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Ep 17 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

Ep 17 – The Canadian Tech Podcast

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

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Hosts & Guests
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
James Wilkinson

Topics

Come February, Some Tweets Will Get A Wee Bit Shorter
http://www.fastcompany.com/3003822/come-february-some-tweets-will-get-wee-bit-shorter?utm_source=twitter

Can the iPad replace your PC?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/media-network-blog/2012/dec/06/ipad-pc-tablets-galen-gruman

BlackBerry Release Teaser image of BB10 Device
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/10/3750828/rim-blackberry-10-phone-teaser-shot

Why disc drives are an endangered species
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/tech/innovation/imac-disc-drive/index.html%3Fhpt=hp_t2?iref=obinsite

Australia Warning people using iMaps to think twice about it
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/australian-travelers-stranded-in-wilderness-because-of-ios-6-maps/

Facebook’s Instagram cuts support for key Twitter integration
http://www.lfpress.com/2012/12/05/facebooks-nstagram-cuts-support-for-key-twitter-integration

Twitter introduces filters for images in iOS and Android Apps
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/10/twitter-android-photo-filter-now-available/

Researchers create LCD contact lens
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/10/researchers-contact-lens-lcd-display/

Google Pays Tribute to Ada Lovelace
http://techland.time.com/2012/12/10/ada-lovelace/

Think your passwords are safe? Think again
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/25-gpu-cluster-cracks-every-standard-windows-password-in-6-hours/

(No Link) The rise of drive by facebook likes/auto-sends – This has been happening alot lately

Les Mis Extended Look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cDVdg7gVdg&feature=g-user-u
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmvHzCLP6ug&feature=g-user-u

New Transistor
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/10/3752398/MIT-transistor-silicon-replacement

Picks of the Week
Stuart – TeraCopy
Jamieson – http://gizmodo.com/5967104/smart-store-displays-trigger-product-demos-when-you-pick-something-up
James –Jasmine

EP 15

EP 15

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

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Hosts
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
Mike Battista

Topics

CPU’s to potentially be no longer available separate from Motherboards
An interesting story for the DIY’er and custom machine maker regarding the future of CPU’s and their interchangeability.

Web privacy in spotlight again.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/digital-culture/social-web/privacy-in-spotlight-again-with-facebooks-latest-changes/article5553695/

Facebook privacy chain letter resurfaces.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/facebook-privacy-chain-letter-resurfaces/2012/11/26/8c27bd94-3801-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html

Can a robot make a better hamburger?
http://www.kurzweilai.net/can-a-robot-make-a-better-faster-burger

RIM boasts carrier billing integration.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/11/26/rim-boasts-billing-integration-with-more-than-50-carriers-in-run-up-to-blackberry-10-release/

Analysts predicting RIM comback:
http://bgr.com/2012/11/26/blackberry-10-analyst-outlook/

Bell will unlock the iPhone for $75.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/11/26/bell-and-virgin-will-now-unlock-the-iphone-cost-75/

Apple drops samsung as battery supplier
http://www.zdnet.com/apple-drops-samsung-as-macbook-ipad-battery-supplier-report-7000007888/

Niagara Regional Police using YouTube to find Falls shooting suspect
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2012/11/26/nrp-using-youtube-to-find-suspect

Mr. Dressup featured in Canadian Google doodle today.
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1293110–mr-dressup-remembered-in-google-doodle

Call me maybe parody with seniors from Waverly Manor in London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf0k8sACrTU

Any good Cyber Monday deals / stories?

Chinterest (Pinterest for chins):
http://www.chintere.st/

Picks of the week

Stuart – Evernote ver 5
Jamieson – Tweetdeck
Mike – Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_%E2%80%93_What’s_Inside_the_Cube%3F
Bonus: Curiosity by Carly Rae Jepsen: http://youtu.be/krDk7clnihs

 

 

 

Ep. 14

Ep. 14

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

Thanks to our sponsor this week Orpheum Hosting Solutions.

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Hosts
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
Derek Martin
Jamie Edwards

 

Topics

Congrats to Carmi at his new job at Microsoft.

iMessage and facetime hit by outage
http://mashable.com/2012/11/18/imessage-facetime-twitter/

Microsoft hit by 2nd office 365 mail outage in 5 days.
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-hit-by-second-office-365-email-outage-in-five-days-7000007342/

MS investigating reports of random Windows Phone 8 reboots
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-investigating-reported-windows-phone-8-reboots-7000007615/

Rim adds free call feature to BBM
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/mobile/rim-adds-free-call-feature-to-bbm/article5274314/

“Microsoft Has Failed” – Windows 8
https://semiaccurate.com/2012/11/14/microsoft-has-failed/

Sinofsky Fired, Julie Larson-Green Promoted
Bio of JLG – http://www.zdnet.com/who-is-julie-larson-green-meet-the-new-head-of-windows-7000007292/
– user interface/experience person for IE 3 & 4, Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007

Jamie Says – note that MS fired Stephen Sinofsky – president of the windows division (2 weeks after the launch of Windows 8 http://www.extremetech.com/computing/140733-sinofsky-abrupt-firing-can-microsoft-finally-make-progress-in-mobile ).

Jamieson got hands on with the Microsoft Surface.

Jamieson’s report and review with some hands on time on a surface as well as a visit to the popup store in the Eaton Center.

Ghosting issues on Retina display macbooks

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/17/retina-macbook-pro-users-still-complaining-of-image-persistence/

Derek’s Macbook has this issue. More severe than the article implies.

Cisco Buys Cloud-Networking Firm Meraki for $1.2 Billion
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412290,00.asp

Pics of the week.
Stuart – Reeder   RSS reader for Mac and iOS devices.
Jamieson  https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/keynote-remote/id300719251?mt=8
Derek – Square.ca & free dongle
Jamie – Robert Half Technology Salary Guide 2013 (http://www.rhi.com/SalaryGuides)