SyrupCast is a weekly show that puts a spotlight on the Canadian tech industry. Each week we focus on the tech stories that matter to Canadians, including smartphones, video games, apps, and telecom news. Join us as we dive through this always-interesting and ever-expanding industry! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Talking to Black creatives [Special Episode]
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This is a special edition episode of the SyrupCast and the SyrupArcade Cast, where Dean Daley and Brad Shankar speak to Black industry professionals about their experiences in the technology industry, including Fūnk-é Joseph (Focus Entertainment), Enobong Etteh (Boredatwork.com), and Kadeem Dunn (Google) (Diaspora Games). Hosted on Acast. See acast…
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Checking out MWC '24 and the new MacBook Air M3
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On the latest episode of the SyrupCast, Patrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett, and Dean Daley discuss Mobile World Congress 2024 (MWC) and everything Dean saw at this year's event in Barcelona, Spain. This includes checking out the TCL Ray Neo X2s, Samsung's Galaxy Ring, a lot of weird robotic AI contraptions and the highlight of the show for him, the Hum…
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Unpacking Samsung's Galaxy S24 series
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On the latest episode of the SyrupCast, Patrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett, Dean Daley and Chris Brown discuss Samsung's new Galaxy S24 series. Both Dean and Chris outline what the vibes were like at this year's Unpacked, break down their first impressions of the Galaxy S24 Ultra (including an at-even recording of an unboxing) and discuss Samsung's new…
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Fantasy Football: 2024 Video Game Edition [SyrupArcade Cast 12]
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Similar to last year, the MobileSyrup team is having a video game fantasy draft. We assembled the regular SyrupArcade Cast hosts, Dean Daley, Brad Shankar, Chris Brown and MobileSyrup freelancer and writer for The Gamer, Gabrielle Huston. From there, each person selects three games they believe will be the top-scoring of the year. The quartet will …
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Game Awards roundup and gaming fantasy draft results [SyrupArcade Cast 11]
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The Game Awards 2023 have taken place, so the Syrup ArcadeCast crew, including, Dean DaleyBrad Shankar, and Chris Brown, alongside special guest, Steve Vegvari, breakdown this year's event. The podcast team talks about the awards winners, including Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and more. They also discuss t…
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What should win at The Game Awards 2023? [SyrupArcade Cast 10]
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Ahead of The Game Awards, co-hosts Dean Daley and Brad Shankar are joined once again by Blue Ant Plus’ Chris Brown to discuss our thoughts on the nominees. Of course, a lot of this episode is dedicated to the six Game of the Year nominees: Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, R…
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These are our favourite smartphones of 2023
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On this episode of the Syrupcast, the pod squad discusses their favourite smartphones of 2023 in our annual year-end episode. The team also tries out several new segments, including the return of a news recap, 'Tech Treat or Tech Trash' and more, as the pod squad prepares to revamp the SyrupCast in the new year. Along with episodes still hosted by …
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2023 video game catch-up: Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3 and more [SyrupArcade Cast 9]
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On the latest episode of the SyrupArcade Cast, co-hosts Dean Daley and Brad Shankar are joined by Blue Ant Plus’ Chris Brown to share our thoughts on Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3 and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Expect some controversial takes on Starfield before we all gush about Baldur's Gate 3 and Spidey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more …
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This week's SyrupCast episode is all about Google's Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Our experiences at the fall iPhone 15 and Apple Watch reveal event
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At this year's fall hardware event, the SyrupCast team had the opportunity to record its annual iPhone event recap video in a fancy studio at Apple Park. This week's episode features Patrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett and Alain McKenna, a Montreal-based technology journalist who has covered the industry for decades and currently writes for LeDevoir. Ho…
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Fantasy Football: 2023 Video Game Edition (Part 2) [SyrupArcade Cast 9]
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Back in January, MobileSyrup created a 'Fantasy Football' league-like draft for 2023 video game releases. Dean Daley, Brad Shankar, Chris Brown and Steve Vegvari contributed to the list of fantasy selections. Here's how it worked: in January, we were given the chance to select three games we felt would be among the year's top-scoring on OpenCritic.…
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Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Games Showcase [SyrupArcade Cast 8]
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Last week was Summer Game Fest, which included its own showcase alongside presentations from Xbox and Bethesda, Ubisoft, Digital Devolver, Capcom and more throughout the week. In this week's episode, Brad and Dean Daley are joined by Blue Ant Plus' Chris Brown to discuss the events in depth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati…
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Apple's Vision Pro sets a new standard for VR/AR headsets
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On this week’s SyrupCast, Patrick O’Rourke and Brad Bennett chat about Apple's WWDC 2023, including upcoming software updates like iOS 17/iPadOS 17, watchOS 10 and more. Next, the team delves into 15-inch MacBook Pro, the M2 Max/M2 Ultra Mac Studio and finally, the Apple Vision Pro. The pod squad unpacks what it was like to attend WWDC, why they th…
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Sony's PlayStation Showcase and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [SyrupArcade Cast 7]
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We haven't recorded a SyrupArcade Cast in over a month, but with so much happening in the video game world right now, we figured it's best to talk about everything all at once. In April, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor launched, followed by Redfall and Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. To close May off, PlayStation also held its first Showcase in ove…
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Google I/O 2023: Early Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold impressions
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On this week’s SyrupCast, Patrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett, Dean Daley and Jon Lamont chat about the Pixel 7a, the Pixel Tablet and the Pixel Fold after going hands-on with several of the devices ahead of Google I/O 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Rogers' $26 billion Shaw takeover, Nothing's Ear (2) and MobileSyrup's mysterious video project
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On this week’s SyrupCast, Patrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont chat about Rogers' $26 billion takeover of Shaw (we'll record a dedicated SyrupCast telecom episode soon), Nothing's new Ear (2) wireless earbuds and the secret video project Brad Bennett's been working on for the last few months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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Let's talk about women in video games [SyrupArcade Cast 6]
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March is Women's History Month, which focuses on women's contributions to history. On this week's SyrupArcade Cast, the team chats about women/femme characters in video games, the women behind games, and the recent Game Developers Conference (GDC). Brad Shankar and Dean Daley are joined by Rose Behar, MobileSyrup's former telecom reporter who curre…
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