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Episode 39 – July 22 2013

Episode 39 – July 22 2013

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The Canadian Tech Podcast
Episode 39 July 22 2013

Hosts
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
Adam Forristal


Topics

Best buy cuts price of bb z10 to 49.99 in us stores.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/best-buy-cuts-price-of-blackberry-z10-to-4999-in-us-stores/article13198657/


Why surface RT is failing

http://mashable.com/2013/07/19/surface-rt-failure/


Microsoft Shares plunge

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/microsoft-shares-plunge-after-poor-results-analyst-downgrades/article13318744/

 

 

UK to block all internet pornography unless you ask for it.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/uk-to-block-all-internet-pornography-unless-you-ask-for-it/article13338711/


@doctorow RT@kevglobal Using library wifi, tried to read ORG’s statement on Cameron anti-child porn plan Got this.bit.ly/1dP8P3H


Apple Dev website hacked and taken offline.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/apples-developer-website-hacked-taken-offline/article13338828/


Research Takes Credit for hacked dev site

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/22/researcher-takes-credit-for-security-breach-of-apples-developer-center/


Why retailers love customers who shop on their smartphones

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/mobile-makes-a-consumer-known-to-retailers/article13311472/


The SAS research showed that people want their phones to act as “personal shoppers.” Those surveyed said they would be more likely to return to a store that sent them offers on their mobile devices – but that’s highly contingent on those offers being relevant and targeted to that person’s preferences.


PS4 to record longer videos then Xbox1

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/07/ps4-records-more-gameplay-than-xbox-one/


Yoga review
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/webca/LenovoPortal/en_CA/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=1A4B81C8AC677A5FB11849005C1752B5


Elon Musk wants to change more than just how we use cars

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/18/4534476/how-will-elon-musks-hyperloop-work


Moto x spec’s images Leaked.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/22/this-is-the-moto-x/


A new nexus 7 got leaked also

http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/21/new-nexus-7-press-shots-leaked/


Canadian Telco’s don’t like the prospects if Verizon enters Canada

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/07/canadian-telcos-predict-bloodbath-as-verizon-eyes-entry/

Michael Geist’s column on this.

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6902/135/


Picks of the Week
Stuart – The Newsroom Season 2

Jamieson – Western Digital Red 3TB

Adam – Sony STR-DN 1040

 

 

Episode 38 July 8th

Episode 38 July 8th

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Canadian Tech Podcast Episode 39 July 8th 2013


Hosts

Stuart Clark

Jamieson Roberts

Titus Ferguson

Topics

Computer mouse inventor Doug Engelbart dies at 88
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/doug-engelbart-inventor-of-the-computer-mouse-dies-at-88/article12981692/

How Verizons return could shake up Canada’s wireless market.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/wireless-redux-verizons-next-northern-push/article13048651/

Instagram update included Landscape mode.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/05/instagram-update-brings-landscape-image-capture-support-cinema-for-front-facing-camera

Has Netflix helped struggling shows stay on the air?
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/8/4503588/netflix-helped-keep-struggling-tv-shows-on-the-air

Apple May Have Figured Out How To Fix Siri So That You’ll Actually Want To Use It

http://au.businessinsider.com/siri-local-voice-dictation-ios-7-2013-7

 

App store turns 5, some games and apps free for this week.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/8/4502810/ios-apps-and-games-go-free-five-years-after-app-store-launched

RIM Investor’s Turn up the heat on management.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rim-investors-to-turn-up-the-heat-on-management/article13024711/


Game over for Mark Pincus as Zynga CEO; Xbox chief to take over
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2043457/game-over-for-mark-pincus-as-zynga-ceo-xbox-chief-to-take-over.html

Dell eyes wearable computing move as PC business keeps slumping

Computer maker says it is ‘exploring ideas’, as it admits corporate customers are slow to adopt Windows 8 tablets

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/04/dell-wearable-computing-pc-business

Window 8.1 update to be release in early August for OEM’s

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/8/4503292/windows-8-1-update-to-be-released-on-tktk

Pebble Is now available at BestBuy.com in the US

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=&id=pcat17071&type=page&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960&fs=saas&saas=saas&st=Pebble

The US Gov spends alot of money to stop malware sometimes

http://gizmodo.com/government-destroys-170k-of-hardware-in-absurd-effort-708412225

SpaceX making great progress
http://gizmodo.com/spacex-grasshopper-rocket-flies-higher-than-the-chrysle-701175965

Twitter Updates to sync Direct Messages
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/8/4504358/twitter-for-ios-update-finally-adds-direct-message-syncing

Here is the first 5GHz CPU you can actually buy
http://gizmodo.com/heres-the-first-5-0-ghz-cpu-you-can-actually-buy-512581741

The Off World Rover that keeps going and going and going
http://gizmodo.com/10-years-ago-opportunity-rover-began-a-90-day-mission-t-693893908



Picks of the Week

Stuart – Marsedit

Jamieson – MindNode

Titus – HTC One (Android phones in general)

 

 

Episode 37 – June 17th

Episode 37 – June 17th

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Episode 37 June 17 2013

Hosts & Guests

Stuart Clark

Jamieson Roberts

Colton Hathaway

 

Colton is a tech entrepreneur based in London Ontario. He leads Inner Geek Media, a local mobile development agency and is also an undergrad at Western University in the Software Engineering program.

E3 Roundup

 

Biggest games announced after last week’s show:

 

Final Fantasy 15

Kingdom Hearts 3

Destiny gameplay shown off

 

PS4 announced, priced, features detailed, compared to Xbox One

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-21539_7-57588650-10391702/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4/

Xbox one has limited support for used games, requires persistent internet connection for single player games, has a camera you can’t turn off, and is more expensive.

 

Developers think the PS4 could be as much as 40% more powerful as the Xbox One – and it sold out of preorders in four hours

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2013/06/15/sony-playstation-4-launch-edition-already-sold-out-at-amazon/

 

Xbox One only works in 21 countries at launch because of server authentication requirement – Japan, China, Korea, India – notably absent from list

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/pre-order-xbox-one/disclaimer

 

Don Mattrick (head of Microsoft Interactive Entertainment) explains Microsoft’s stance on Xbox One: if you don’t like it, keep your 360.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DxkEe_l7S3g

 

Sony taking shots at Microsoft’s use games policies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kWSIFh8ICaA

http://www.denofgeek.com/games/playstation-4/25953/sony-explains-how-to-share-and-trade-games-on-the-ps4

 

Nintendo’s Wii U Strategy – First Party games galore

http://www.inquisitr.com/699455/nintendo-direct-roundup-new-releases-and-details/

2013 – Pikmin 3, Donkey Kong Country, Sonic: Lost World, Windwaker HD, Mario 3D Land

2014 – Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros, Original Zelda Game (currently untitled)

WWDC Roundup

iOS7 and OS X Maverics

Week after its launch we get an on hand report

 

Controller for iPhone gaming
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/16/potential-first-image-of-mfi-gaming-controller-surfaces/

 

“Issues” around multi-monitor support

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/17/video-shows-differences-between-mavericks-and-mountain-lion-multiple-monitor-support/

 

Macbook Air getting greater than 12 hour battery life without Mavericks

http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/17/4436332/macbook-air-review-13-inch-2013

 

iPad Screenshots using xCode Emulator

http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/17/4437970/ios-7-ipad-screenshots-xcode-emulator

 

Microsoft goes ‘Windows Everywhere’ with Best Buy takeovers, new ad

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2041680/microsoft-goes-windows-everywhere-with-best-buy-takeovers-new-ad.html

 

Instagram to get Video

http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/17/source-instagram-will-get-video-on-june-20/

Governments and Privacy

 

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/google-calls-u-s-data-request-disclosures-a-step-backward-for-users/

 

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/facebook-discloses-basic-data-on-law-enforcement-requests/

 

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/apple-releases-some-data-on-government-requests/?ref=technology

 

http://gizmodo.com/nsa-whistleblower-truth-is-coming-and-it-cannot-be-s-513786769

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Pick of the Week

Stuart – OSX Mavericks Multi display support

Adam – Super Luigi U

Jamieson – Wave Accounting

Colton – Basecamp