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Wired Wednesday: Nintendo Switch Online Service, IKEA Gaming Chair & TP-Link Mesh Wifi with IoT

ByJohn

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

  • Nintendo Online for Switch launches (source)
  • IKEA to make gaming chairs from 3D scans of the users (source)
  • TP-Link expands their Whole Home Mesh WiFi system with IoT support (source)

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Netflix is coming to Canada

ByJohn

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