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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 35 – June 3 2013

Episode 35 – June 3 2013

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The Canadian Tech Podcast
Episode 35 June 3 2013

Hosts

Adam Forristal
Jamieson Roberts

Topics

New CRTC wireless rules demand 2-year contract cap, unlocked phones
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/06/03/business-crtc-wireless.html

US Antitrust suit again Apple for Ebook price fixing begins.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22746776

Department of Homeland Security forced to release list of works they monitor
http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/05/26/department-of-homeland-security-forced-to-release-list-of-keywords-used-to-monitor-social-networking-sites/

Microsoft offering free cover with purchase of Windows RT Surface.  Price cuts also announced.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040460/microsoft-offers-free-touch-or-type-covers-with-surface-rt-tablet-purchase.html

Haswell test units leak out, to mixed reviews
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-4770k-haswell-review,3521.html

Haswell full specs released
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/06/haswell-is-here-intel-announces-first-4th-generation-core-cpus/2/

Razer announces next gen gaming laptops
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/30/4381050/razer-blade-shrinks-down-to-size-beefy-new-14-inch-model

Intel powered Android laptops?
http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/03/asus-announces-the-transformer-book-trio-likens-it-to-a-laptop/
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/06/two-cpus-two-batteries-two-oses-asus-announces-transformer-book-trio/

Lens-less cameras that are always in focus
http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/3/4391106/bell-labs-lensless-camera-technology-compressive-sensing

Yahoo eliminates classic mail, updates to a gmail like mail with targeted adds
http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/2/4388680/yahoo-mail-classic-shutdown-all-user-email-scanned-for-targeted-ads

Google forbidding facial recognition apps on Glass
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/google-forbids-facial-recognition-apps-on-glass-in-the-name-of-privacy/

Round trip to mars may well not be safe (for now)
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/06/round-trip-to-mars-would-push-radiation-safety-limits/

iOS potential security issue
http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/3/4390808/ios-malicious-charger-hack-georgia-tech-institute-black-hat-2013

Sony and Lego team up to develop programmable lego bricks
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/06/sony-lego-team-up-to-create-programmable-interactive-lego-bricks/

Picks of the Week

Jamieson – Min-Box
Adam – Humble Bundle

Episode 33 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

Episode 33 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

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Episode 33 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

Hosts & Guests

Jamieson Roberts
Adam Foristall

Topics

Blackberry live
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/business-technology/from-dire-straits-to-image-building-rim-preps-for-big-info-and-hype-event/article11882561/

Big telcos ‘hoarding’ spectrum, Internet service providers complain
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/big-telcos-hoarding-spectrum-internet-service-providers-complain/article11880886/

Rogers determined to butt heads with Netflix
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/canada-competes/rogers-determined-to-butt-heads-with-netflix/article11766948/

The Big Google Update – Google I/O 2013
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/google-io-2013-10-things-we-expect-1145012

http://www.techspot.com/news/52587-google-i-o-2013-roundup-learn-about-all-the-companys-updates-and-announcements.html

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4334634/best-of-googles-i-o-2013-keynote-hangouts-google-galaxy-s4

nVidia Shield up for pre-order
http://shield.nvidia.com/

Yahoo to buy Tumblr
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/20/4347650/yahoo-acquires-tumblr-in-1-1-billion-cash-deal-promises-not-to-screw

Apple tells the Senete oversite to “stuff it”
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/05/21/excerpts-of-apple-executives-senate-committee-testimony-on-tax-policy/

Samsung Beating Chromebook Pixel and Macbook Pro Retina for hi-DPI display
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/20/4347540/samsung-qhd-high-resolution-ultrabook-display

Chris Hadfield proved humour and humanity can reach Earth from space
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/chris-hadfield-proved-humour-and-humanity-can-reach-earth-from-space/article11882645/

Using Brainwaves to control your surroundings
http://gizmodo.com/hacked-brainwave-headset-lets-you-control-architecture-508883130

xBox One – everything we think we know about the next xbox http://gizmodo.com/5995375/the-next-xbox-everything-we-think-we-know

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/25/4264378/xbox-720-next-xbox-details-rumors-specifications

http://gizmodo.com/the-new-xbox-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microso-509033619


Picks of the Week.

Stuart – Space Oddity – David Bowie cover by ISS Commander Chris Hadfield
Jamieson – Trial by Timeline – Using facebook to show what our life might be like living in other countries (for the record my stats are 61 convictions for 6 crimes in 46 countries, including being killed by extremists 6 times)
Adam – Samsung NP780