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Wired Wednesday: Ticketmaster Presence, My UV Patch & AR AirBnB

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • Ticketmaster to checkin event attendees using smartphone audio data (source)
  • Gamifying My UV Patch for kids (source)
  • Design concept: Augmented Reality to help guide you around your AirBnB (source)

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Tekeh Episode 4: Gillian Shaw

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After recording her podcast (talking about 3d printing), I have a chat with Gillian Shaw of the Vancouver Sun in this latest episode of Tekeh. We talk about how we initially got interested in technology, what excites people that write about technology all the time and discuss the notion of a digital detox and disconnecting…

Tech Tuesday: New mobile payment options & a facial recognition service for retailers
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Tech Tuesday: New mobile payment options & a facial recognition service for retailers

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver I talked about these items: Facial recognition service for retailers: NEC has launched a facial recognition system, right out of the movie Minority Report, for use in Japanese retail stores that helps retailers create marketing profiles based on the people visiting their stores and even track them…