Host Gillian Shaw talks to BuildDirect co-founder and CEO Jeff Booth about his business that that turned the building supply model on its ear by making it as easy to buy flooring and other home construction goods as it is to buy a book on Amazo

Symantec Threat Researcher Candid Weest

Nov 27th, 2014 15m 10s

Host Gillian Shaw and Symantec Threat Researcher Candid Wueest, author of a whitepaper entitled The continued rise of DDoS attacks, discuss the use of DDoS attacks as a personal or political weapon.

Digital media scholar Alfred Hermida

Nov 7th, 2014 32m 37s

Alfred Hermida, University of BC professor and author of the newly released Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters talks to Digital Life reporter Gillian Shaw about how social media is changing our lives and shaping the way we communica

2014 BC Technology Report Card

Oct 30th, 2014 38m 49s

KPMG’s 2014 BC Technology Report Card is out. Does BC get a passing grade or does our tech sector need work? Gillian Shaw speaks with Tony Lindsay, market leader for KPMG’s tech practice in Vancouver, Slavi Diamandiev, KPMG’s economics practice

3D Printing Pioneer John Biehler

Oct 23rd, 2014 30m 38s

Digital Life host Gillian Shaw chats with John Biehler, 3D printer pioneer and author of the newly released book 3D Printing with Autodesk.

Printing Human Tissue

Oct 16th, 2014 28m 16s

Dr. Konrad Walus, Ph.D., P.Eng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and co-founder of Aspect Biosystems. His UBC spin-off technology company has developed a process to 3D print human tissue on deman

Signul Personal Beacon System

Oct 8th, 2014 29m 35s

Digital Life host Gillian Shaw chats with Trent Shumay and Graham Cunliffe of IOT Design Shop. They discuss their latest venture, the Signul personal beacon system which includes small, battery powered beacons and a smartphone app, enabling yo

Syed Hasan of Response Tek

Jun 2nd, 2014 37m 39s

Vancouver company ResponseTek has hooked onto the Holy Grail of consumer service - finding out what customers really think.Digital Life host Gillian Shaw met with Syed Hasan, ResponseTek’s founder and chief executive officer at the company's o

Social Recruiter Chad MacRae

May 29th, 2014 28m 53s

Digital Life host Gillian Shaw chats with Chad MacRae, founder and chief recruiter from Recruiting Social, a service that becomes an extension to their client's internal recruiting teams. His company offers a service called Talent Pipelining,

Video From Space

Jan 29th, 2014 38m 26s

UrtheCast is the company that developed two cameras that are being installed on the Russian segment of the International Space Station and will deliver video and still images to Earth. Vancouver Sun tech columnist Gillian Shaw speaks with Scott

A Cure for Roaming Charges

Dec 2nd, 2013 37m 45s

Have you ever arrived home from holidays to be shocked to find you’ve run up hundreds and even thousands of dollars in cell phone roaming charges? Emir Aboulhosn has and he decided to do something about it.

The Next Big Thing

Nov 12th, 2013 32m 8s

Are you a young innovator? Have an idea for The Next Big Thing? A foundation launched recently in Vancouver will offer 10 young Canadians the opportunity to participate in a kind of entrepreneurial boot camp based out of Vancouver’s HootSuite h

Confessions of a Vancouver lifestyle blogger

Jul 31st, 2013 38m 45s

Vancouver's Marc Smith had been an event planner for more than 13 years when he decided it was time for a change. While he was more adept at choosing Chardonnay than creating code, he didn't that stop him from launching a new web-based career.

Tophat: How to attract top talent

Jul 22nd, 2013 26m 4s

Gillian Shaw talks to Andrew D'Souza, chief operating officer at Tophat.com, a company that is transforming ho-hum university lectures into interactive learning sessions. Andrew will be in Vancouver to talk at the GROW Conference, August 14 to

Silicon Valley Dealmaker

Jul 11th, 2013 42m 17s

Debbie Landa is one of the 350,000 Canadians living and working in the Silicon Valley. The CEO and founder of Dealmaker Media, Debbie is bringing the Silicon Valley to Vancouver in August with her company’s fourth annual GROW Conference, a thre

Startup Helps Seniors Communicate

Jun 13th, 2013 25m 49s

Vancouver-based start-up Claris Healthcare has created a specialized tablet aimed at helping children and caregivers look after their aging parents. Claris founder Geof Auchinleck joins host Gillian Shaw to talk about the newly released Claris

Canada’s Role in Global Cybercrime

Jun 12th, 2013 30m 36s

Canada has become a hotbed of cyber espionage activity, with cybercriminals setting up virtual bases here to host attacks around the globe. The Vancouver Sun’s Gillian Shaw talks to Carl Leonard of Websense about Canada’s increasing role in glo

Child Safety on the Internet

May 30th, 2013 38m 27s

We teach our kids stranger danger from the time they’re very young. But it’s not so easy to take those lessons to the Internet and it’s an issue parents and families are grappling with as news headlines bring the horrific news of children lure

Google Glass

May 24th, 2013 22m 50s

Google is at the forefront of the trend to wearable computers with its new Google Glass. Phil Wu was among developers who signed up to try out the first version of Glass, selling at $1,500 a pop. Gillian Shaw talks to Phil about his experience

Mastering the Art of Productivity

May 16th, 2013 32m 37s

There has to be a more efficient way to make technology work for us. Gillian Shaw chats with Steve Dotto, a long time geek, who is using technology to master the art of productivity.

3D Printing with John Biehler

May 2nd, 2013 45m 20s

Gillian speaks to John Biehler, Vancouver based photographer, blogger, gadget geek, mobile phone nerd, teacher, traveler, MakerBot operator, 3D printer builder, maker & all around curious person.

Samsung Galaxy S4 SmartPhone

Apr 18th, 2013 32m 19s

Gillian speaks with Ken Price, director of marketing for Samsung Canada about the new S4, its many features and how Samsung hopes its latest flagship smartphone will help it increase its share of the highly competitive smartphone market.

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