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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

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 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/