1/15/2018CTP Ep. 145 – Jan 14, 2018: TTFN, Ta-Ta For Now!
Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs and Codeship
Thanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue Mic
Hosts & Guests
Stuart Clark
Derek Silva
Announcement – We’re taking a hiatus! See you in… 6 months? 2020? 2025? Never? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Quick Hits
Google combines Android Pay and Google Wallet under a single banner, Google Pay
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/08/google-android-pay-google-wallet-single-brand-google-pay/
Future Samsung smartphones will have working FM chips in Canada
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/10/samsung-fm-chips/
Manitoba to receive $83.9 million in high-speed internet funding
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/09/manitoba-receive-83-9-million-high-speed-internet-funding/
TD Bank Acquires AI Startup Layer 6
https://techvibes.com/2018/01/09/td-bank-acquires-ai-startup-layer-6
Public advocacy group calls for CRTC inquiry into Canadian digital service providers
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/08/public-advocacy-group-calls-crtc-inquiry-canadian-digital-service-providers/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-employees-pressure-to-sell-1.4481128
Razer’s Project Linda imagines a laptop dock for the Razer Phone
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/9/16866206/razer-project-linda-phone-laptop-dock-touchpad-prototype-android-concept-ces-2018
Toronto’s Goal to Become the Smartest City in North America
https://techvibes.com/2018/01/10/torontos-goal-to-become-the-smartest-city-in-north-america
Bitcoin Mining Looking at Canada Given China’s Digital Currency Stance
https://discover.coinsquare.io/digital-currency/bitcoin-minining-canada/
Topics
Meltdown and Spectre: ‘worst ever’ CPU bugs affect virtually all computers
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/04/meltdown-spectre-worst-cpu-bugs-ever-found-affect-computers-intel-processors-security-flaw
https://spectreattack.com/
What Facebook’s news feed change could mean to users, businesses
http://www.lfpress.com/2018/01/12/what-facebooks-news-feed-change-could-mean-to-users-businesses
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/12/facebook-friends-publishers-change-news-feed/
macOS High Sierra bug gives access to App Store preferences without a password
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/11/macos-high-sierra-bug-app-store-preferences-no-password/
Tech for Good: How machine learning and rich data can help prevent pollution
https://betakit.com/tech-for-good-how-machine-learning-and-rich-data-can-help-prevent-pollution/
B.C. experimenting with ‘blockchain’ to store and share crucial data
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/b-c-experimenting-with-blockchain-to-store-and-share-crucial-data-1.23131666
Stuff We Like
Stuart – Zooniverse
Derek – Enjin Wallet
What are you up to lately?
Stuart – Was sick for most of the holiday’s (not fun). I’m now Board Chair at London Public Library. Really enjoying the contract position at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry help desk. Keeping fingers and toes crossed that it turns into a permanent position.
Derek – Had a nice holiday season. Enjoying the Google Home mini and Chromecast I got for Christmas! Was just at Kathleen’s company country-themed new year party on Friday, I came in second place in the Bloom token community rewards program to take home USD $3,000 of BLT, and thinking of becoming a crypto-focused YouTuber/podcaster.
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Music Credit:
“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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