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Ep. 19 CES 2013

Ep. 19 CES 2013

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

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Sponsors
IOLO Technologies – System Mechanic. A great set of PC tuning tools.
SClark Consulting

Hosts & Guests
Stuart Clark
James Wilkinson

Topics
Congrats to Jamison on getting married.

Amazon-Netflix Christmas outage and the costly risks of ‘cloud’ reliance

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/amazon-netflix-christmas-outage-and-the-costly-risks-of-cloud-reliance/article6736744/

Leaked’ BlackBerry 10 info shows video chat and screen sharing in BBM, new task manager

http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/27/blackberry-10-leak-bbm-video-calling-new-task-manager/

Facebook taps Canada to test talk app

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/facebook-taps-canada-to-test-talk-app/article6922790/
“The numbers back him up. In a country of 35 million, 12 million users log on to the site every single day and data-tracking firm Comscore has reported that four of every five Internet users in the country have accounts. Canadians even have more friends than users in other countries, averaging almost 230 each versus a global average of 130.”

Google and Microsoft declare war (added by Jamieson)
http://gizmodo.com/5973295/google-maps-has-never-been-accessible-on-mobile-internet-explorer

An iPhone Lover’s Confession: I Switched To the Nexus 4. Completely.

http://gizmodo.com/5973073/an-iphone-lovers-confession-i-switched-to-the-nexus-4-completely

What is CES?
New Chipsets
New Mobile Phones
New Cameras
New Speaker Systems
and..

4K TVs are here!
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3847102/sharp-unveils-its-first-4k-ultra-hd-tvs-for-the-us-market
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/5/3839992/sony-4k-oled-tv-at-ces-2013-rumored
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3842602/samsung-un85s9-85-inch-4k-uhd-tv-announced

Intel Partners with Comcast for Live Streaming without set top box through Chipset
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3847890/intel-comcast-partnership-brings-live-tv-to-future-chipsets

Intel will offer kinect like motion sensor to computers
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3848012/intel-nuance-voice-face-interface

Fast Free Wi-Fi Access, With a (Big) Catch
http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/29/slurpr-fast-free-wi-fi-access-with-a-big-catch/

Lego + iOS or Android = Amazing toys (Added by Jamieson)
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/01/07/ces-2013-lego-debuts-ios-compatible-lego-mindstorms-ev3/

revolutionary paper tablet computer reveals future tablets to be thin and flexible as sheets of paper
http://www.humanmedialab.org/papertab

nVidia Releases first game console
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/nvidia-project-shield-hands-on/

Picks of the Week

Stuart – Battle of The Bulge – Classic Wargaming on the iPad.
James – Alien Blue

Ep 18

Ep 18

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

Please considering rating our podcast on iTunes and wherever else you see us. It helps us spread the word.

Sponsered by Blacklightjdr

Hosts & Guests
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
James Wilkinson

We are taking two weeks off for the holidays.

Topics

Google to Release IOS Maps app.
http://allthingsd.com/20121212/google-set-to-release-ios-maps-app-tonight/?mod=atdtweet
And its out
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id585027354?mt=8

Google Maps Downloaded over 10 million times in 48 hours
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/17/3777350/google-maps-iphone-downloaded-10-million-48-hours

Google canning push mail through exchange interface, no more push for iphone!
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/google-phasing-out-activesync-push-mail-for-free-customers/

YouTube launches capture app that uploads directly to youtube while recording
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/17/3777408/youtube-capture-launch-ios-video-app

Facebook new privacy settings explained. (Anyone actually have these yet? JW)
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/12/facebook-new-privacy-settings-explained/59906/

New Instagram TOS (includes you giving rights of your photos to allow for targeted ads)
http://gizmodo.com/5969001/your-instagram-data-is-now-officially-facebook-data

Raspberry Pie Solar Powered
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/desktops/how-to-make-a-raspberry-pi-solar-powered-ftp-server-50009923/

Raspberry Pi gets an app store
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/desktops/raspberry-pi-gets-its-own-app-store-with-games-and-tutorials-50009998/

Cisco Selling Linksys
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/16/cisco-selling-linksys/

Battery life issues, ruin first windows 8 notebooks
http://gizmodo.com/5969012/short-battery-life-sinks-first-windows-8-notebooks

BB10 UI Is very iphone meets android meets metro…
http://gizmodo.com/5969164/if-this-is-blackberrys-new-os-it-looks-very-familiar

Picks of the Week

Stuart – Steam Workshop – Easy installed user content for games like Skyrim.
Jamieson – http://www.macrumors.com/2012/12/17/fruit-ninja-and-every-other-halfbrick-game-free-for-24-hours/
http://io9.com/5968765/short-film-tempo-forces-a-scientist-to-turn-his-velocity+warping-gun-into-a-weapon
James – Mint.com

Ep 16

Ep 16

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

Please considering rating our podcast on iTunes and wherever else you see us. It helps us spread the word.

Our sponsor this week is sclarkconsulting.ca

Hosts
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
James Wilkinson

James Wilkinson is a Digital Media Architect and Consultant in the Southwestern Ontario area, he specializes in creating exemplar and exceptional user experiences through interaction on web, mobile, and social channels. He has a fascination with cognitive science research which he applies in his digital media duties. Oh and he is pretty good at Halo 4 and Call of Duty Black Ops 2. If you are looking for help with your user experience or digital media projects drop him a line @jerw.

Topics

Text Messaging turns 20.
http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/text-messaging-turns-20-popularity-drops-5256270

Google buys Waterloo startup BufferBox
http://metronews.ca/news/canada/460883/google-buys-waterloo-startup-bufferbox/

Canada neuroscientist develops a working, virtual Spaun brain
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/338075#ixzz2DwsMk1TS

Ontario examines ways to loosen crowdfunding rules
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-money/business-funding/ontario-examines-ways-to-loosen-crowdfunding-rules/article5781219/

Sharp Unveils new display with touch screen and stylus support
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/03/sharp-ll-s201a-big-pad/

CRTC to Rogers: Turn down the ad volume
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/crtc-to-rogers-turn-down-the-ad-volume/article5758100/

Windows blue how it could reinvent windows or sink windows 8
http://www.itworld.com/323568/windows-blue-how-it-could-reinvent-windows-or-sink-windows-8

News Corp is Shutting Down ‘The Daily,’ the World’s First Tablet Newspaper
http://www.techvibes.com/blog/the-daily-dies-new-york-times-struggles-2012-12-03

Social Media Report: Social media dominate our online time, both on PCs and mobile devices
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/12/03/social-media-report-social-media-dominates-our-online-time-both-on-pcs-and-mobile-devices/

Vatican unveils Pope’s Twitter handle: @pontifex
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/vatican-discloses-popes-twitter-handle-pontifex-111503109.html

iTunes 11 Released last week.

Jamieson has his new website up. http://www.blacklightmedia.ca

Picks of the Week

Stuart – Synergy
Jamieson – Untappd
James – Plex