Monday, December 4, 2017CTP Ep. 142 – Dec. 3, 2017: Bell’s Feeling Lucky
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
Saheba Segu, Market Development Representative at TouchBistro
Alexandra Tucki, Software Specialist Consultant at TouchBistro
TouchBistro – https://www.touchbistro.com/
Quick Hits
Bell launching new prepaid wireless brand called Lucky Mobile
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/12/01/lucky-mobile-bell-canada-prepaid-wireless-carrier/
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/12/01/canadas-innovation-minister-supports-bells-lucky-mobile-carrier/
Google unveils 2017’s list of top apps, games and books in Canada
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/12/01/google-unveils-list-top-apps-games-books-canada/
Canadian Apple Stores to hold free educational coding sessions in December
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/28/canadian-apple-stores-hour-of-code-december/
City of Kitchener opens IoT lab in Communitech
https://betakit.com/city-of-kitchener-opens-iot-lab-in-communitech/
Google says it plans to fix Pixel 2 random rebooting issue ‘in the coming weeks’
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/28/google-fix-pixel-2-rebooting-issue-coming-weeks/
Topics
Here’s everything you need to know about Canada’s unlocking fee ban
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/29/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-abou
t-canada-unlocking-fee-ban/
Apple's had a shockingly bad week of software problems
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/2/16727238/apple-macos-ios-software-problems-updates
Equifax revises Canadian breach numbers, increases to 19,000
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/29/equifax-revises-canadian-breach-numbers-increases-19000/
Interac and Nanopay Partner to Offer International Money Transfers
https://techvibes.com/2017/11/30/interac-and-nanopay-partner-to-offer-international-money-transfers
Stuff We Like
Stuart – NASA fired up Voyager 1’s backup thrusters for the first time in 37 years
Derek – Bloom
Saheba – Sustainable Fashion Design
Alexandra – Science of Self-Driving Cars
What are you up to lately?
Stuart – A very busy week but 1st few days at the LCBO have gone well, starting a contract gig at UWO next week.
Derek – Pumping out proposals at Olio, wrapped up the Student Pathways Challenge Thursday night, attended a Council meeting to discus 2018 capital budget, invested in the Bloom token sale and was in their Slack helping people out. Installed a new Netgear Nighthawk R7000P wireless router, installed the Storj client in favour of ZCash mining on my desktop. Also testing out a Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 laptop!
Noteworthy News
Toronto-based InstaRyde wants to disrupt the Canadian ride-sharing market
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/12/01/share-the-road-toronto-based-instaryde-looking-make-name-hostile-ride-sharing-market/
Smart-home tech developers may be prioritizing convenience over security
https://www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2017/12/03/smart-home-tech-developers-may-be-prioritizing-convenience-over-security.html
Mobile-friendly tool launched to help search for drugs covered by OHIP+
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/30/mobile-friendly-tool-search-drugs-covrred-ohip-plus/
Ontario government looking to add Wi-Fi to province’s 74 major courthouses by 2019
https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/30/ontario-wifi-major-courthouses-2019/
IoT pilot at UBC will help create action plan for accessible parking
https://betakit.com/iot-pilot-at-ubc-will-help-create-action-plan-for-accessible-parking/
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Music Credit:
“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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