CanCon Podcast Ep. 49: Silicon Valley myths

A new year is finally upon us, and with a new year comes new tech trends, new ideas, and most importantly… new year’s resolutions.

This week kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The showcase is world-renowned and is often an accurate predictor of the year’s tech trends. This year’s CES has been teeming with Alexa-integrated products, leaving the team to wonder if Amazon’s entrant is now the voice-activated assistant leader.

The CanCon podcast crew then takes a step back from tech trends to talk tech wages and whether a move to the Valley is as alluring as it seems in 2017. Stephen Lake, co-founder of Thalmic Labs, has penned an article taking a realistic look at the difference in wages between Silicon Valley and Kitchener-Waterloo, measured against cost of living. CanCon’s team just wants to know where they’ll get the most bang for their hard earned buck.

The CRTC was not one to be left out of 2017 new year’s resolutions, resolving to make broadband internet access a basic service Canada-wide this year. The team does a breakdown of what this latest ruling really means to the average internet consumer. Will 2017 see better internet speeds, or just higher bills?

Tune in as CanCon’s podcast crew – Erin Bury, Managing Director of 88 Creative, Patrick O’Rourke, MobileSyrup Senior Editor, and Douglas Soltys, BetaKit Editor in Chief – make some tech resolutions of their own.

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