CTP Ep. 145 – Jan 14, 2018: TTFN, Ta-Ta For Now!

Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs and Codeship

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

Hosts & Guests

Announcement – We’re taking a hiatus! See you in… 6 months? 2020? 2025? Never? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Quick Hits

Google combines Android Pay and Google Wallet under a single banner, Google Pay
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/08/google-android-pay-google-wallet-single-brand-google-pay/
Future Samsung smartphones will have working FM chips in Canada
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/10/samsung-fm-chips/
Manitoba to receive $83.9 million in high-speed internet funding
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/09/manitoba-receive-83-9-million-high-speed-internet-funding/
TD Bank Acquires AI Startup Layer 6
- https://techvibes.com/2018/01/09/td-bank-acquires-ai-startup-layer-6
Public advocacy group calls for CRTC inquiry into Canadian digital service providers
- https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/08/public-advocacy-group-calls-crtc-inquiry-canadian-digital-service-providers/
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-employees-pressure-to-sell-1.4481128
Razer’s Project Linda imagines a laptop dock for the Razer Phone
- https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/9/16866206/razer-project-linda-phone-laptop-dock-touchpad-prototype-android-concept-ces-2018
Toronto’s Goal to Become the Smartest City in North America
- https://techvibes.com/2018/01/10/torontos-goal-to-become-the-smartest-city-in-north-america
Bitcoin Mining Looking at Canada Given China’s Digital Currency Stance
- https://discover.coinsquare.io/digital-currency/bitcoin-minining-canada/

Topics

Meltdown and Spectre: ‘worst ever’ CPU bugs affect virtually all computers
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/04/meltdown-spectre-worst-cpu-bugs-ever-found-affect-computers-intel-processors-security-flaw
- https://spectreattack.com/
What Facebook’s news feed ch

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