This week, the team looks at problems tech wants to solve (IPOs, OTA updates for natural disaster relief) and problems we want tech to solve (bug bounties for ethical exploits), before riffing on the new Apple hardware.

Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Fatal Gift" by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton

This week, the team evaluates the harmful effects of the federal government's proposed tax changes to Canadian tech, the helpful effects of free smart thermostats to fight climate change, and the pernicious effects of a bot-driven infowar.

Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Feel The Effect" by Tokyo Police Club

This week, the team evaluates the AR offerings from two of the largest tech companies, and wonders what Uber's new CEO can accomplish. Plus: when signing code can send you to jail.

Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "The Hazards of Sitting Beneath Palm Trees" by Hayden

This week, the team mounts a defence of coding education, debates the effect of a new CSA judgment on ICOs and cryptocurrency, and continues our evaluation of the hot new phones for the summer.

Canadian Content music clip fair dealing): "If This Dance Catches On" by Mounties

This week, CanCon catches up on some 'lighthearted' summer stories: new iPhone rumours (and competitors), employee "chipping", and Google's battle with the Supreme Court of Canada.

Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Soda" by Gob

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, 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