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The Canadian Tech Podcast – Ep. 63 – Mon, Mar 14, 2016

By admin | 15 March 2016 | Comments 0 Comment

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Hosts & Guests

Stuart Clark
Derek Silva

Topics

*Apologies for Stuart’s sound quality this week*

Happy Pi day!

Inventor of email and savior of the @ sign, Ray Tomlinson, is dead at 74

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/6/11168718/ray-tomlinson-dead-inventor-of-email-obituary

Apple Macs targeted by KeRanger ransomware for the first time

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/apple-targeted-by-keranger-ransom-malware-for-first-time

Samsung launches a new line of SSD drives including one at a whopping 15.63TB

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-15tb-business-ssd/

Google extends right-to-be-forgotten rules to all search sites worldwide

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/google-finally-extends-right-to-be-forgotten-rules-to-all-search-sites-including-com/

Clean disruption? Stanford group plans for 100% green-energy future

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/clean-disruption-renewable-energy-canada-1.3470590

Failure to communicate: Federal data centre gets top-secret surprise

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/shared-services-canada-data-military-1.3472794

Microsoft will bring its SQL database software to Linux

Apple confirms it will livestream March 21st event for iOS, Mac, Apple TV and Windows users

Local Story

London Farm Show will have 355 exhibitors at Western Fair District

http://www.lfpress.com/2016/03/01/london-farm-show-will-have-355-exhibitors-at-western-fair-district

Stuff We Like

Stuart – Scansnap Scanner

Derek – WordPress Google AMP Plugin

The Canadian Tech Podcast – Ep. 62 – Wed, Mar 2, 2016

By admin | 2 March 2016 | Comments 0 Comment

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CTP Ep. 62 – Wed, Mar 2, 2016

Hosts & Guests

Stuart Clark
Derek Silva
Jamieson Roberts

Topics

BlackBerry Pushes Into New Territory with Latest Acquisition
- http://fortune.com/2016/02/25/blackberry-acquisition-cyber-security/
Facebook Reactions ‘angry,’ ‘sad’ and ‘haha’ options join ‘like’ worldwide
- Holding or hovering over ‘Like’ button for a second or two makes the alternatives to pop up
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/facebook-reactions-1.3461796
Royal Canadian Mint Sells Digital Currency MintChip
- http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/01/12/mintchip-royal-canadian-mint-to-nanopay/
- gomintchip.com
Cable and satellite companies’ new skinny plans
Free TV for life? It’s here, and it may even be legal
- http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/android-box-streaming-1.3455524
Uber forcing Canadian insurance companies to adapt
- http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/uber-canada-insurance-companies-1.3463580
Microsoft to unify PC and Xbox One platforms, ending fixed console hardware
- http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/01/microsoft-to-unify-pc-and-xbox-one-platforms-ending-fixed-console-hardware

Local Story

London Company Launches Made-for-Farming Drone
- http://www.thelondoner.ca/2016/02/29/london-company-launches-made-for-farming-drone-technology

Stuff We Like

Stuart – Raspberry Pi 3
Derek – Docker
Jamieson – Encryption For All

The Canadian Tech Podcast – Ep. 61 – Wed, Feb 24, 2016

By admin | 24 February 2016 | Comments 0 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:28 — 22.6MB)

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Hosts & Guests

Stuart Clark
Derek Silva
Carmi Levy

Carmi Levy Bio
CTV Technology Analyst

CTV/Bell Media’s in-house technology expert, where hI contributes to CTV News Channel’s weekly Clicked In and Tech With Todd segments, and appears regularly on Canada AM and the CTV National News.
He researches, writes and airs weekly Tech Talk segments across the Bell Media family, including CJAD 800 in Montreal, CFRA in Ottawa and NewsTalk 1290 CJBK in London. He is also the in-house tech resource for CFRB in Toronto and other Bell Media radio stations across the country.

Topics

Samsung announced S7 and S7 Edge

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/21/11077956/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-smartphone-announced-specs-mwc-2016

Apple apologises over Error 53 and issues fix for bricked iPhones

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/19/error-53-apple-issues-fix-bricked-iphones

CRTC rejects plea from small internet providers seeking wireless access

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crtc-wireless-decision-1.3454095

Mobile World Congress news

MWC16 – New Windows 10 Devices from HP, Alcatel, Lenovo and Huawei

http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/mwc16-new-windows-10-devices-hp-alcatel-lenovo-and-huawei#slide-6-field_images-67831

You could soon stream 4K VR movies to your car

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/22/mwc-16-you-could-soon-stream-4k-movies-to-your-car-using-5g.html

Hollywood Hospital Succumbs to Hacker Shakedown

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Hollywood-Hospital-Succumbs-to-Hacker-Shakedown-83134.html

The FBI’s iPhone Problem: Tactical vs. Strategic Thinking – A ex sheriff and security professionals opinion

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