Hey, We’re Talking Tech
Hey, we’re back with another Talking Tech podcast - and this week, the three amigos (Mark Evans, Duncan Stewart and Kevin Restivo are all in the house).
In Canada, the big news within the tech/telecom sectors is Telus’ interest in doing something with Bell Canada, which has been on the auction block for the past month or so. It appears the federal government has given its tacit approval for Telus and Bell to join forces based on the assumption that a strong national carrier will be able to compete when/if foreign ownership rules disappear.
In the Web world, Jerry Yang’s ascension to Yahoo’s CEO following the decision to boot Terry Semel was a huge, if somewhat surprising move. My take is Yahoo is floundering strategically and seems to have lost its sense of direction and personality. Yahoo used to be fun; now it’s dull and corporate. Whether Yang can change things is a big uncertain.
Finally, we take a look at whether the increasing strong Canadian dollar is going to hurt the Canadian tech sector, which has thrived by being a cheap place for U.S firms to do R&D.
