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Episode 29 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

Episode 29 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

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Hosts:
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
Adam Forristal

Our thoughts to people in Boston

Apple devices to outsell Windows for first time ever in 2013
http://bgr.com/2013/04/05/apple-sales-windows-sales-2013-gartner-416934/

Prices of Windows RT tablets drop, point to failure of OS
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/457879/prices_windows_rt_tablets_drop_point_failure_os/

Impressive New Steady Cam Gear (PS I really want one now)
http://gizmodo.com/5993678/this-new-camera-stabilizer-could-change-cinematography-forever

Phantom Flex4K camera unveiled, blasts through 1000 4K frames per second (video)

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/08/phantom-flex4k-camera-unveiled-at-NAB/

A new RIM PlayBook tablet? RIM hasn’t ruled it out
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/business-technology/a-new-rim-playbook-tablet-rim-hasnt-ruled-it-out/article10681188/

Goodbye BlackBerry Music, we hardly knew ye
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/business-technology/goodbye-blackberry-music-we-hardly-knew-ye/article10777802/

Google Chrome breaks up with web-kit
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/blink/

The Samsung store, coming soon to 1,400 Best Buy U.S. locations
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/business-technology/the-samsung-store-coming-soon-to-1400-best-buy-us-locations/article10763949/

 

Minority Report Style scanner/UI
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/3/4177912/fujitsu-wants-to-replace-your-scanner-with-minority-report-ui

Speedier Thunderbolt tech on the way.  Is backwards compatible.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57578503-76/intel-shows-off-speedier-thunderbolt-tech/

Facebook Home falls flat
http://www.dailydot.com/news/facebook-home-reviews-fail-android/

Picks of the Week

Stuart. – Focus Writer – http://gottcode.org/focuswriter
Jamieson – diet coda $19.99 http://panic.com/dietcoda/
Adam – MuseScore + mobile

 

Episode 28 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

Episode 28 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

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Episode 28 – April 1st 2013

Hosts
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
James Wilkinson

April Fools Day
Most terrible, but maps.google.ca with the treasure hunt is good!

When will Apple get serious about security?
http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/29/4158594/password-denied-when-will-apple-get-serious-about-security

Exclusive: Lenovo to design own chips

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4410926/Lenovo-moving-into-chip-design-business

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417264,00.asp


GDC: Oculus VR, Ouya Kickstart Up a Storm

nVidia 700 mobile series is out for notebooks

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/01/nvidia-geforce-gt700m-series/

 

Small plug for Lenovo Twist.

 

Gamestop sales slump as gamers wait on next gen consoles.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/gaming/gaming-news/gamestop-sales-slump-as-gamers-wait-on-next-gen-consoles/article10485589/

 

Bioshock 3 review

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/gaming/game-reviews/bioshock-infinite-a-shooting-game-for-deep-thinkers/article10503889/

 

Internet Explorer 10 for Win7 Helps it

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/internet-explorer-10-almost-doubles-its-users-thanks-to-windows-7-release/

Facebook poised to reveal ‘new home on Android

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/facebook-poised-to-reveal-new-home-on-android/article10558485/

 

 

Bitcoin sets new all time high record

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/04/bitcoin-value-triples-in-a-month-to-all-time-high-of-more-than-100/

 

GPS anklets having issues in the US

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/thousands-of-paroled-ca-sex-offenders-felons-easily-disable-gps-monitors/

 

Tech/Internet at the One of a Kind Show

3D printed jewelry

Huge number of Squares/mobile payment options

Etsy dedicated area

 

3D Printed Prosthetics

http://gizmodo.com/5993147/how-3d-printing-gave-this-man-his-life-and-face-back

 

Tesla Is finally making Money

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/04/tesla-motors-announces-that-its-finally-profitable/

 

Game of Thrones Season 3 pirated 1 million times.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/1/4171792/game-of-thrones-season-three-premiere-pirated-one-million-times

 

Russian Gov Has started censoring for the the sake of the children

http://gizmodo.com/5993112/the-russian-government-has-started-censoring-the-internet

 

Linux powered rifles

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/03/bullseye-from-1000-yards-shooting-the-17000-linux-powered-rifle/

 

Pick of the Week

Stuart – PA Shop http://www.pashop.com  

Jamieson – Doctor Who is Back!

James – Game of Thrones

 

 

Episode 26 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

Episode 26 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

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The Canadian Tech Podcast
Episode 26 March 18 2013

Hosts
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
James Wilkinson

Topics
Tech at the world figure skating championships. (was cool)

2010 Microsoft Wrote Some Checks That 2013 Microsoft Can’t Cash
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/04/what-you-should-have-done-was-land-your-plane/

Windows phone 8 and 7.8 support being dropped http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/18/microsoft-windows-phone-8-mango-support/

If you want to learn to code, there are plenty of online resources.
http://sparkcbc.tumblr.com/post/44866196413/if-you-want-to-learn-to-code-there-are-plenty-of

Bug in EA’s Origin Engine allows attacker access to player PCs
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/bug-on-eas-origin-game-platform-allows-attackers-to-hijack-player-pcs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Ftechnology-lab+(Ars+Technica%3A+Technology+Lab)

Bloated web pages costly for smartphone users
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/bloated-web-pages-costly-for-smartphone-users/article9355125/

Google shutting down reader.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/03/google-reader-shut-down-shocks-and-enrages-the-web.html

To Feedly!
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237668/500K_users_flee_dead_RSS_walking_Google_Reader_for_Feedly

Google accidentally unveils Evernote like service
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/google-slips-accidentally-unveils-evernote-like-google-keep-service/

Samsung Galaxy S4 Launched
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57574863-94/with-galaxy-s4-samsung-prepares-for-life-after-android/

Specs- http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-specs

Some criticism of the launch
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/03/samsungs-galaxy-s-4-press-conference-slammed-as-shockingly-sexist.html

New Thinkpad T431s launch
First product released after Lenovo’s ‘clean sheet’ program.  Trackpad has support for 20 gestures. Still has the keyboard track button (Stuart likes)
Press Release
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130317005055/en/Lenovos-Newest-ThinkPad-Thinner-Lighter-Springs-Global
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/17/lenovo-thinkpad-t431s-ultrabook-official/

CRTC ruling on internet billing.Some saying not far enough
Rogers and Bell both started offering unlimited plans lately (at around the same price….)
http://whatsyourtech.ca/2013/02/27/canadian-consumers-to-get-a-break-on-internet-billing/

Beyond BlackBerry, Canadian Tech Is Humming
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Canadian-Tech-Sector-Is-Humming/story.xhtml?story_id=030003CLU180

Toms Hardware review of early Haswell CPU’s
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-4770k-haswell-performance,3461.html

Dropbox buys Mailbox
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/dropbox-acquires-mailbox-to-help-grow-the-gmail-app-for-ios-quickly/

New Mountain Lion supports 3tb drives and Windows 8 in boot camp
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5612

Verizon wants to pay per channel
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/verizon-wants-to-only-pay-for-channels-that-tv-customers-actually-watch/

T-Mobile is getting beefy with HSPA+
http://gizmodo.com/5991117/why-t+mobiles-4g-network-could-kick-everybodys-ass

Picks of the week
Stuart – Feedly
Jamieson – Super Cooling might get a bit easier
Borderlands 2James – UnBlock-Us – http://www.unblock-us.com/