CTP Ep. 114 – May 7, 2017: Honk

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

Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Quick Hits

• IoT613 announces winners of student design competition
  • http://betakit.com/iot613-announces-winners-of-student-design-competition/
• Infographic: Who is Investing in Canadian SaaS?
  • https://www.l-spark.com/infographic-investing-canadian-saas/
• NetCents users can now purchase bitcoin with MasterCard
  • http://betakit.com/netcents-users-can-now-purchase-bitcoin-with-mastercard/
• National Bank investing $6 million in Nest Wealth, plans to integrate its robo-advisor tech
  • http://betakit.com/national-bank-investing-6-million-in-nest-wealth-licensing-robo-advisor-platform/
• Transport Canada Recall’s AT-AT’s for Cold Weather Defects
  • https://techvibes.com/2017/05/04/transport-canada-recalls-all-terrain-armoured-transport-maythe4th

Topics

• Tuesday’s Microsoft Education event
  • Microsoft reveals Windows 10 S, its education-focused answer to Chrome OS
    • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/05/02/microsoft-announces-windows-10-s/
    • https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/114303/windows-10-s-fine-print
  • Microsoft announces Windows 10 S-powered Surface Laptop at its education event
    • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/05/02/microsoft-announces-surface-laptop-education-event/
    • http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-surface-laptop-first-impressions-2017-5
  • Microsoft announces Classroom Experiences, a new version of Teams designed for education
    • http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/05/02/microsoft-classroom-experience-teams/
• Surface Pro 5? Microsoft to hold mystery event May 23 in Shanghai
  • https://www.geekwire.com/2017/surface-pro-5-microsoft-hold-mystery-event-may-23-shanghai/
• Twitter Teams Up With Bloomberg for Streaming News
  • https://techvibes.com/2017/05/01/twitter-teams-up-with-bloomberg-for-streaming-news
  • https://www.baystreet.ca/articles/techinsider.aspx?articleid=30233
• New app allows Londoners to find and pay for parking
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2017/05/04/new-app-allowers-londoners-to-find-and-pay-for-parking
• Google blocks fast-moving fake Google Docs scam
  • http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/google-blocks-fast-moving-fake-google-docs-scam/392879

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Teracopy
• Derek – 14” Pinebook

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – On call week, going to be doing some more video recording work for my model building club. (IPMS London)
• Derek – Set up a new, redundant backup system for CleverHost. Picked up trades 4, 5, and 6 of East of West (Wikipedia entry). Got my minor soccer team drafted this weekend. Looking forward to the next Middlesex Centre Council meeting on Wednesday.

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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