CTP Ep. 108 – Mar 19, 2017: Windows Phone Users are the 1%

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Thanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue Mic

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva
• Jayme Cousins  @londononlogic

Guest Bio

• Jayme Cousins is a father, husband, geek and operator of multiple businesses from their world headquarters in beautiful downtown Komoka, Ontario just outside of London. His daily business is a boutique web development firm called In House Logic which specializes in custom-built web sites for small businesses and organizations. He is a regular speaker at the London Small Business Centre and has taught a range of tech courses at Fanshawe College and elsewhere.
• Full disclosure – he’s known Stu for decades and did vote for Derek at the last municipal election.

Topics

• BCE completes acquisition of MTS and forms Bell MTS in Manitoba
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/17/bell-mts-in-manitoba/
• Feds unveil new fines, tighter rules for drones flown too close to airports
  • http://globalnews.ca/news/3314072/feds-to-announce-strict-new-rules-fines-for-drones-flown-too-close-to-airports/
• U.S. Plans to Charge Four People Over Yahoo Hacking
  • https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-14/u-s-is-said-to-plan-indictments-related-to-yahoo-hacking
  • http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/karim-baratov-court-appearance-1.4029305
• Google offers more control, after ads on offensive content leads to brand boycott
  • https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/18/google-offers-more-control-after-ads-on-offensive-content-leads-to-brand-boycott/
• Teams, Microsoft’s Slack rival, opens to all Office 365 users
  • https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/14/teams-microsofts-slack-rival-opens-to-all-office-365-users/
• Guyana tribe goes hi-tech to protect its land
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39282922
• National Lacrosse League and Twitter announce exclusive live streaming partnership
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/03/15/national-lacrosse-league-twitter-livestreaming/

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Hoopla
• Derek – Oristand
• Jayme
  • Password managers (LastPass – yes, again – for helping manage seniors’ and kids’ accounts through sharing features).
  • Also https://www.fairphone.com/en/ (modular mid-range smartphones with socially aware and fair supply chains).

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Did some photography this weekend, (the first time in a while).  More unpacking and purging, still working my way through “Designing Your Life.”  Prepping for London Public Library Board Meetings this week.
• Derek – Still learning Python, plotting a new startup, helping Kathleen plot her own startup, signing kids up for sports and such, started using my GitLab account and set up two repositories for my startup.
• Jayme
  • Work: recent launch of Advantage-Clinical.com (clinical research study training) and about to launch an updated version of a classical music-related site this week. Dealing with user panic over browsers claiming sites are “not safe”.  Also, presenting a Search Engine Optimization seminar on March 30 through the Small Business Centre (tickets still available at either SBCentre.ca or InHouseLogic.com)
  • Personal: Started learning a new kata, Heather starts a new contract tomorrow, getting KubCars ready for my son and I, and we’re getting a new puppy next weekend.

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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