In this episode Marcello covers a new interactive tool that can help you set the house rules for data privacy, also he takes a look at the future of tablets and interviews an expert from the international cyber security company FireEye on what Canadian organizations can implement to boost confidence in cyber security.

Links to story discussed: 

House Rules for online privacy - http://itincanadaonline.ca/index.php/security/1497-house-rules-for-online-privacy 

Tablet sales post first-ever double-digit decline in 2015 - http://www.telecompaper.com/news/tablet-sales-post-first-ever-double-digit-decline-in-2015—1124982 

A majority of organizations are not confident about their security stance - http://itincanadaonline.ca/index.php/security/1486-a-majority-of-organizations-are-not-confident-about-their-security-stance 

In this episode Marcello touches on the free offering from TurboTax. As tax season approaches this is timely subject to discuss. Also, he covers how data is helping to improve life as we know it and concludes with a self-charging technology that is being developed to charge smartphones wirelessly and the potential risks from using it.

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This week Marcello focuses on the latest technologies coming out of CES 2016. Also, with data breach becoming more prevalent today, what are some ways that can be implemented to reduce the risk of such breaches. He concludes with BlackBerry 10 and the recent news about how BlackBerry is focusing on its Android phones for 2016 and no longer on its native OS.

In this Year-End episode, your host Marcello Sukhdeo, sits down and hashes through some interesting tech predictions from days gone by, and how they have actually turned out!

In this episode Marcello interviews Michael Björn, Head of Research at Ericsson ConsumerLab in Sweden. Their discussion was around the recently released Ericsson's 10 Hot Consumers Trends for 2016 and beyond.

Time Stamps:

00:53 - How was the report compiled

02:28 - The most significant online shift and why that is so

03:56 - The trend that stands out

11:15 - Which trend would become a reality the earliest in 2016

14:53 - The use of social media in natural disasters and emergencies

23:12 - Using 3D selfies in online shopping

This week Marcello reports remotely from London at the very first HPE Discover event. Laskey Hart fills in for him back at home with a few news stories from Apple and Google.

Apple Swift is now open source to allow for programmers and developers in some of Apple's Enterprise partnerships to develop frontward facing apps that use Swift, that will ultimately report back to servers which use Swift as well. Apple has announced Swift is slated to be the backbone of Apple development for the next few decades.

Google blew us away with the advent of Google Cardboard, a simple and cheap setup to use your android phone to play Virtual Reality videos and view them in VR. Now they have topped themselves by creating an Android app to actually shoot VR video...the future is looking quite good for VR.

LiFi, the internet of the future. Not only lightning fast (literally) but also a lot more secure than our current WiFi status quo.

Ransomware has become a huge issue for businesses as more and more employees are exploited by malicious hackers. To top that off, not only do we need to be watchful of malicious files and attacks, but now one of the biggest security breaches is by employees who take a lax approach to password security as well as privacy. 25 per cent of Canadians are estimated to have even shared their banking passwords! Crazy!

Check out WRLWNDradio each week as your host Marcello Sukhdeo brings you the latest news, insights, and interviews in the Canadian tech realm.

In this special episode of WRLWNDradio, Marcello talks with Bob Marshall from Canon Canada about the upsides, features, and concerns surrounding the growing popularity of cheque scanners in businesses throughout Canada!