Sponsored by Olio Digital Labs and CodeshipThanks to Techdoz.ca for the loan of the Snowball Blue MicHosts & GuestsStuart ClarkDerek SilvaAnnouncement – We’re taking a hiatus! See you in… 6 months? 2020? 2025? Never? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Quick HitsGoogle combines Android Pay and Google Wallet under a single banner, Google Payhttps://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/08/google-android-pay-google-wallet-single-brand-google-pay/Future Samsung smartphones will have working FM chips in Canadahttps://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/10/samsung-fm-chips/Manitoba to receive $83.9 million in high-speed internet fundinghttps://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/09/manitoba-receive-83-9-million-high-speed-internet-funding/TD Bank Acquires AI Startup Layer 6https://techvibes.com/2018/01/09/td-bank-acquires-ai-startup-layer-6Public advocacy group calls for CRTC inquiry into Canadian digital service providershttps://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-1.4481128Razer’s Project Linda imagines a laptop dock for the Razer Phonehttps://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/9/16866206/razer-project-linda-phone-laptop-dock-touchpad-prototype-android-concept-ces-2018Toronto’s Goal to Become the Smartest City in North Americahttps://techvibes.com/2018/01/10/torontos-goal-to-become-the-smartest-city-in-north-americaBitcoin Mining Looking at Canada Given China’s Digital Currency Stancehttps://discover.coinsquare.io/digital-currency/bitcoin-minining-canada/TopicsMeltdown and Spectre: ‘worst ever’ CPU bugs affect virtually all computershttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/04/meltdown-spectre-worst-cpu-bugs-ever-found-affect-computers-intel-processors-security-flawhttps://spectreattack.com/What Facebook’s news feed change could mean to users, businesseshttp://www.lfpress.com/2018/01/12/what-facebooks-news-feed-change-could-mean-to-users-businesseshttps://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/12/facebook-friends-publishers-change-news-feed/macOS High Sierra bug gives access to App Store preferences without a passwordhttps://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/11/macos-high-sierra-bug-app-store-preferences-no-password/Tech for Good: How machine learning and rich data can help prevent pollutionhttps://betakit.com/tech-for-good-how-machine-learning-and-rich-data-can-help-prevent-pollution/B.C. experimenting with ‘blockchain’ to store and share crucial datahttp://www.timescolonist.com/business/b-c-experimenting-with-blockchain-to-store-and-share-crucial-data-1.23131666Stuff We LikeStuart – ZooniverseDerek – Enjin WalletWhat are you up to lately?Stuart – Was sick for most of the holiday’s (not fun). I’m now Board Chair at London Public Library. Really enjoying the contract position at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry help desk. Keeping fingers and toes crossed that it turns into a permanent position.Derek – Had a nice holiday season. Enjoying the Google Home mini and Chromecast I got for Christmas! Was just at Kathleen’s company country-themed new year party on Friday, I came in second place in the Bloom token community rewards program to take home USD $3,000 of BLT, and thinking of becoming a crypto-focused YouTuber/podcaster.Don’t forget to review us on iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn, Spreaker, Stitcher, Player FM, iHeart.com, or wherever else you get your podcasts. Please retweet us when tweet about new episodes on Twitter, share them on Facebook, or tell a friend!You can also follow and like our page on Facebook. Or send us an email to let us know what you think!Music Credit:“District Four” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0The post CTP Ep. 145 – Jan 14, 2018: TTFN, Ta-Ta For Now! appeared first on Canadian Tech Podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.