This week on CanCon, the team discusses the new eSports channel coming to Canadian TV, and if Snap's upcoming IPO is something new or a second Twitter.
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This week on CanCon, the team asks what happens when ideas move companies (Oculus), and how CEOs should respond to public pressure (Shopify).
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This week on CanCon, the team discusses the events leading up to the open letter written by the Canadian tech community, and its potential outcomes.
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This week on CanCon, the team can't escape talking AI in Canada, and wants to escape the coming Info Wars fought on our social media.
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This week on CanCon, the catches up on the latest AI and supercluster news in Canada (again), and share reasons to be optimistic with tech.
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This week on CanCon, the team evaluates the merits of a Canadian AI supercluster, the perils of unchecked AI, and the value of innovation infrastructure spending.
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This week on CanCon, the team shares their tech resolutions for 2017, evaluates the latest from CES, and weighs the impact of the CRTC's new broadband decision.
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On this episode of CanCon, we answer submitted questions on Canadian tech to ring in 2017.
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This week on CanCon, the team looks back on a weird and wild 2016, and makes terrible tech predictions for 2017.
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This week on CanCon, the team provides a eulogy for Pebble, checks in on the Oculus update, and shops at Amazon's futuristic grocery store.
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The CanCon podcast heads to Ottawa for SaaS North, Canada's first-ever national SaaS conference.
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This week on CanCon, the team evaluates bad startup PR (Equibit), and tries to untangle the tangled Canadian media landscape (CBC vs CRTC vs Netflix vs everybody).
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Rob Kenedi returns as the CanCon team discusses his travels to Web Summit and the weird state of video games.
This week on CanCon, the team processes the results of the US election, debates the role Facebook played and its responsibilities, and spends some time Daydreaming.
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This week on CanCon, the team revives the Mac vs. PC debate, and digs deep into the federal government's announcement of a fast-track permit for foreign workers. With Bloomberg's Gerrit De Vynck and Communitech's Chris Plunkett!
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On this episode of CanCon, TechTO's Alex Norman guest stars to explain how he brought AngelList Syndicates to Ontario, and the impact of tech on Toronto's economy.
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On this episode of CanCon, the team diagnoses the problem with healthtech in Canada, and apply for the Rogers CEO position.
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On this episode of CanCon, the team evaluates Slack's newest competitor (Facebook) and decides where in Canada to build a tech startup.
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On this episode of CanCon, the team analyzes Google's encroachment on Apple's corner, and stacks up the Canadian-made Sulon Q to the big name VR competition.
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On this episode of CanCon, the team prepares a eulogy for Shomi and packs its gear for Mars to join Elon Musk.
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On this episode of CanCon, the team gives Samsung and Yahoo PR advice and then tackle one of the biggest problems facing startups today: the exit.
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On this episode of CanCon, the team compares notes from a busy Canadian Innovation Week, and talks about recent business decisions made by two major Canadian tech companies: Thalmic, and Hootsuite.
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On this episode of CanCon, the team walks through the process of building a critically-acclaimed chatbot for TIFF, and evaluates all of Apple's recent tech announcements.
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On this episode of CanCon, the team prepares for Apple's next tech release, dissects the forthcoming Google vs. Uber battle, and investigates 'shady' startups.
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On this episode of CanCon, the team investigates the dark side of LegalTech, checks in with Apple's Home, and discusses scaling startups in Canada.
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