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The Canadian Tech Podcast Ep. 75 – Sunday, June 19, 2016

The Canadian Tech Podcast Ep. 75 – Sunday, June 19, 2016

CTP Ep. 75 – Sunday, June 19, 2016

Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs

 

Hosts & Guests

 

  • Stuart Clark
  • Derek Silva

 

Topics

 

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

 

 

This Week in Olio

  • Continuing on six figure, six month project
  • Put out beta versions of SAP Hybris/Sage 300 order gateway and custom time tracking software
  • Wrapping up some custom work for a new Shopify store
  • Launched ITA Inc’s new website, and migrated their email to a new server
  • Adding a new back-end feature to Westview Funeral Chapel’s website
  • We just ordered a bunch of Arduinos, Bluetooth modules, LEDs, and some other hardware to build a really cool prototype for one of our retail clients
  • Looking to bring in new client this week

 

Interview

  • Mike Katchen is co-Founder and CEO of Wealthsimple, Canada’s fastest growing online investment manager. It is their mission to make smart investing easy, low-cost, and transparent for everyone.

 

Local Story

Stuff We Like

 

The Canadian Tech Podcast Episode 49 Nov 11th 2013 – Sony PS4 and Tech News

The Canadian Tech Podcast Episode 49 Nov 11th 2013 – Sony PS4 and Tech News

Canadian Tech Podcast

Episode 49 – November 11 2013

Hosts
Jamieson Roberts
Adam Forristal

Sony & PS4

The big event this week is obviously that the PS4 launch this week. You can follow along with the show while we talk about what to expect, the good, the bad, and the ugly as well as tech news from this past week.

E3 Roundup
http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/13/ps4-vs-xbox-one-comparison-the-state-of-play-3839627/

What can a PS4 do?
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/31/playstation-4-audio-game-install-details/

System Specs
http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/11/09/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4-the-console-specs

Resolutiongate
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-07-microsoft-studios-phil-spencer-on-resolutiongate-and-kinect

PS4 exclusives
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4-2689552

PS4 Ecosystem
The PS Vita and Remote Play – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Play
Vita TV – http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/9/4710080/sony-ps-vita-tv
Video Streaming – http://www.psu.com/a019905/

Ubisoft Raves about Remote Play and how easy it is to use – http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/11/5091294/assassins-creed-4-black-flag-ps4-ps-vita-remote-play

What’s missing from the PS4
– Initial Blu-ray playback – Needs a patch
– DLNA – not supported – http://www.techhive.com/article/2061901/playstation-4-gets-netflix-and-more-at-launch-but-wheres-the-music-.html

Stories

Best Buy and Future Shop go nuts on trade ins
http://o.canada.com/technology/gaming/futureshop-best-buy-get-battlefield-4-and-call-of-duty-ghosts/

DOTA2 item for sale for a cool $38k
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/11/got-38000-burning-a-hole-in-your-pocket-why-not-buy-a-dota-2-courier-with-it/

New World of Warcraft Expansion – Warlords of Draenor
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/warlords-of-draenor/

LA Plans to offer free city wide broadband
http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/05/los-angeles-citywide-wifi-fiber/

IE11 comes out for Windows 7
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/internet-explorer-11-for-windows-7-out-now/

Twitter trading above estimates
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101176699

Universal MalWare is out there
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/meet-badbios-the-mysterious-mac-and-pc-malware-that-jumps-airgaps/

iCloud Keychain it works to a point
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/apples-icloud-keychain-it-works-but-its-limitations-are-frustrating/

Nexus 5 Releases. Is amazing.
http://reviews.cnet.com/google-nexus-5/

Picks of the Week
Jamieson – Timing
Adam – Tesla Model S

Episode 37 – June 17th

Episode 37 – June 17th

Episode 37 June 17 2013

Hosts & Guests

Stuart Clark

Jamieson Roberts

Colton Hathaway

 

Colton is a tech entrepreneur based in London Ontario. He leads Inner Geek Media, a local mobile development agency and is also an undergrad at Western University in the Software Engineering program.

E3 Roundup

 

Biggest games announced after last week’s show:

 

Final Fantasy 15

Kingdom Hearts 3

Destiny gameplay shown off

 

PS4 announced, priced, features detailed, compared to Xbox One

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-21539_7-57588650-10391702/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4/

Xbox one has limited support for used games, requires persistent internet connection for single player games, has a camera you can’t turn off, and is more expensive.

 

Developers think the PS4 could be as much as 40% more powerful as the Xbox One – and it sold out of preorders in four hours

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2013/06/15/sony-playstation-4-launch-edition-already-sold-out-at-amazon/

 

Xbox One only works in 21 countries at launch because of server authentication requirement – Japan, China, Korea, India – notably absent from list

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/pre-order-xbox-one/disclaimer

 

Don Mattrick (head of Microsoft Interactive Entertainment) explains Microsoft’s stance on Xbox One: if you don’t like it, keep your 360.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DxkEe_l7S3g

 

Sony taking shots at Microsoft’s use games policies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kWSIFh8ICaA

http://www.denofgeek.com/games/playstation-4/25953/sony-explains-how-to-share-and-trade-games-on-the-ps4

 

Nintendo’s Wii U Strategy – First Party games galore

http://www.inquisitr.com/699455/nintendo-direct-roundup-new-releases-and-details/

2013 – Pikmin 3, Donkey Kong Country, Sonic: Lost World, Windwaker HD, Mario 3D Land

2014 – Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros, Original Zelda Game (currently untitled)

WWDC Roundup

iOS7 and OS X Maverics

Week after its launch we get an on hand report

 

Controller for iPhone gaming
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/16/potential-first-image-of-mfi-gaming-controller-surfaces/

 

“Issues” around multi-monitor support

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/17/video-shows-differences-between-mavericks-and-mountain-lion-multiple-monitor-support/

 

Macbook Air getting greater than 12 hour battery life without Mavericks

http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/17/4436332/macbook-air-review-13-inch-2013

 

iPad Screenshots using xCode Emulator

http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/17/4437970/ios-7-ipad-screenshots-xcode-emulator

 

Microsoft goes ‘Windows Everywhere’ with Best Buy takeovers, new ad

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2041680/microsoft-goes-windows-everywhere-with-best-buy-takeovers-new-ad.html

 

Instagram to get Video

http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/17/source-instagram-will-get-video-on-june-20/

Governments and Privacy

 

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/google-calls-u-s-data-request-disclosures-a-step-backward-for-users/

 

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/facebook-discloses-basic-data-on-law-enforcement-requests/

 

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/apple-releases-some-data-on-government-requests/?ref=technology

 

http://gizmodo.com/nsa-whistleblower-truth-is-coming-and-it-cannot-be-s-513786769

https://startupkidslondon.eventbrite.ca

Pick of the Week

Stuart – OSX Mavericks Multi display support

Adam – Super Luigi U

Jamieson – Wave Accounting

Colton – Basecamp