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Ep. 8 iPhone 5 and other things.

Ep. 8 iPhone 5 and other things.

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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
Jamieson Roberts

Blackberry outage again on Iphone launch day

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/rim-restores-service-after-struggling-with-blackberry-outages-on-3-continents/article4558395/

Flatlining user base spells end of RIM’s growth story
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/flatlining-user-base-spells-end-of-rims-growth-story/article4562338/

iPhone 5 comments – Jon got one.

IOS6 comments

Lazaridis-backed Quantum-Nano Centre opens tomorrow, aims to be a new Bell Labs

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/20/lazaridis-backed-quantum-nano-centre-opens-tomorrow-aims-to-be/  – Waterloo Tech News

 

Advertisers warm to Canadians’ ravenous consumption of online vide

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/advertisers-warm-to-canadians-ravenous-consumption-of-online-video/article4558019/

Makerbot moving to closed source
http://blog.makezine.com/2012/09/19/is-one-of-our-open-source-heroes-going-closed-source/

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/09/californias-first-3d-printer-retail-store-to-sell-600-model/

Ottawa casts wary eye on Chinese telecom giant
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-casts-wary-eye-on-chinese-telecom-giant/article4558259/

(Ummm….)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/canada-heating-up-as-a-destination-for-tech-employers/article4557322/

World record Internet Speeds
http://www.ntt.co.jp/news2012/1209e/120920a.html

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/09/reading-and-writing-quantum-bits-on-a-single-electron-spin/

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/22/boeing-747-8-777-to-join-787-in-support-for-in-flight-cellphones/


http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/09/w3c-announces-plan-to-deliver-html-5-by-2014-html-5-1-in-2016/

Picks of the week

Stuart  Baldur’s Gate enhanced edition – http://www.baldursgate.com/

Jon – Skitch, Mists of Pandaria

Jamieson – Growl 2.0 http://lifehacker.com/5944834/growl-20-adds-long+awaited-support-notification-center-prowl-and-boxcar

 

Ep. 5 – Bacon & Zombies

Ep. 5 – Bacon & Zombies

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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.

Chat log from this weeks show.

Hosts & Guests

Stuart Clark
Jon Pilon
Jamison Roberts
Andy Berdan
Mathew Hoy

Topics
General news

Samsung unveils new win8 phone in surprise launch
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/08/29/samsung-unveils-first-windows-phhone-in-surprise-launch/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/mobile/samsung-surprises-with-new-windows-phone-8-device/article4508048/

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 continues to stretch the limits of smartphone size
(How big is too big, and is the smarthphone/tablet market destined to have offerings of virtually any size?)
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/samsung-galaxy-note-stylus-stays-screen-super-sized/story?id=17096023

The CRTC is Finally Shutting Up Loud Television Commercials
http://www.techvibes.com/blog/the-crtc-is-finally-shutting-up-loud-television-commercials-2012-08-31

Media Companies and ownership
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/is-bell-too-big/article4513538/

Back to school
Do kids know how to search effecitvily, is this something we have to worry about?
Gaming stuff

Project Play is coming up soon in London
September 16
Fanshawe College, $10 tickets. Fanshawe students are having their tickets subsidized by Fanshawe (their tickets are only $7). Etc.
Organized by Games Day Productions and GamerPops

http://projectplay.ca

Whats the state of the gaming industry.

Interesting thread re: owning a game vs subscribing.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=557880

Guild Wars 2 is out

Free to play model gaining lots of traction.
Locals, Digital Extremes are doing WARFRAME on the free-to-play model

Steam Greenlight – game development by popular demand

Mentioned by Mathew Cool Minecraft Mod
http://www.technicpack.net/tekkit/
https://yogscast.com

What else are we seeing coming up this year.?
Borderlands 2
Torchlight 2
WoW – Mists of Panderia
CIV 6

Picks of the week.

Stuart
Cast Roller Podcast. – Great behind the scenes at Cast Roller and podcasting in general.
http://castroller.com/Podcasts/CastRollerPodcast

Jamison – Borderlands 2

Andy Guild wars 2 / bloop for ios
Mathew – Projectplay.ca – sketchbook pro 6 by autodeck, mac version

Jon – Razer Naga Epic Mouse