CTP Ep. 112 – Apr 23, 2017: S8 and F8 Unity

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

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Quick Hits

• Google reportedly building an ad-blocker into Chrome
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/20/google-reportedly-building-ad-blocker-chrome/
• Here are the movies and shows coming to Netflix Canada this May
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/20/movies-shows-coming-netflix-canada-may-2017/
• Samsung Galaxy S8 review
  • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/21/samsung-galaxy-s8-review-smartphone-infinity-display-iris-scanner
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/18/samsung-galaxy-s8-review-android-plus-canada/
• Blizzard’s almost 20-year-old masterpiece StarCraft is now free
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/19/starcraft-broodwar-blizzard-free/
• Facebook announces lots of new features at F8 conference
  • https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/18/facebook-analytics-gets-smarter-with-automated-insights-and-custom-dashboards/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/18/facebook-spaces-oculus-vr-launches-today/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/18/facebook-launches-augmented-reality-camera-effects-platform/
• Apple makes GarageBand, iWork and iMovie free for all iOS and macOS users
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/19/apple-ios-macos-iwork-garageband-imovie-free/
• Microsoft dropping Wunderlist in favour of To-Do; available for download now
  • http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-wunderlist-successor-to-do-hits-public-preview/

Topics

• Canada strengthens net neutrality with zero-rating crackdown
  • https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/21/canada-zero-rating-quebecor-videotron/
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/20/crtc-passes-judgement-differential-pricing-videotron/
  • http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/dumb-pipes-it-is-analysts-slam-crtcs-ruling-on-restricting-telecoms-from-offering-data-freebies
• Shopify’s new unity buy SDK lets game devs sell products in-game.
  • http://betakit.com/shopifys-new-unity-buy-sdk-lets-mobile-developers-sell-products-in-game/
• London Medical Network announces $6.8 million 3D printing partnership with Western U and Renishaw PLC
  • http://globalnews.ca/news/3395961/london-medical-network-announces-6-8-million-3d-printing-partnership-with-western-u-and-renishaw-plc/
• Google Earth updated for first time in several years, features new drone footage
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/18/google-earth-update-3d-view-voyages/
• TD MySpend app reaches nearly 1 million Canadian users
  • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/19/td-myspend-app-reaches-nearly-one-million-canadian-users/

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – A good dentist as I’m going to one this week!
• Derek – OpenSource.com

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Rebuilt media server to another machine. Purging continues, lots of chores done on my week ‘off’.
• Derek – Spent Wednesday until today dealing with the fall out of a customer account getting breached on CleverHost, also had a Council meeting Wednesday. Getting ready to take on some DevOps responsibilities at Olio.

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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