Technology Distilled

Technology Distilled

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Technology Distilled episodes

  • Episode 035 - Hololens
    0:00 - Intro
    • Welcome to the Show
    • Today's Hosts Colin , David, Cortana Smith
    • Word of the Week "Canada"
    • We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
    1:15 – News 2:00 Office 365 datacenters now available in Canada
    • Data residency is now available in Canada.
    24 min
  • Episode 034 - The Candy Man
    1:00 - Intro
    • Welcome to the Show
    • Today's Hosts Colin Smith, David Smith and our special guest Joel Rushworth

    • We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
    • Word of the Week is "McLaren"
    2:00 – Interview with Joel
    • Is there really a good reason for Microsoft to create an Atom based phone?
    • Is the iPhone a Life Style Company or a technology company?
    • Would you hack your Windows RT Tablet to run Windows 10 Mobile?
    • McLaren - Nokia 1030 - The Phone that never was

    • BOGO "Buy One, Get One", Lumia 950 XL comes with a free 950
      • Neither of us are tempted to get one
      • Should drive Windows Phone sales up!
    • Cortana talks to a Canadian "Can't get it in Canada"
    • Monthly guest of Radio Show "Tech Talk" in Victoria
    • Joel loves SMR Podcast
    • Let's Meet Joel
      • First Computer - Commodore 64 one of the very first ones!
      • Current Job - Territory Manager for Confectionary Company
      • Daily Phone Lumia 950
      • Daily Computer Surface Pro 1
      • Favorite Sandwich - Montreal Smoked Meat on Rye and Crispy Crunch for Dessert!

    • Favorite Feature of Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
      • Sending and Receiving Text Messages

       

    30:00- Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please…

    • Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
    • Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast
    • Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
    • Email [email protected]
    • Purchase Amazon A Store
    • Listen to us on Google Play
    • Listen to Joel on TechTalk Radio
    • Follow Joel on Twitter @Gwydonjhr
    33:00 - Whiskey of the Week
    • Dillions White Rye
    • Joined by Joel – Drinking Lighthouse Beacon ESB

     

    42 min
  • Episode 033 - Goodbye Hotbag

    1:00 - Intro
    • Welcome to the Show
    • Today's Hosts Colin Smith, David
      • Smith and Cortana Smith
    • We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
    • New format is weekly releases with
      • a cadence of "Interview" one week and "News and Rumors" the
      next.
    • Word of the Week is
      • "Update"
      3:00 – News
      • BOGO "Buy One, Get One",
        Lumia 950 XL comes with a free 950
        • Neither of us are tempted to get one
        • Should drive Windows Phone sales up!
        • Acer is now Jade Primo
          • A Windows Phone with Continuum
          • Not shipping in Canada or US yet
          • We have asked for an evaluation unit when available
          • Surface Phone Rumored for 2017
            • New Snapdragon 830 added to Windows Mobile Support
            • Microsoft finally puts Surface Book, Surface Pro, Power
              Woes
              • Some camera woes
              • Surface Dock updates too
              • Android Apps coming to Windows, OSX and Chromebooks
              • Microsoft Wordflow Keyboard announced for iOS
                • Not in Canada – just to piss off
                  • Colin
                • Microsoft Q3 Earnings - Heavy on the Cloud
                • Skype Universal Windows
                  • App
                • Skype Universal Windows Program
                  • All-in-one (again)

                    • Great little Surfacebook Clone Announced

                      Note: It does not

                      detach

                      Windows 10 Anniversary Update

                      • Inking

                        • Start Improvements

                          Tablet mode has been improved to better take

                          advantage of onscreen space onscreen and to make the environment
                          more immersive, Microsoft says.

                        • Cortana Search Improvements
                        • Setting Improvements
                          • App reset to fix broken Apps
                          • Windows Insider Page
                          • PC to PC Casting
                            Tips and Tricks
                            • New Delay feature in Snipping Tool

                               

                              25:00-

                              Outro - Call for your help with
                              the podcast, please…

                              • Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
                              • Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast
                              • Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
                              • Purchase Amazon A
                                • Store
                              • Listen to us on Google Play
                                • 28:00 - Whiskey of the Week
                                • Elijah
                                  • Craig
                                • Joined by Joel – from the
                                  future!

                                   

                                  39 min
                                • Episode 032 - Open for Business

                                   

                                  1:00 - Intro
                                  • Welcome to the
                                    • Show
                                  • Special guest Pierre Roman from
                                    • Microsoft, Senior Technical Evangelist
                                  • We are part of the Tech Podcast
                                    • Network
                                  • Word of the Week is
                                    • "Open"
                                    4:00 – News
                                    • Microsoft Signature Type
                                      Cover is
                                      announced

                                      FYI: It is not made with Rich Corinthian

                                      Leather

                                      5:30 – Interview
                                      • First Computer
                                        • TI-99
                                      • First Job – Data Entry –
                                        • University of Ottawa
                                        1:30 – Introduction to Pierre
                                        • Let's Meet
                                          • Pierre
                                        • Promote the "Platform".

                                          • First Portable – Toshiba
                                          • First Mobile Phone
                                          • Current Go-to PCs – Surface Pro
                                            3 i5s

                                          • What is Pierre Up to?
                                            • Microsoft deploys Docker
                                              • Instances.
                                            • Nano Server reduces
                                              patching

                                            • Microsoft
                                              • and Canonical bring Ubuntu Linux binaries and Bash Shell to Windows
                                              10
                                            • Live writer is now open
                                              • source
                                            • Pro-Tip – use a Surface as a
                                              • Whiteboard using OneNote
                                              41:00 - Outro - Call for your help with the podcast,
                                              please…
                                              • Connect with Pierre @CanITPro and
                                                • http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/
                                              • Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
                                              • Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast
                                              • Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
                                              • Email
                                              • Purchase Amazon A
                                                • Store
                                              • Listen to us on Google
                                                • Play
                                                45:00 - Whiskey of the Week
                                                • Welcome Pierre Roman to Whiskey of the Week
                                                • Blanton's
                                                  Bourbon

                                                   

                                                  59 min
                                                • Episode 031 - Build It Up and Tear It Down
                                                  00:00 - Intro
                                                  • Welcome to the Show
                                                  • All Nude News Podcast – more episodes, more concise, more fun!
                                                  • We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
                                                  • Word of the Week is "Build"
                                                    • 4:00 - News

                                                    Microsoft still has no idea what to do about phones - or Did Microsoft just kill Windows Phone?

                                                    • Terry Myerson Said ….
                                                      • "We're fully committed to that 4-inch screen, there will be a time for it to be our focus, but right now it's part of the family, but it's not the core of where I hope to generate developer interest over the next year."
                                                      • "If you wanted to reach a lot of phone customers, Windows Phone isn't the way to do it,"

                                                        • Windows Bridge for iOS. – Create Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run on Windows 10 devices using iOS APIs and Objective-C code

                                                        • The Windows Bridge for iOS is an open-source project that allows you to create Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run on Windows 10 devices using iOS APIs and Objective-C code.

                                                          • Centennial Bridge coming to Windows Insiders with the next build

                                                          • The bridge will allow developers to bring their Classic Windows Apps (Win32 / .NET) to the Windows Store and update them via the Store, too.
                                                          • This functionality is based on Microsoft's App-V technology.

                                                            • Anniversary Update coming to Windows 10 (on July 29th?)

                                                            • Windows Unlock in Anniversary Update
                                                              • Use your Windows Phone or Android phone as remote credential store which can be used to unlock any of your Windows 10 PCs and authenticate with apps and services that support Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport based authentication.

                                                                • Microsoft is building a Bot army!

                                                                • Bots are conversational agents. They're meant to help users achieve and/or complete a particular task. From
                                                                • Developers can build bots via the Microsoft Bot Framework that work in text/SMS, Office 365 mail, Skype, Slack, GroupMe, Telegram and the Web
                                                                • Just like ELIZA
                                                                • Colin wants a Bot to be a co-host on the podcast

                                                                  • More Windows 10 Anniversary Update News

                                                                  • Windows Ink.
                                                                  • Windows Hello support for apps and web sites.
                                                                  • Cortana from the lock screen. 
                                                                  • Cortana proactive suggestions.
                                                                  • Cortana Collection.     

                                                                     

                                                                    Microsoft and Canonical bring Ubuntu Linux binaries and Bash Shell to Windows 10

                                                                    • This is the year of the Linux Desktop, and it's going to run Windows 10

                                                                      • Win10 (UWP and Cortana) on Xbox

                                                                      • UWP apps and unified store on Xbox One. 
                                                                      • Windows Desktop Converter
                                                                      • Cortana on Xbox One.
                                                                      • Background music on Xbox One.

                                                                        • Surface Phone Update

                                                                        • Cut to Crickets Chirping

                                                                          • Nexdoc is a Laptop without a Computer

                                                                          • A Laptop that uses the power of your tablet or phone

                                                                            Skype has a Hololense add-in

                                                                             

                                                                            Windows 10 blue screen of death? Now Microsoft adds QR codes to BSOD crash support

                                                                            25:00 - Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please…
                                                                            • Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
                                                                            • Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast
                                                                            • Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
                                                                            • Purchase Amazon A Store
                                                                              • 28:00 - Whiskey of the Week
                                                                              • Welcome Time travelling Pierre Roman to Whiskey of the Week!
                                                                              • Bastille Whisky 1789

                                                                                44 min
                                                                              • Episode 030 - Phone It In - These are the Dave's I know
                                                                                00:00 - Intro
                                                                                • Welcome to the Show
                                                                                • We are part of the Tech Podcast Network
                                                                                • Word of the Week is "Dave"
                                                                                  02:00 – Follow-up to David's "Broken SurfaceBook Rant"
                                                                                  • It was replaced with a brand new (and upgraded) Surface Book in 5 weeks
                                                                                    • 02:45 – Tip of the Week – Windows 10 Mobility Center
                                                                                    • A Windows 10 Utility to manage all your Mobility Settings!
                                                                                    • Run, or create a short-cut Create a shortcut to %SystemRoot%\System32\mblctr.exe

                                                                                      4:00 - News
                                                                                      • Former Intel CEO and chairman Andy Grove dies at age 79
                                                                                        • BTW – Intel was founded in 1968 – Way to Go Colin!
                                                                                        • Apple Event Monday March 21st, 2016
                                                                                          • 9.7" iPad Pro $599 ($799 CDN)
                                                                                          • iPhone SE $399 ($899 CDN Unlocked)Correction – Now $529 CDN Unlocked on Apple.ca
                                                                                          • Apple iPad Air 2 price reduced 399 ($499 CDN)
                                                                                          • What's coming in Redstone?
                                                                                            • Removal of control panel
                                                                                            • Location and facial recognition search in photos
                                                                                            • SP4 biometric Keyboard is available in Canada but only in black
                                                                                              • 11:00 – Special Guest – David Lewis
                                                                                              • Government web communicator
                                                                                              • Non-Windows Fan Boy!
                                                                                              • Favorite Sandwich Bank Street – Morning Owl https://www.facebook.com/morningowlcoffeehouse

                                                                                                20:00 - Phone Segment
                                                                                                • HP-X3 – Snapdragon Processor – looks like the 950
                                                                                                • What the surface phone should be?
                                                                                                • Here Maps drop support for Windows 10 Mobile
                                                                                                • Windows 10 Mobile Released
                                                                                                • Here's the real list of which phones qualify though, again, your carrier must approve the upgrade first.
                                                                                                  • Lumia 1520
                                                                                                  • Lumia 930
                                                                                                  • Lumia 640
                                                                                                  • Lumia 640 XL
                                                                                                  • Lumia 730
                                                                                                  • Lumia 735
                                                                                                  • Lumia 830
                                                                                                  • Lumia 532
                                                                                                  • Lumia 535
                                                                                                  • Lumia 540
                                                                                                  • Lumia 635/636/638 (1 GB)
                                                                                                  • Lumia 430
                                                                                                  • Lumia 435
                                                                                                  • BLU Win HD w510u
                                                                                                  • BLU Win HD LTE x150q
                                                                                                  • MCJ Madosma Q501
                                                                                                  • Blu Win JR users screwed – yup!

                                                                                                    28:00 – Phone Face Off
                                                                                                    • Colin bought an iPhone, David bought a Samsung Galaxy S7
                                                                                                      • Colin's blog: The Journey from Windows Phone to iPhone
                                                                                                      • Service better with iPhone, Samsung less money
                                                                                                      • Colin still pines for Windows Phone
                                                                                                      • Colin is "Holding his car wrong"!
                                                                                                      • Colin predicts a Windows "Atom based phone" will be released.
                                                                                                      • David predicts if an "Atom based phone exists" corporations would look at it!
                                                                                                        1:08:00 - Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please…
                                                                                                        • Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths
                                                                                                        • Facebook www.facebook.com/SurfaceSmithsPodcast
                                                                                                        • Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
                                                                                                        • Purchase Amazon A Store
                                                                                                          • 1:10:00 - Whiskey of the Week
                                                                                                          • Lot 40 - Canadian Whiskey
                                                                                                          • iPhone Photo

                                                                                                            Figure 1- Samsung S7 Photo

                                                                                                            Figure 2- Lumia 830 Photo

                                                                                                            Figure 3- iPhone 6S Plus Photo

                                                                                                            1 hr 21 min

                                                                                                          About Technology Distilled

                                                                                                          From the publisher's feed

                                                                                                          Technology Distilled is the third incarnation of the Surfacesmiths podcast.