,000 to cover up
- https://globalnews.ca/news/3873678/uber-2016-hack-paid-hackers/
- https://globalnews.ca/news/3876783/uber-hack-ndp-requests-formal-investigation-into-breach/
Net neutrality: Why Canadians should care about the internet changes in the U.S.
- https://globalnews.ca/news/3874357/net-neutrality-internet-canada/
A CBC/Radio-Canada demonstration shows just how easy it is for hackers halfway across the world to spy on a Canadian MP’s phone calls and track his movements
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hackers-cellphone-security-1.4406338
The short film ‘Slaughterbots’ depicts a dystopian future of killer drones swarming the world
- http://www.businessinsider.com/slaughterbots-short-film-depicts-killer-drone-swarms-2017-11

Stuff We Like

Stuart – Google Photoscan
Derek – Google Home

What are you up to lately?

Stuart – An absolutely crazy / weird week last week. Starting some seasonal work next week at the LCBO (No, I don’t get a staff discount!).
Derek – Pumping out lots of proposals and quotes at Olio, getting down to the wire for the contest we’re supporting at CleverHost, keeping tabs on my recent cryptocurrency investments (ETH, LEND, ANT, SNT, BLT on Wednesday), and we’re in the middle of budget season at Middlesex Centre.

Noteworthy News

Bluewave GET review: Not for everyone, but still incredible (Quebec based company)
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/25/bluewave-get-review-not-for-everyone-but-still-incredible/
Blockchain for Canadian cannabis industry
- http://m.digitaljournal.com/business/blockchain-for-canadian-cannabis-industry/article/508494
MaRS and Canadian gov’t want to give students experience in STEM companies
- https://betakit.com/mars-and-canadian-govt-want-to-give-students-experience-in-stem-companies/
Canada’s $50-Million Challenge to Make Cities Smarter
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/24/canadas-50-million-challenge-to-make-cities-smarter
Blue J Legal Combines Law and AI with Employment Foresight
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/21/blue-j-legal-combines-law-and-ai-with-employment-foresight

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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CTP Ep. 140 – Nov 19, 2017: Go go Go Network!

By Derek Silva | 20 November 2017 | Comments 0 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:21 — 66.8MB)

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Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs and Codeship

Thanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue Mic

Hosts & Guests

Stuart Clark
Derek Silva
Xun Cai – Go Network
Rashid Khan – Go Network

Interview with Cai and Rashid of Go Network

Quick Hits

OnePlus 5T launch: ‘all-screen’ experience at half price of iPhone X
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/16/oneplus-5t-iphone-x-offers-all-screen-experience-half-price
Here are all the Amazon Alexa skills coming to Canada [Update]
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/15/alexa-skills-coming-canada/
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/15/amazon-brings-alexa-to-canada-in-a-big-way
Loblaws to be early adopter of Tesla’s all-electric Semi
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tesla-electric-truck-walmart-test-1.4407198
Canadian and U.S. governments testing new communication tech to improve emergency response
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/17/canada-united-states-governments-emergency-response-tech/
Telus partners with Tunstall connected healthcare company to develop advanced medical tech for Canadians
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/16/telus-tunstall-connected-advanced-healthcare-tech/
Amazon Cash Comes to Canada
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/14/amazon-cash-comes-to-canada
Bluink is Developing a Smart ID Service for Ontarians
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/13/bluink-is-developing-a-smart-id-service-for-ontarians

Topics

Loblaws partners with Instacart for grocery delivery service
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/15/loblaws-partnership-instacart-grocery-delivery-service/
CRTC wants to implement universal call blocking for ‘blatantly illegitimate’ numbers
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/16/crtc-wants-implement-universal-call-blocking-blatantly-illegitimate-numbers/
CRTC weighs impact on revised wireless code following Rogers request for delay
- http://www.thewesternstar.com/news/crtc-weighs-impact-on-revised-wireless-code-following-rogers-request-for-delay-161900/
PayPal Canada Must Disclose Business Information to the CRA
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/17/paypal-canada-must-disclose-business-information-to-the-cra

Stuff We Like

Stuart – Grammarly Keyboard for iOS
Derek – RemoPlus DoorCam

What are you up to lately?

Stuart – Still on the job hunt, refocusing some of my consulting business strengths.
Derek – Just came home from hockey tournament in West Lorne, oldest son’s team took second place. Otherwise, responding to tickets at CleverHost and pumping out proposals at Olio! Going to event at Google’s Community Space in Kitchener tomorrow.

Noteworthy News

Manulife Launches Insurance Benefits Voice Control with Alexa
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/16/manulife-launches-insurance-benefits-voice-control-with-alexa
Actions on Google finally makes its way to Canada
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/15/actions-on-google-canada/
GoTenna Wants to Create a New Mesh Network in Canada
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/15/gotenna-wants-to-create-a-new-mesh-network-in-canada
Government of Canada invests $2.2 million into Montreal company to develop clean wireless tech
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/14/government-of-canada-montreal-company-investment-clean-tech/
Google Assistant is coming to Toronto-based Ecobee’s thermostats
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/14/google-assistant-ecobee-thermostats/
Lyft confirms Toronto expansion by end of year
- https://betakit.com/lyft-confirms-toronto-expansion-by-end-of-year/
Drone Delivery Canada gains Transport Canada’s approval to test in Moose Factory and Moosonee
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/17/drone-delivery-canada-transport-canada-approval/
Toronto Partners with UrbanLogiq to Digitize Main Street Businesses
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/17/toronto-partners-with-urbanlogiq-to-digitize-main-street-businesses

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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CTP Ep. 139 – Remi, do you NOMI?

By Derek Silva | 13 November 2017 | Comments 0 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:18 — 63.3MB)

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Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs and Codeship

Thanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue Mic

Hosts & Guests

Stuart Clark
Derek Silva

Quick Hits

Rogers accidentally sent out Smart Drive registration message to wrong email list
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/07/rogers-accidentally-sent-out-smart-drive-registration-emails-to-some-customers-who-didnt-sign-up/
Government of Ontario launches autonomous vehicle research centre in Stratford
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/08/government-ontario-invest-80-million-launches-autonomous-vehicle-research-development-area-stratford/
- http://www.lfpress.com/2017/11/08/self-driving-cars-to-be-on-stratford-roads-in-months-as-ontario-fund-research
Google is bringing its physical Picture Album service ‘Photo Books’ to Canada
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/07/google-photo-books-coming-to-canada/
CIBC launches Remi, a new digital assistant that helps clients send global money transfers
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/06/cibc-remi-digital-assistant/
Amazon launches Fire TV Stick Basic Edition in Canada
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/07/amazon-launches-fire-tv-stick-basic-in-canada/

Topics

Twitter’s 280-character limit comes to the masses
- https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/07/twitter-expands-280-character-tweet-access/
Twitter cranks up display name limit after rolling out 280 character tweets
- https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/10/twitter-display-name-limit/
Canadians are using an average of 1.2GB of data per month on wireless devices, says CRTC report; the telecom watchdog has released its annual wireless and internet Communications Monitoring report
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/09/canadians-1-2gb-data-per-month-wireless-crtc-report/
New YouTube Channel Lets Viewers Relive Classic Canadian TV
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/10/new-youtube-channel-lets-viewers-relive-classic-canadian-tv
Quebec says it will tax Netflix even without federal government support
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/08/quebec-tax-netflix-federal-government-support/

Stuff We Like

Stuart – Paperclip simulator *Warning: Addictive*
Derek – Mozilla Firefox

What are you up to lately?

Stuart – Applying for work here, there and everywhere. Trying to get more traction for SClark Consulting.
Derek – Managing the requests for the Student Pathways Challenge at CleverHost, responding to a few RFPs at Olio, put up our Christmas trees and started decorating today, went in-depth and wrote a blog entry on Middlesex Centre’s proposed 2018 water and wastewater rates, and excited that my eldest son’s hockey team has been slotted in the ‘A’ division.

Noteworthy News

CRTC releases 2017 communications monitoring report for broadcast content
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/08/crtc-releases-2017-communications-monitoring-report-broadcast-content/
Eavesdropper Vulnerability Exposes Hundreds of Mobile Apps
- https://www.technewsworld.com/story/84946.html?rss=1
Air Canada has developed a VR dreamliner plane experience
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/10/air-canada-vr-dreamliner-plane-exerience
Facebook personal fundraising feature comes to Canada
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/09/facebook-fundraising-features-comes-to-canada/
Helcim Launches All-In-One Commerce Platform
- https://techvibes.com/2017/11/09/helcim-launches-all-in-one-commerce-platform
Bell partners with Huawei and Ontario-based BeWhere for LTE-M partnership at an Ontario winery
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/09/bell-partners-huawei-ontario-based-bewhere-lte-m-partnership-ontario-winery/
Before Apple and Before Microsoft, Canadian Computers Ruled, New Tech Museum Shows
- http://whatsyourtech.ca/2017/11/10/before-apple-before-microsoft-canadian-computers-ruled-new-tech-museum-shows/

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“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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