CTP Ep. 139 – Remi, do you NOMI?

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Hosts & Guests

• Stuart Clark
• Derek Silva

Quick Hits

• Rogers accidentally sent out Smart Drive registration message to wrong email list
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/07/rogers-accidentally-sent-out-smart-drive-registration-emails-to-some-customers-who-didnt-sign-up/
• Government of Ontario launches autonomous vehicle research centre in Stratford
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/08/government-ontario-invest-80-million-launches-autonomous-vehicle-research-development-area-stratford/
  • http://www.lfpress.com/2017/11/08/self-driving-cars-to-be-on-stratford-roads-in-months-as-ontario-fund-research
• Google is bringing its physical Picture Album service ‘Photo Books’ to Canada
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/07/google-photo-books-coming-to-canada/
• CIBC launches Remi, a new digital assistant that helps clients send global money transfers
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/06/cibc-remi-digital-assistant/
• Amazon launches Fire TV Stick Basic Edition in Canada
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/07/amazon-launches-fire-tv-stick-basic-in-canada/

Topics

• Twitter's 280-character limit comes to the masses
  • https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/07/twitter-expands-280-character-tweet-access/
• Twitter cranks up display name limit after rolling out 280 character tweets
  • https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/10/twitter-display-name-limit/
• Canadians are using an average of 1.2GB of data per month on wireless devices, says CRTC report; the telecom watchdog has released its annual wireless and internet Communications Monitoring report
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/09/canadians-1-2gb-data-per-month-wireless-crtc-report/
• New YouTube Channel Lets Viewers Relive Classic Canadian TV
  • https://techvibes.com/2017/11/10/new-youtube-channel-lets-viewers-relive-classic-canadian-tv
• Quebec says it will tax Netflix even without federal government support
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/08/quebec-tax-netflix-federal-government-support/

Stuff We Like

• Stuart – Paperclip simulator *Warning: Addictive*
• Derek – Mozilla Firefox

What are you up to lately?

• Stuart – Applying for work here, there and everywhere. Trying to get more traction for SClark Consulting.
• Derek – Managing the requests for the Student Pathways Challenge at CleverHost, responding to a few RFPs at Olio, put up our Christmas trees and started decorating today, went in-depth and wrote a blog entry on Middlesex Centre’s proposed 2018 water and wastewater rates, and excited that my eldest son’s hockey team has been slotted in the ‘A’ division.

Noteworthy News

• CRTC releases 2017 communications monitoring report for broadcast content
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/08/crtc-releases-2017-communications-monitoring-report-broadcast-content/
• Eavesdropper Vulnerability Exposes Hundreds of Mobile Apps
  • https://www.technewsworld.com/story/84946.html?rss=1
• Air Canada has developed a VR dreamliner plane experience
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/10/air-canada-vr-dreamliner-plane-exerience
• Facebook personal fundraising feature comes to Canada
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/09/facebook-fundraising-features-comes-to-canada/
• Helcim Launches All-In-One Commerce Platform
  • https://techvibes.com/2017/11/09/helcim-launches-all-in-one-commerce-platform
• Bell partners with Huawei and Ontario-based BeWhere for LTE-M partnership at an Ontario winery
  • https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/11/09/bell-partners-huawei-ontario-based-bewhere-lte-m-partnership-ontario-winery/
• Before Apple and Before Microsoft, Canadian Computers Ruled, New Tech Museum Shows
  • http://whatsyourtech.ca/2017/11/10/before-apple-before-microsoft-canadian-computers-ruled-new-tech-museum-shows/

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Music Credit:

“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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