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Welcome to the Canadian Tech Podcast. A weekly show on what’s going on in the tech scene from a Canadian perspective.

Thanks to our sponsor this week Orpheum Hosting Solutions.

Hosts & Guests
Stuart Clark
Jon Pilon
Mike Battista
Andrew Berdan

Topics
Shout out to Corey Downie for the logo help

Jamison Roberts for the intro and exit music and several stories this week.

Google to become an ISP in US.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/07/google-fiber-launches-in-kansas-city/

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/26/3724345/google-announces-plans-on.html
Will we ever see something similiar in canada?

Bring Google fibre to Canada
http://on.fb.me/QsmzeG
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/do-we-need-a-new-national-broadband-plan/

Does Canada need a national broadband plan (article is about US)
http://www.thestar.com/business/sciencetech/article/1231983–rim-channels-apple-in-blackberry-comeback-bid-but-will-it-work

New iPhone Sept 21, announced Sept 12. Simultaneous Canadian release? Plus we should discuss the case leaks showing what it will probably look like.
Also: iOS 6 will finally bring full Siri functionality here.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/30/two-sources-talk-of-iphone-event-around-september-12th/

Mountain Lion Released. Comments so far?

Valve hedging bets against Windows 8
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/07/steams-newell-windows-8-catastrophe-driving-valve-to-embrace-linux/

IOC old school when it comes to Social media.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/an-olympian-struggle-ioc-vs-social-media/article4432121/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/07/30/tech-olympics-tweeting.html
They suggested people only tweet important things.
Communications director Mark Adams said: “From my understanding, One network was oversubscribed, and OBS are trying to spread the load to other providers. We don’t want to stop people engaging in this by social media but perhaps they might consider only sending urgent updates.”

 

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Welcome to the Canadian Tech Podcast. A weekly show on what’s going on in the tech scene from a Canadian perspective.

Thanks to our sponsor this week Orpheum Hosting Solutions.

Hosts
Stuart Clark
Jon Pilon
Derek Martin

Topics

Everyone’s been releasing new Hardware.

Apple
Google
Microsoft.

Research in Motion. What are some options for the company?

Mail app Sparrow purchased by google, – Thoughts?
Matthew Panzarino’s take on it.

Windows 8 release in Oct
http://gizmodo.com/5927138/windows-8-will-be-out-october-26th

Apple shrinking iphone connector to 19 pin?
http://gizmodo.com/5928167/reuters-apple-shrinking-iphone-connector-to-19+pin-port

Rumours of Mountain Lion release as early as Wednesday
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/23/applecare-support-reps-getting-mountain-lion/

 

Derek’s pick of the week: Launchbar
http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html

Jon’s pick of the week: Google Plus App for iPad/iPhone
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/google+/id447119634?mt=8