Episode 149 - So Long Little One

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Preamble

• In case you were wondering, what you heard off the top of the show was two chat bots having a virtual tête-à-tête.

Cana-duh

• Zomg, Tim Horton’s changes their hot cup sizing!!1!
• BC scraps the HST, Toronto asks: “What’sa BC?”
• Rogers shapes Internet traffic — in other news, humans breathe air.
• OHAI Australia, I hear you like invasive online surveillance laws too…

Tired Old Media

• Is copyright only for the big guys? (Yes, yes it is…)
• Well, that only took a quarter of a century.
• How not to promote a concert in Canada.
• You’d think that this JoBlo link would be a pew-pew; normally it is but this week it isn’t.

Mobile Madness

• Look, is the TouchPad dead or isn’t it?
• Samsung may save webOS — good thing, because a source of significant revenue is about to dry up.
• RIM shares are up, says Chinese site with Spanish name.
• Here’s two links about LTE.

Pew Pew!

• Kid in daycare acting out? Better call the cops.
• Malahat did what now?
• And who exactly is CmdrTaco…?
• This JoBlo link, on the other hand, is definitely a pew pew…
• Because what we really need is another proprietary messaging service.
• Amazon is making a tablet. Another one.
• Woman buys block of wood with AppleAppleApple logo on it.

Shout-Outs

• We love @winterman!

Music

• Thanks to the latest Rathole Radio we’ve got Ciderbeard Joe and his track I am Joe’s wasted life.

Dyscuss

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Up Next

• To submit story ideas for next week’s show kindly use the hashtag #dys150.
• Episode 150 (!) will record live next Wednesday, September 7th from 10pm ET / 7pm PT, right here.