GetConnected

This week on Get Connected, it's Christmas time for tech! Our friend and tech expert Marc Saltzman joins the show to share his tech gift list, Google Canada's Fab Dolan shares seasonal tips for Google Home, and Philips Lighting's Kelsey Moniz talks festive smart lighting for the holidays with Philips Hue!

We also discuss the less than jolly Huawei situation and retaliatory detainment of two Canadians in China before wrapping merrily with two cool voice skills of the week for Amazon Alexa!

This week on Get Connected, we cover Huawei's recent woes and misgivings in the news with IT World Canada's Brian Jackson, Meagan Simpson talks Avon as the company branches out into eCommerce and social media, Kali Readwin offers some perspective on Facebook's favouritism towards app development partners and punishment towards their rivals, and tech expert Tom Lee helps us analyze Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon chip that'll significantly speed up Android phones going forward.

We also discuss Italian 3D printed vegan steaks, Apple and Finnish company Beddit's new sleep tracker, and airport-bound Amazon Go convenience stores!

This week on Get Connected, Andy Baryer and AJ Vickery are in the studio to discuss Fornite (& device) addiction, the highest raising in pricing yet by Netflix Canada, today’s STEM Toys, holiday gift ideas, and how Microsoft is responding to Apple in 2018.

We also have Erin Mulcahy, Senior Product Strategy Lead Education at Littlebits to discuss the importance of play and having fun learning STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and give away their Space Rover kit to our winning caller, Shawn!  

This week on Get Connected, Mathew Ingram educates us on how WikiTribune has fared in its first year, Dave Woogman joins us from London Drugs to talk about Black Friday season, and we discuss what artificial intelligence means to the world of today and tomorrow with Finn AI's Robin Monks.

We also discuss the BC government's new legislation opening the door for ride sharing services, Google Pixel phones saving transcripts of screened calls, Ford patenting a technique for burning out "new car smell" in Chinese cars, and the state of voice assistants in our voice skill of the week!

This week on Get Connected, IT World Canada's Shruti Shekar joins the show to discuss why Amazon's HQ2 passing on Toronto is great for the city, London Drugs' Jennifer Rinfret explains how smart thermostats can save money on your heating bill, and Get Connected's Kali Readwin dives into the rebranding of Google Drive as Google One.

We also discuss Ford's new self driving delivery vehicles, their partnership with Walmart to test automated grocery delivery, Netflix testing cheaper mobile only subscriptions, Facebook's new unsend feature in messenger and their patent for using family photos to inform targeted ads.