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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Topics

Show relaunch! We are going to try different formats, starting with keeping the show length to 30 minutes. We are planning to have other friends of the show back to help with the hosting duties as well, so if you were a host before don’t be surprised if you hear from us.

News Items

• BlackBerry Priv – Okay, reviews are good. Which Canadian carriers have it?
  • How much are they charging?
    • $899 at Blackberry store
    • Rogers, Bell & Wind $799
    • Telus $890
  • Is this Blackberry’s last chance at the hardware market?
  • Going to Android a good idea?
  • If you like a physical keyboard this could be the android phone for you.  Long term durability of the slider could be a issue…
  • Breaking today http://seekingalpha.com/article/3741386-potentially-poor-priv-sales-likely-to-end-blackberry-hardware
  • CEO John Chen’s most recent target for break-even in the hardware business is 5 million handsets. This goal came down from a 10-million target not too long ago. To achieve 5 million in sales, about 1.25 million handsets would need to be sold each quarter and with only about 800,000 sold last quarter, this goal seems highly unachievable.
  • http://www.fool.ca/2015/12/03/blackberry-ltd-keeps-its-promises-and-the-priv-sells-out/
• Vtech data breach
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/vtech-data-breach-1.3345362
  • Some accounts of Canadian Parents (and their kids) were taken.
  • Will this occur more and more as more devices are connected to the internet (internet of things)
  • DES – Don’t have any VTech toys, but do have Leapfrog; Leapfrog tablet only has oldest son’s real name, but has my payment info; not something parents often think about but will need to be wary of, something I do think about often myself as I don’t want to create digital trail for my kids before they’re old enough to make that decision for themselves.
• Seagate announces 10TB drive
  • http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/12/hgst-releases-helium-filled-10tb-hard-drive-seagate-twiddles-shingled-fingers/
  • Helium filled
  • Holy smokes! I remember reading about putting bits down perpendicularly few years ago, cool to see the results of that research in use; about $1,200 which is reasonable
• CRTC may have busted fake antivirus telemarketing call centre in Brampton
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/11/27/crtc-gains-warrant-to-bust-significant-telemarketing-operation-in-brampton/
  • Scourge of the tech world, preying mostly on senior citizens; happy to see this happen.
• Core solutions, Andorid app called Gifts
  • https://gifts.coresolutions.ca/
• Ontario investing 20 mil in electric charging stations for vehicles
  • http://www.am980.ca/2015/12/08/electric-vehicles/