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Ep. 20 – 2012 Year in Review

Ep. 20 – 2012 Year in Review

Welcome to the Canadian Tech Podcast. A weekly show on what’s going on in the tech scene from a Canadian perspective.

Please considering rating our podcast on iTunes and wherever else you see us. It helps us spread the word.

Sponsors
SClark Consulting

Hosts & Guests
Stuart Clark – sclarkconsulting.ca
Jamieson Roberts – blacklightmusicndesign.com
James Wilkinson
Mike Battista
Jason Clarke – twohoundproductions.com
Matthew Hoy – gamesdaypodcast.com

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Ep. 19 CES 2013

Ep. 19 CES 2013

Welcome to the Canadian Tech Podcast. A weekly show on what’s going on in the tech scene from a Canadian perspective.

Please considering rating our podcast on iTunes and wherever else you see us. It helps us spread the word.

Sponsors
IOLO Technologies – System Mechanic. A great set of PC tuning tools.
SClark Consulting

Hosts & Guests
Stuart Clark
James Wilkinson

Topics
Congrats to Jamison on getting married.

Amazon-Netflix Christmas outage and the costly risks of ‘cloud’ reliance

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/amazon-netflix-christmas-outage-and-the-costly-risks-of-cloud-reliance/article6736744/

Leaked’ BlackBerry 10 info shows video chat and screen sharing in BBM, new task manager

http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/27/blackberry-10-leak-bbm-video-calling-new-task-manager/

Facebook taps Canada to test talk app

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/facebook-taps-canada-to-test-talk-app/article6922790/
“The numbers back him up. In a country of 35 million, 12 million users log on to the site every single day and data-tracking firm Comscore has reported that four of every five Internet users in the country have accounts. Canadians even have more friends than users in other countries, averaging almost 230 each versus a global average of 130.”

Google and Microsoft declare war (added by Jamieson)
http://gizmodo.com/5973295/google-maps-has-never-been-accessible-on-mobile-internet-explorer

An iPhone Lover’s Confession: I Switched To the Nexus 4. Completely.

http://gizmodo.com/5973073/an-iphone-lovers-confession-i-switched-to-the-nexus-4-completely

What is CES?
New Chipsets
New Mobile Phones
New Cameras
New Speaker Systems
and..

4K TVs are here!
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3847102/sharp-unveils-its-first-4k-ultra-hd-tvs-for-the-us-market
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/5/3839992/sony-4k-oled-tv-at-ces-2013-rumored
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3842602/samsung-un85s9-85-inch-4k-uhd-tv-announced

Intel Partners with Comcast for Live Streaming without set top box through Chipset
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3847890/intel-comcast-partnership-brings-live-tv-to-future-chipsets

Intel will offer kinect like motion sensor to computers
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3848012/intel-nuance-voice-face-interface

Fast Free Wi-Fi Access, With a (Big) Catch
http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/29/slurpr-fast-free-wi-fi-access-with-a-big-catch/

Lego + iOS or Android = Amazing toys (Added by Jamieson)
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/01/07/ces-2013-lego-debuts-ios-compatible-lego-mindstorms-ev3/

revolutionary paper tablet computer reveals future tablets to be thin and flexible as sheets of paper
http://www.humanmedialab.org/papertab

nVidia Releases first game console
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/nvidia-project-shield-hands-on/

Picks of the Week

Stuart – Battle of The Bulge – Classic Wargaming on the iPad.
James – Alien Blue

Ep 18

Ep 18

Welcome to the Canadian Tech Podcast. A weekly show on what’s going on in the tech scene from a Canadian perspective.

Please considering rating our podcast on iTunes and wherever else you see us. It helps us spread the word.

Sponsered by Blacklightjdr

Hosts & Guests
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
James Wilkinson

We are taking two weeks off for the holidays.

Topics

Google to Release IOS Maps app.
http://allthingsd.com/20121212/google-set-to-release-ios-maps-app-tonight/?mod=atdtweet
And its out
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id585027354?mt=8

Google Maps Downloaded over 10 million times in 48 hours
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/17/3777350/google-maps-iphone-downloaded-10-million-48-hours

Google canning push mail through exchange interface, no more push for iphone!
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/google-phasing-out-activesync-push-mail-for-free-customers/

YouTube launches capture app that uploads directly to youtube while recording
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/17/3777408/youtube-capture-launch-ios-video-app

Facebook new privacy settings explained. (Anyone actually have these yet? JW)
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/12/facebook-new-privacy-settings-explained/59906/

New Instagram TOS (includes you giving rights of your photos to allow for targeted ads)
http://gizmodo.com/5969001/your-instagram-data-is-now-officially-facebook-data

Raspberry Pie Solar Powered
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/desktops/how-to-make-a-raspberry-pi-solar-powered-ftp-server-50009923/

Raspberry Pi gets an app store
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/desktops/raspberry-pi-gets-its-own-app-store-with-games-and-tutorials-50009998/

Cisco Selling Linksys
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/16/cisco-selling-linksys/

Battery life issues, ruin first windows 8 notebooks
http://gizmodo.com/5969012/short-battery-life-sinks-first-windows-8-notebooks

BB10 UI Is very iphone meets android meets metro…
http://gizmodo.com/5969164/if-this-is-blackberrys-new-os-it-looks-very-familiar

Picks of the Week

Stuart – Steam Workshop – Easy installed user content for games like Skyrim.
Jamieson – http://www.macrumors.com/2012/12/17/fruit-ninja-and-every-other-halfbrick-game-free-for-24-hours/
http://io9.com/5968765/short-film-tempo-forces-a-scientist-to-turn-his-velocity+warping-gun-into-a-weapon
James – Mint.com