CTP Ep. 89 – Oct 9, 2016: I Thought I Had Them!

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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva
• George Burger, Co-Founder of VMedia

Thanks to techdoz.ca for the loan of the snowball mic.

Topics

• Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence – sources
  • http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCAKCN1241YT
  • http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/report-fbi-andor-nsa-ordered-yahoo-to-build-secret-e-mail-search-tool/
  • http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/welcome-to-the-machine-yahoo-mail-scanning-exposes-another-us-spy-tool/
• Replaced Galaxy Note 7 explodes on a Southwest flight
  • http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/a-replacement-galaxy-note-7-catches-fire-on-a-plane/
• Google Pixel, Home, Wifi, Daydream View, Chromecast Ultra all unveiled on Tuesday
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/10/04/google-pixel-and-pixel-xl-specs-pricing-and-canadian-availability/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/10/04/pixel-and-pixel-xl-hands-on-canada/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/10/04/daydream-view-hands-on-google-cardboard-grows-up/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/10/04/google-announces-at-pixel-keynote-that-google-home-canada/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/10/04/google-debuts-new-4k-enabled-chromecast-ultra-canada/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/10/04/google-announces-home-wi-fi-router-canada/
• BlackBerry to release new keyboard smartphone sometime in the next six months
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/10/06/blackberry-to-release-new-keyboard-smartphone-sometime-in-the-next-six-months/
• FBI demands Signal user data, but there’s not much to hand over
  • http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/fbi-demands-signal-user-data-but-theres-not-much-to-hand-over/
• No connectivity: the internet ‘blackout zone’ that is rural Canada
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/no-connectivity-the-internet-blackout-zone-that-is-rural-canada-1.3792786
• Pushing for competitive market, CRTC slashes wholesale fees charged by incumbent ISPs
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/crtc-aims-to-boost-home-internet-competition-with-rate-cut/article32279440/
• VMedia, Bell to face off in court over live TV streaming service
  • http://www.bnn.ca/vmedia-bell-to-face-off-in-court-over-live-tv-streaming-service-1.579245
• Interview with VMedia Co-Founder George Burger

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Tweetbot 4 for iOS
• Derek – VMedia App for Roku
• George – Vinyl records, especially the blues

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – WordPress updates and evaluating some different backup plugins. Q/E at London Life.
• Derek – Cleaning up CleverHost’s migration to a new billing system; new website and billing system have both received positive feedback. Started work on a Portuguese hosting brand, still waiting on paperwork for that $37K deal at Olio.
• George – Not much time to be up to anything else when you are a start-up defending yourself against Bell.

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