Tech Talk with Alan Perry
- Episodes
- 211
- Released
- weekly
- Latest episode
- Nov 7, 2026
About the podcast
"Tech Talk" is a two-hour tech-focussed radio talkshow broadcast live from 10:05am-Noon PT on Saturdays on C-FAX 1070 Radio in Victoria, BC, Canada. Notes are at http://ShowNotes.ca
Episodes 211
Tech Talk nov 7 2026
Aitan Roubini, President of the Victoria Mac and iOS Users Group, joins Alan & Kyle to review the week's tech news and to answer your tech questions.
Tech Talk Oct. 31, 2026
On our Halloween edition of "Tech Talk", Kyle and I discuss Apple's new OLED iPad mini, touch MacBook and M6 MacBook Pro plus answers to your tech questions.
Tech Talk Oct. 24, 2026
Gary Beyer, owner of Tesseract Computers, joins us to review the week's tech news and to solve your tech problems.
Tech Talk October 10, 2026
Charles Martin, Program Director for the Victoria Mac and iOS Users Group, joins us for our Thanksgiving Long Weekend Edition.
Tech Talk Oct. 3, 2026
Tech enthusiast Ron Fraser joins us to review the week's tech news including Apple's '27' family of operating systems, and to help solve your tech problems.
Tech Talk Sept 26, 2026
Alan and producer and IT Specialist Kyle Wilson review the new Meta AI app and smart glasses plus the week's tech news and answers to your tech questions.
Tech Talk Sept. 19, 2026
Ricky Winter from Colwood London Drugs joins us to review the week's tech news and solve your tech problems.
Tech Talk Sept. 12, 2026
Gary Beyer from Tesseract joins us to review the week's tech news and to solve your tech problems.
Tech Talk Sept 5, 2026
Aitan Roubini, President of the Victoria Mac and iOS Users Group, joins us for our Labour Day Long Weekend Edition of "Tech Talk".
Tech Talk August 29, 2026
Tech Enthusiast John Vis joins us to review the week's tech news and to solve your tech problems.
Tech Talk August 22, 2026
Barbara Wilson, In-Home Printer Tech at Monk Office in Victoria, joins us to review the week's tech news and to solve your tech problems.
Tech Talk August 8, 2026
Charles Martin, Program Director for the Victoria Mac and iOS Users Group, joins us to review the week's tech news and to answer your tech questions.
Tech Talk August 1, 2026
Gary Beyer from Tesseract Computers joins Alan and new producer Kyle Wilson to review the week's tech news on the BC Day Long Weekend edition of Tech Talk.
Tech Talk July 25, 2026
IT Specialist Kyle Wilson joins Alan and Producer-in-Training Cáit Caden to review the week's tech news and to solve your tech problems.
Tech Talk July 18 2026
Retired tech enthusiast Ron Fraser joins Alan, Producer Kyle Wilson and Producer-in-Training Cáit Caden to review the week's tech news and tech questions.
Tech Talk July 11 2026
Gary Beyer from Tesseract Computers joins us to review the week's tech news as we bid farewell to producer Kathryn Abbott and welcome Kyle Wilson & Caít Caden
Tech Talk July 4 2026
Aitan Roubini, President of the Victoria Mac and iOS Users Group joins us to review the week's tech news and to solve your tech problems.
Tech Talk June 27, 2026
Tech Talk – June 27 2026 Alan Perry and co-host Ricky Winter, Tech Experience Manager at London Drugs Tillicum, cover the latest tech scams, including fake Amazon fraud calls, browser hijack "virus" warnings …
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Tech Talk – June 27 2026 Alan Perry and co-host Ricky Winter, Tech Experience Manager at London Drugs Tillicum, cover the latest tech scams, including fake Amazon fraud calls, browser hijack "virus" warnings, and bogus Apple purchase receipts designed to steal your personal information, and more.Tech Talk - June 20, 2026
Brandon Laur, CEO of The White Hatters, joins us to detail how to stay safe online -- especially when using social media -- and to review the week's tech news.
Tech Talk June 13, 2026
IT specialist and producer in training joins us to review the weeks tech news including Apple's unveiling of Siri AI and Apple Intelligence and the OS 27 family of operating systems coming this fall
Tech Talk – June 6th 2026
Alan Perry and guest co‑host Charles Martin, Victoria Mac & iOS Users Group Program Director, cover new scam alerts including fake Canada Groceries & Essentials Benefit texts, bogus Interac e‑Transfers, TD …
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Alan Perry and guest co‑host Charles Martin, Victoria Mac & iOS Users Group Program Director, cover new scam alerts including fake Canada Groceries & Essentials Benefit texts, bogus Interac e‑Transfers, TD Direct phishing emails, and a dangerous document‑sharing scam. They also look at the federal review of the CRTC’s 15% streaming levy, a July 13 deadline affecting Microsoft Office users, what to expect from Apple’s WWDC keynote, rising UK ETA travel fees, updated international roaming options, and Walmart’s launch of Walmart+ in Canada.Tech Talk – May 30th 2026:
Alan Perry and Colwood-based IT specialist, Wikipedia administrator, and Business Insider contributor Kyle Wilson cover new phone carrier and document-sharing scams, Chrome’s hidden 4GB AI download, Freedom …
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Alan Perry and Colwood-based IT specialist, Wikipedia administrator, and Business Insider contributor Kyle Wilson cover new phone carrier and document-sharing scams, Chrome’s hidden 4GB AI download, Freedom Mobile deals, Apple and Amazon satellite updates, Gmail Live, travel tech tips, Microsoft Office changes, streaming regulations, and more. Plus the discovery of a rare ostrich-like dinosaur fossil on Denman Island.Tech Talk – May 23 2026:
Tech Talk – May 23 2026: Alan Perry and Gary Beyer cover new scam alerts, Apple’s Canadian “Sirigate” lawsuit, transit tap-to-pay in B.C., streaming regulations, Gemini AI upgrades, travel tech tips …
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Tech Talk – May 23 2026: Alan Perry and Gary Beyer cover new scam alerts, Apple’s Canadian “Sirigate” lawsuit, transit tap-to-pay in B.C., streaming regulations, Gemini AI upgrades, travel tech tips, LibreOffice tweaks, AI failures at Starbucks, and more. Plus the discovery of the massive marine reptile Tylosaurus rex (“TEX”).Tech Talk – May 16 2026
Alan Perry and Ricky Winter, Tech Experience Manager at London Drugs Tillicum, cover major Apple security updates, scam alerts, Google and Android news, AI privacy concerns, telecom price hikes, travel tech …
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Alan Perry and Ricky Winter, Tech Experience Manager at London Drugs Tillicum, cover major Apple security updates, scam alerts, Google and Android news, AI privacy concerns, telecom price hikes, travel tech tips, folding phones, new AI data centres in B.C., and more.Tech Talk – May 9, 2026
Alan Perry is joined by Charles Martin to discuss the latest tech news and security alerts, including the return of the Rogers “free iPad” scam, Estée Lauder and CRA data breach settlements, the Canvas …
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Alan Perry is joined by Charles Martin to discuss the latest tech news and security alerts, including the return of the Rogers “free iPad” scam, Estée Lauder and CRA data breach settlements, the Canvas ransomware attack affecting major universities, Europe’s new EES travel delays, Bell’s controversial new device fee, Telus using AI to alter call-centre accents, upcoming Apple 26.5 updates, AI age-verification tools from Meta, safer child-protection batteries from Energizer, Freedom Mobile and Starlink deals, Apple’s education pricing changes, floating AI data centres, and more.Tech Talk – May 2 2026
Alan Perry is joined by Terry Sirup of Priority 1 Computers to cover the latest in tech, including new scam alerts - fake virus pop-ups, job offer texts, and subscription renewal scams, the first Canadian “SMS …
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Alan Perry is joined by Terry Sirup of Priority 1 Computers to cover the latest in tech, including new scam alerts - fake virus pop-ups, job offer texts, and subscription renewal scams, the first Canadian “SMS blaster” fraud case, Microsoft account security issues, travel tech warnings - Europe’s new EES delays and carry-on size changes, rising SSD and RAM prices, telecom updates, and more.Tech Talk – Apr 25 2026
Alan Perry with Retired Sidney Tech Enthusiast, Ron Fraser cover TC 10K road closures, scam alerts (BC Hydro texts, fake bank & delivery emails, Rogers/Shaw billing scams), Apple security updates, 5G plans, AI …
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Alan Perry with Retired Sidney Tech Enthusiast, Ron Fraser cover TC 10K road closures, scam alerts (BC Hydro texts, fake bank & delivery emails, Rogers/Shaw billing scams), Apple security updates, 5G plans, AI developments, telecom changes and more.Tech Talk – April 18 2026
Alan Perry is joined by Gary Beyer, Owner of Tesseract Computers to cover the latest in tech, including Apple iOS 26.4.1 bug-fix updates, scam alerts (parking ticket texts, fake Shaw emails, CRA and DocuSign …
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Alan Perry is joined by Gary Beyer, Owner of Tesseract Computers to cover the latest in tech, including Apple iOS 26.4.1 bug-fix updates, scam alerts (parking ticket texts, fake Shaw emails, CRA and DocuSign scams, and bank fraud calls), Apple app update changes, satellite-to-mobile expansion, AI developments, telecom deals, and more. Kathryn Abbott discusses the University of Calgary setting a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as dinosaurs. All this and more.
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