DottoTech Radio

App Thursday does not disappoint as Art factora, Isaac Kendall, Brooks Duncan all chase David Hathaway for this months crown. 

Tod discusses the state of Social Media, and what he is planning on sharing at Social Media Camp 2014

s expected, the HearBleed Bug dominates the show. Isaac Kendall and Steve discuss what the bug is, and what we should be doing about it. Julian Sanders weighs in on the end of an era, as Microsoft withdraw support for Windows XP. What you do with your computers? Should you be upgrading? Is it safe to not upgrade them? Julian has answers to all of these questions I have spoken a lot lately about Dropbox and Google Drive, and they are excellent online storage and file sharing solutions, iDrive is another service in that category, but iDrive adds backup to the equation.

Gillian Shaw of the Vancouver Sun is always a welcome guest on Dotto Tech and this week is no exception. Gillian has been writing about local tech pioneers in southern BC and has written a terrific piece on a Victoria based EchoSec who are mastering the art of Data Mining. 

Samsung showed John Biehler and I their latest flagship SmartPhone, the Galaxy S5 it is an impressive slab of technology. John and I discuss it in detail.

Microsoft is making some significant changes to Windows 8.1, Julian Sanders of London Drugs fills us in.

Joe and I discuss aspects of online advertising.

So this will be Art’s final show as producer, but I am sure he will be back competing in App Thursdays for many months to come,

I would like to thank Art for his support, efforts, ideas, input and friendship. The show wold not have the feel, impact or relevance that it does, without his partnership. He will be an AWESOME producer for the morning crew!

This week on the show at last we get to tackle the big question…

“What is the deal with BitCoin!”

Robert David, of the Vancouver Bitcoin Meetup joins us to teach us all about BitCoin.

Marc Smith, from 30DayAdventures has some great insights on travel tech. 

We are heading into conference season, one of the biggest and most unique is South by Southwest (SXSW). Dotto Tech regular Mike Vardy made his maiden visit to SXSW and takes the time to share his experiences with us.

Paul Holes and Chris Burdge are the founders of a West Coast tradition, Social Media Camp 2014 is entering it’s 5th year and has become the social media event of the season, May 1-3 in Victoria.

Of course Julian Sanders has some great food for thought, this week on a new program by Symantec which should simplify virus protection. 

As usual App Thursday was full of laughs and great ideas from our crack panel.

John Biehler David Hathaway Rebecca Bollwitt Art Factora Mike Vardy The top apps this week included. 

• Wine Tripper - British Columbia Edition 
• Fish Hunter Pro
• Magic Plan - home reorg 
• We Heart Local

This week we welcome Michael Cummings, one of the organizers of the BIL Conference. Originally a tag along conference of the world famous TED TALKS The Bil Conference has grown into an event all of it's own. Coming up March 22/23 in Vancouver.

http://2014.bilconference.com

Greg Gazin, the Gadget Guy also joins us to talk all sorts of cool and interesting gadgets.

A conversation with Gary Mason, a featured speaker at Social Media Camp 2014