Episode 59 – Feb 12, 2016

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The Canadian Tech Podcast
Episode 59: – Fri, Feb 12, 2016

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

• Susan Toth
  • Susan is a local lawyer in London, Ontario specializing in labour and employment law as well as general civil litigation. She is currently also an adjunct professor at Western and Brescia.

This Week’s Topics

Amazon’s Uber-style move into fast delivery lands it in court

• http://www.thestar.com/business/2016/01/19/amazons-uber-style-move-into-fast-delivery-lands-it-in-court.html

Adult Women now largest gaming demographic

• http://www.dailydot.com/geek/adult-women-largest-gaming-demographic/

Some fitness trackers vulnerable to monitoring, U of T study finds

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fitness-trackers-monitoring-users-1.3428817

Apple under pressure as lawyers pledge action over ‘Error 53’ codes

• http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/08/apple-under-pressure-lawyers-error-53-codes

Apple iPhone trade-in program will start taking broken phones

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/apple-iphone-trade-1.3435884

Netflix border crackdown cuts off some customers, but unblocking services fight back

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/netflix-crackdown-1.3440348

 

Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life

• http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/08/uninstalling-facebook-app-saves-iphone-battery-life

What We Like

Stuart – Headspace
Derek – HP Elite X2 1012
Susan – Legalswipe

Sponsor – Olio Digital Labs

• Let me use company time to record the podcast
• Custom web and mobile applications, lots of work in retail operations and e-commerce
• Connecting web and mobile apps to backend platforms: SAP, SQL Server, Tableau, Sage Business Vision and other internal systems
• Experienced advice and execution in application planning + design. Usability, accessibility and credit card industry security compliance