Is spying with drones fair game in sports? – Tech in Sports Ep. 19
The Tech in Sports crew explores all the major sports tech news from the last week including payment wearables…
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Amazon Alexa comes to Canada, Anonymous strikes again, and Forever 21 may be the latest data breach victim.
Hashtag Trending – Firefox Quantum, Facebook says ‘send nudes’, Reddit IPO
Mozilla releases a new version of Firefox that it says is faster than Google’s Chrome. You won’t believe who wants your nude photos – it’s Facebook. And Reddit is preparing an IPO.
Hashtag Trending – Lyft launches in Canada, Facial recognition could come to American airports
Uber’s biggest competitor, Lyft, is expanding outside of the U.S. for the first time, facial recognition could soon find itself in airports across the U.S., and Facebook launches a new app called Facebook Local. From Twitter – Uber’s biggest competitor, Lyft, is expanding outside of the United States for the first time, announcing yesterday that…
Hashtag Trending – Self-driving shuttle crashes on first day, Apple FaceID could come to the next iPad
A self-driving shuttle bus was involved in a crash on its very first day on the road, Apple’s controversial FaceID could release on the next iPad, and German police were called to shut down a party started by an Alexa device, all on its own. From Facebook – A self-driving shuttle bus was involved in…
Former CFL player & current tech president tackles sports war rooms – Tech in Sports Ep. 18
Viewsonic president and former CFL player Jeff Volpe joins the Tech in Sports crew as it explores…
Hashtag Trending – Uber & NASA team up for flying taxis, Yahoo still doesn’t know how 3 billion accounts were hacked
Uber and NASA are teaming up for flying taxis, Yahoo still doesn’t know how 3 billion of its accounts were hacked four years ago, and biotech mosquitoes will soon be loosed in the United States. From Facebook – Now this is the type of future I’m talking about. Uber and NASA are teaming up for…
Hashtag Trending – First driverless taxis hit the road, Apple’s secret tax haven
Waymo’s self-driving taxis will become available to the public soon, Apple’s secret tax haven island has been revealed, and self-driving cars have their own tiny city in South Korea.
Hashtag Trending – Potential for the biggest tech acquisition in history, Samsung takes shots at Apple
Broadcom’s offer to buy chipmaker Qualcomm would nearly double the record for biggest tech acquisition, Samsung is taking shots at Apple fans in its new ad, and you really shouldn’t drop your iPhone X. From Google Trends – If the Broadcom deal to buy fellow chipmaker Qualcomm goes through, it would make it the biggest…
Hashtag Trending – Whole Foods hiring, Google interviews Trudeau, new e-reader
Whole Foods is looking a little bit more like Amazon. Google hosts Canada’s Prime Minister at its Toronto conference. And there’s a new e-reader on the market.
LeBron’s latest assist is to a self-driving car – Tech in Sports Ep. 17
The Tech in Sports crew explores all the major sports tech news from the last week including a virtual…
Hashtag Trending – Few Canadian tech CEOs are women, early iPhone X release
A new report says that just five per cent of Canadian tech companies have women CEOs, Apple says that the iPhone X release was originally planned for 2018, and Microsoft is doing backflips in order to find ways to stick a 3.5 mm headphone jack into less than 3.5 mm of space.
Hashtag Trending – Russia reached 126M Facebook users, Shopify CEO responds to pundit’s claims
Facebook reveals just how many Americans were reached by Russian content during last year’s U.S. election. Bell and Virgin are already shipping unlocked iPhone X-es. And Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke responds to a short seller’s allegation that his company makes most of its money by essentially operating a pyramid scheme. From Facebook: The social media…
Hashtag Trending – Google’s stacking its emoji cheeseburger wrong, Cook and Zuckerberg meet China’s Jinping
Google CEO Sundar Pichai promises to make fixing Google’s cheeseburger emoji his top priority. The CEOs of two of the USA’s leading tech firms meet with the leader of China. And we hope your company’s security is tighter than Heathrow Airport’s. From Google Trends and Facebook: Google CEO Sundar Pichai made headlines on Monday after…
Hashtag Trending – Amazon’s moving to Calgary, Elon Musk spars with a robot
Amazon is setting up shop in the Calgary area, Twitter has been fudging its user numbers for years, and a robot picks a fight with Elon Musk.
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