[[libsyn_player]] 0.37 â Mark was excited about Sling Media, makers of the Slingbox being in Toronto and got a chance to shoot the breeze with them. He loves the sling but wonders if this will ever go mainstream? 1.23 â Kevin thinks itâs a definite geek gadget 1.49 â Can you ever be a viable company selling $200 hardware. Sling has a lot of funding behind it and soon hopes to be the standard software in your mobile device 2.55 â Mark is also fascinated by Slingâs Manager of Online Communications who was originally a blogger covering the company. He wonders if the blogosphere is a new recruiting ground for branding, communications and marketing people 3.41 â Kevin thinks it depends on how the hiring company views the blogosphere 4.45 â Mark has seen more PR people reach out to him as a blogger than when he was at the National Post 5.35 â Kevin drops the bomb that heâs planning to join the blogosphere with a gadget blog! Heâs got the URL and just needs to get his design down 6.23 â Google Apps for the enterprise (Premier Edition) launched last week for $50 per year, per user. Is there any room within the enterprise for Googleâs suite? Kevin thinks that the large enterprise wonât have room for it but that charging for the service Google will get better adoption from the small to micro businesses 8.10 â Mark uses Gmail as his go-to mail and within b5media and the mesh organizers, the teams use Google Apps to collaborate 8.15 â Is the tech IPO back as Business 2.0 suggests? Mark hasnât seen any evidence for this but thinks the tech M&A is back. Kevin agrees weâre going to have to wait for another gold rush of IPOs 10.45 â The guys have spent a lot of time talking competition in the wireless section but now they turn their attention to broadcasting and Astral Mediaâs acquisition of Standard Broadcasting. What does this mean for the Canadian marketplace, the consumer and the advertiser? 11.55 â Kevin thinks it canât be a good thing for the consumer or the advertiser and that ad rates arenât going anywhere but up 13.00 â Mark references a Globe and Mail article suggesting competitive forces should drive the market, not regulation. He sees the telecom and broadcasting markets as giving consumers and advertisers less choice 14.14 â Kevin isnât optimistic on the state of prices in these Canadian industries. He suggests intervention is in order 15.15 â Mark warns we should be careful what we wish for over deregulation and Kevin points to the New Zealand market where more regulation was needed after deregulation Audio comments for Mark and Kevin can be left on the Talking Tech hotline: 1 206-333-1327 or emailed to heytalkingtech@gmail.com. Our announcer is the lovely Amber Mac and the music is No Mojo by Anthony Stauffer and Holy Smoke which is available on the pod safe music network.

[ Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:41:00 GMT ]

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