Podcast: Future Chat

Future Chat: Tech Special Edition 16 – Google I/O 2014

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Future Chat: Tech Special Edition 16 - Google I/O 2014
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Tune in live for a special 30-minute episode
Ahhhh it’s that time of year again! The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Google is holding its annual I/O conference! The conference runs next week starting on June 25th, and we’ll all have our eyes glued to the tech news sites to see what is announced.

This week’s Future Tech Chat mini-episode will feature +Rob Attrell and myself, along with special guests +Carolyn Higman and +Ross May!

These types of corporate events are greatly anticipated forums for product releases and company developments, and it is a time-honoured tradition to make predictions and wish lists of what we’d like to see come out of them. In this week’s special edition mini-episode, we will be sharing these predictions and thoughts with each other and all of you!

Apple recently held its WWDC event and made big splashes with the iOS 8 developments and features they announced, along with the health-conscious app and functionality integration they will begin focusing on. We still haven’t seen much in the way of Apple-branded wearables, so the time is ripe for Google to be first-to-market with a Google watch and possibly expanding the Google Glass Explorer program to a geographically broader customer base.Links to stuff we talked about:

The ball is in Google’s court, let’s keep our fingers crossed for a slam dunk!

I hope you’ll tune in live at our special mid-week time slot of 9:00 PM EDT on Thursday, June 19th for the episode, and you’ll be able to watch it in full below live or after it’s aired.

As usual, you can ask us any questions you might have on the Q&A in the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/ckl1neak16gksfkmkgudn1ne6g8), or by email at [email protected]. So far we have answered or addressed every question submitted, and you can expect that trend to continue!

We look forward to seeing you there live on Thursday!

Future Chat: Science 2 – Alternative Energy

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Future Chat: Science 2 - Alternative Energy
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You might have seen or heard about Future Tech Chat, but have maybe found it to be a little inaccessible. I really hope you’ll enjoy some of the science topics we plan to discuss on this new show (GMOs, robotics, pharmaceuticals, etc.), we have a lot of great stuff planned to discuss in the coming months.

In this episode, we will be getting into the nitty gritty details of alternative energy (basically anything that isn’t “classical” non-renewable energy, like coal, oil and natural gas. There are a baffling number of problems with these resources’ use in our world, and the alternatives are getting cheaper and more beneficial with each passing year. I really hope you enjoy our conversation!

We always love when we get questions from interested parties, and there is a Q&A section on Google+ where the chats are hosted, as well as in the comment section on YouTube.

Some links to check out:
https://plus.google.com/+AlexP/posts/9gNzhzcVMpZ
http://media.cns-snc.ca/ontarioelectricity/ontarioelectricity.html

I hope you’ll tune in live at 5:00 PM EDT on Saturday, June 21st for the episode, and you’ll be able to watch it in full above live or after it’s aired.

You can direct any questions you might have to the Q&A on the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/c8ab48ipg1bshgkfs3v5ujdk1is). We look forward to seeing you here live!

Future Chat: Tech 15 – Parenting (Father’s Day Special)

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Future Chat: Tech 15 - Parenting (Father's Day Special)
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In this special Father’s Day episode of Future Tech Chat, we will be talking about the technology that goes in to all aspects of modern parenting. From watching TV with toddlers, to giving teens tablets, we will discuss all varieties of electronics that can be involved in the child rearing process.

This is a topic that should be relevant to most people in their 20s, as technology has become an integral part of all of our lives. I, for one, am very interested to find out what raising a child will be like given the huge increase in technology that is available while raising a child, and how parents are now expected to be tracking their child and knowing their whereabouts 24/7, when my childhood was such a free experience and all the generations up to mine were all fine with the more “laissez-faire” parenting.

Should be a good one!

I hope you’ll tune in live at 12:30 PM EDT on Saturday, June 14th for the episode, and you’ll be able to watch it in full above live or after it’s aired.

You can direct any questions you might have to the Q&A on the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/csgv3crtinj971cahd48rsuknn4). We look forward to seeing you here live!