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Zoho's Chandrasekar LSP joins Your Tech Report to explain what it means for Zoho to land on official Canadian government procurement lists, including Ottawa's AI source list across all three bands. He introduces the concept of "intelligence residency" — the idea that in the AI era, it's not just about where your data lives, but where your AI learns.

Being on government procurement lists like Supply Ontario's Vendor of Record m...

Apple's September 2026 event delivered the expected iPhone 18 Pro upgrades, new Apple Watches, and AirPods 5—but the real story is the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable phone. Marc and Mitchell break down every announcement, the Canadian pricing shock, what the Duo's camera system is missing, and whether a $1,999 luxury device is worth the leap.

Mitchell kicks things off with a rapid-fire recap of the "iterative" announcement...

Apple's September event lands Wednesday, September 9, and Marc Aflalo and Mitchell Whitfield break down what to expect: the first foldable iPhone, a rumored home hub with a square display, and the big question hanging over both. Can Siri keep up with hardware that depends on voice control?

Two brand new devices are expected. The foldable iPhone enters a category Samsung already owns, and the hosts compare notes on how the existing f...

The ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X puts an Xbox in your hands. Mitchell Whitfield spent weeks with the handheld and breaks down the controls, the 7-inch 120Hz display, real battery life, and whether the $599 base model is the smarter buy.

Both the ROG Xbox Ally and the Ally X run Windows 11 underneath, but ASUS layers its own software on top so you log in and see your games, not a desktop. Steam, EA, Activision and Xbox titles show up in one ...

Gaming in 2025 looks nothing like it did a decade ago. Today's gamers stream on Twitch, edit content for YouTube, chat on Discord, and learn new skills — often all at the same time, on the same machine. Intel Gamer Days was built around that reality: a campaign designed to help Canadians find a gaming PC that handles everything they throw at it, not just high frame rates.

Asma walks through what makes the Intel Core Ultra pro...

Michael Cioni built four startups, and each one taught him something the last one couldn't. What he learned at Frame.io and Adobe was that the cloud, despite its flexibility, was too expensive and the internet too slow for the workflows creative professionals actually live in. That insight became Strada: a peer-to-peer network that lets you share files directly off your own local storage — OWC drives included — without ...

Schlage has been in the lock business for over 100 years, and that heritage is very much alive in how the company approaches smart home security. Tim Eskew walks through the evolution of Schlage's connected products — from their first electronic lock in 2007 to Bluetooth integration in the early 2010s, Wi-Fi with the Encode line in 2019, and now the Sense Pro, which combines Ultra-Wideband, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, and Matter o...

Tim Ketchum walks Marc Aflalo through the origin story of Composer: a startup born from frustration with composting and a recognition that garbage disposals, despite being in 60% of American homes, handle only 15% of food waste. The engineering challenge wasn't grinding — every disposal does that — it was rethinking every other aspect of the experience.

The centerpiece of Composer's design is a patented drain iris: a on...

J.D. Power surveyed over 5,000 Canadian digital bank users to evaluate mobile app and website experiences across four pillars: digital design and usability, system performance, security, and support. The findings show that the banks leading in satisfaction aren't winning on features — they're winning on fundamentals. Fast load times, clear account information, intuitive navigation, and reliable money movement are the real dif...

Cyber threats targeting Canadians have escalated sharply, and the numbers back it up. Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs recorded a 379% increase in worldwide ransomware activity, with over 370 Canadian organizations hit by extortion attacks in a recent reporting period. Derek Manky explains this isn't random noise — attackers are increasingly focused, targeted, and efficient, operating on a "work smarter, not harder" model powered b...

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2025 leaned hard into artificial intelligence, and for good reason: the company had ground to make up. Marc and Mitchell walk through their top takeaways from the keynote, starting with the most significant shift — a rebuilt Siri powered by Google's Gemini model. The revamped assistant now tracks conversations across sessions and works contextually across Apple devices, letting users st...

Apple's WWDC 2025 keynote took a different approach this year — less time on visual polish, more focus on proving its AI actually works. Marc and Steven break down what that means in practice, walking through the features most likely to change how people actually use their devices day to day. Steven highlights what stood out from an accessibility standpoint: the Shortcuts app is finally getting natural-language AI input, addr...

The Canadian Game Awards are growing into something far bigger than a yearly celebration of games. In this conversation, Carl-Edwin Michel shares the long-term vision behind the event, why community and accessibility now sit at the center of the awards, and how Canada’s gaming industry continues to shape global culture. From indie developers and esports organizations to podcasters and accessibility advocates, this discussion ...

The video doorbell category has come a long way since Ring helped create it, and this conversation covers exactly how far. Marc and Dave dig into the current generation of Ring products, including the first-ever battery-powered doorbells with 2K and 4K resolution, and what that jump in clarity actually means in practice — think six-times zoom on 2K and ten-times on 4K, with the image detail to help identify faces, read licens...

When Bob Millar's mother began losing her ability to use phones and tablets as her cognition declined, he didn't find a solution on the market — so he helped build one. Paige is a large-format digital clock that displays photos of family members. When a loved one taps a face, it triggers a video call to that person's phone. No typing. No navigation. No confusion. Just a familiar face on a screen.

Marc shares his own experienc...

Nathalie Doremieux, co-founder of Podcast Leadflow, breaks down a problem most podcasters face. You can grow an audience, but turning listeners into leads or revenue is much harder. Her platform focuses on closing that gap.

The core idea is simple. Treat a podcast episode like a lead magnet. Instead of sending listeners to generic links or downloads, Podcast Leadflow creates a personalized experience. It analyzes your episode, buil...

This hands-on look at the ASUS ZenBook Duo shows what happens when a laptop breaks the usual limits. You get two full 14-inch OLED touchscreens with identical resolution, not a secondary display compromise. Remove the keyboard and you unlock a vertical dual-screen workspace designed for real work, not a gimmick.

The discussion walks through real workflows. Video editing with Adobe Premiere becomes more flexible, with timelines, pre...

Anthony Mattana, founder of Fraimic, shares how his smart e-ink canvas blends AI image generation with ultra-low power display tech. You speak what you want to see, and the frame creates and displays it instantly. No apps, no typing. It feels simple but powerful.

The device uses color e-ink, similar to an Amazon Kindle, which only uses power when the image changes. That means the frame can last up to three years on a single charge ...

Gaming has changed dramatically in the last few years. Consoles, PCs, and handheld gaming systems now coexist in a much larger ecosystem.

In this episode of YourTechReport, Marc Aflalo and Mitchell Whitfield dive into the evolving world of gaming hardware. Mitchell shares his experience upgrading to a powerful new gaming PC and compares it with his Xbox Series X.

The conversation explores the differences between console gaming and ...