CTP Ep. 142 – Dec. 3, 2017: Bell’s Feeling Lucky

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CTP Ep. 142 – Dec. 3, 2017: Bell’s Feeling Lucky

Canadian Tech Podcast

1 hour 12 minutes 36 seconds

7 years ago

CTP 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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