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Wired Wednesday: Fire TV in Canada, Restaurant Wait Times & Puro smartphone sterilizer

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

  • Amazon launches Fire TV Stick in Canada (source)
  • Google adds restaurant wait times to search results (source)
  • PURO: Smartphone Sterilizer (source)

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