This week, the team tackles Google's messy 3,000 word diversity/HR/freedom of speech problem, before lamenting Netflix price increases, and increasing streaming content competition (and complexity).
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Infamous" by Basia Bulat
Canada’s tech community have been waiting for another shoe to drop following the recent revelations of VC sexual harassment in the United States. This past Monday, it did.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "It Falls Apart" by Odds
This week, the team evaluates where Canada's startup cities placed in Dell's women entrepreneurship scorecard, and special guest Rose Behar joins to explain why recent 5G trials in Vancouver will have an impact beyond our smartphones.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Everything Now" by Arcade Fire
This week features Saadia Muzaffar from TechGirls Canada, Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein, Elevate Toronto co-founder Razor Suleman, and former Dragon and current The Disruptors host, Bruce Croxon, talking about the future of Canadian innovation. All audio taken from BetaKit 150, hosted in Toronto, June 22nd.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Ahead by a Century" by The Tragically Hip
This week, AngelList's Alex Norman joins to discuss the launch of Intros for Canada, the team evaluates how a new patent ruling will affect global interest in Canada as a tech branch plant, and laments rising phone bill costs.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Anna" by Will Butler
The team reminisces about 10 years of iPhone, before discussing new offerings from Apple (iOS 11), Google (Google Home), and Amazon (Whole Foods). Dot Health CEO and founder Huda Idrees joins to remind us that the Valley's problems with diversity and sexual harassment exist in Canada.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "She Says What She Means" by Sloan
This week on CanCon, the team remembers a successful BetaKit 150 event, and answers your Canadian tech questions!
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Headlines" by Drake
The CanCon team checks in on the latest gaming news from E3, gives Uber a one-star rating, and wonders if Canadian tech is having a 'moment' with Bloomberg's Gerrit De Vynck.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "North East South West" by Japandroids
The CanCon team evaluates the announcements from Apple's WWDC, and is joined by former VP of FireFox, Johnathan Nightingale, to discuss forthcoming changes to our web browsers.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Drinking in L.A." by Bran Van 3000
The CanCon team picks sides in the battle across Canada for the government's $950 million in supercluster funding, and discusses the recent shots fired by Dragon Arlene Dickinson.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "The Big Money" by Rush
This week on CanCon, the team evaluates Kik's dramatic shift into cryptocurrency before saying a eulogy for all the unicorn companies that weren't actually unicorns. Plus: Rob calls in from New York!
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Tuff Ghost" by The Unicorns
This week on CanCon, the team picks their favourite tech announcements from Google I/O, and wonders if Wannacry is the beginning of the malware wars.
Canadian Content music clip: "Bad Guys Win" by Matthew Good
The CanCon podcast heads to Vancouver to talk FinTech, Startup Visa, #Tractionconf, and the city's pitch to Seattle tech.
Music clip (under fair dealing): "No Culture" by Mother Mother
This week, Erin Bury takes over CanCon to discuss: the top 10 best jobs in Canada, getting more women on tech boards, and when entrepreneurship goes wrong at Fyre Festival.
Music clip (under fair dealing): "Sorry" by Justin Bieber
This week, the CanCon team discusses the companies caught in the gravity of Uber's circling of the toilet bowl, and evaluates the results of Tilt's preference of 'culture' and growth over everything else.
Music clip (under fair dealing): "Down in Flames" by The Super Friendz
This week on CanCon, the team evaluates the latest announcements from Shopify Unite and Facebook's F8, before talking about keeping millennials engaged in the workplace.
Music clip (under fair dealing): "Youth is wasted on the young" by Young Galaxy
This week on CanCon, the team explains why the Internet of Things will ruin everything, and argues whether AI's uncanny valley is aided at all by voice recognition.
Music clip (under fair dealing): "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
This week on CanCon, the team plays a game of Good CEO/Bad CEO, and discusses why we'll never have unlimited data plans in Canada.
Canadian Content music clip: "The Sting" by Nick Diamonds
This week, the CanCon team talks about potential BlackBerry/Bombardier boondoggles affecting the innovation agenda, whether smartphones are still cool, and if it's a bad idea to encourage women to enter STEM careers.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Grifting" by Timber Timbre
This week, CanCon features a power-packed guest panel ready to discuss the impact of #Budget2017 on Canada's tech ecosystem.
Canadian Content music clips (under fair dealing):
"Money City Maniacs" by Sloan
"If I Had $1,000,000" by Barenaked Ladies
This week on CanCon, the team takes a look at the process behind building a smart city, the ethics of coding, and the latest HR oopsie from a Canadian startup called Skip the Dishes.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "No Cars Go" by Arcade Fire
This week on CanCon, the team fields your Canadian tech questions, including great women in tech, and the tension in Canada between exits and IPOs.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Highschool" by Flashing Lights
This week on CanCon, the team continues to track Uber's very bad 2017, and talks about startup valuations and why they matter (to Hootsuite especially).
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "I was born (A Unicorn)" by The Unicorns
This week on CanCon, the team discusses Uber's culture problems and treatment of women, and if a Geneva Convention for cyber warfare would help.
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Get Some Freedom" by Big Data (featuring Dragonette)
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