{"id":74832,"date":"2018-01-11T18:10:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T02:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/?p=74832"},"modified":"2018-02-05T13:32:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:32:35","slug":"weekly-tech-roundup-january-11-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/blog\/weekly-tech-roundup-january-11-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tech Roundup: January 11, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"74832\" class=\"elementor elementor-74832 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfc05d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfc05d5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aaec9ea\" data-id=\"aaec9ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7098c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7098c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In this edition of the Tech Roundup, we talk\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Uber, Michelle Obama and Spotify, UBC and the top advice for entrepreneurs.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><h3>1. Uber to address Vancouver all-party<\/h3><h3>ride-hailing committee on Monday<\/h3><p class=\"subhead\">An all-party committee will hear from Uber and others with a stake in ride-hailing on\u00a0 Monday as it prepares for the introduction of legislation later this year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a03a69 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9a03a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a733f26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a733f26\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e9e7f2\" data-id=\"5e9e7f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483184e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"483184e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>2. Downtown Eastside residents get tech savvy with local literacy program and UBC Learning Exchange<\/h3><p title=\"Women in Canada more likely to open their own businesses than in any other nation, according to global report.\">For more than a year,\u00a0the DTES Adult Literacy Roundtable and University of B.C. Learning Exchange have been providing free training at a &#8220;technology cafe&#8221; at the Oppenheimer Park field house.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de2b79f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"de2b79f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/downtown-eastside-residents-get-free-tech-training?utm_campaign=Revue%20newsletter&#038;utm_medium=Newsletter&#038;utm_source=NotionPort\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b50e2b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b50e2b0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a34410\" data-id=\"7a34410\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcad167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcad167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>3. The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2017<\/h3><p id=\"text_bc1524e5a7b5479a87cf3ece4f5f3d5f\" class=\"Block TextBlock -align--left -role--paragraph\" data-seen=\"true\">In order to build this year-end roundup, we re-read through it all to concentrate the most pressing and impactful wisdom they shared \u2014\u00a0<strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">the tactics, actions, systems and frameworks they themselves invented or applied to succeed when the chips were down and failure wasn&#8217;t an option<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db88ff4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"db88ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/firstround.com\/review\/the-30-best-pieces-of-advice-for-entrepreneurs-in-2017\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e089a5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e089a5f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b37c5c9\" data-id=\"b37c5c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea9b78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ea9b78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>4. Board of Trade bringing Michelle Obama to Vancouver<\/h3><p>Three years after the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade brought Hillary Clinton to Vancouver to speak, the business group has announced another big-name American political figure is coming to town.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba58e7b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ba58e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/board-of-trade-bringing-michelle-obama-to-vancouver\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e144b40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e144b40\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46d467e\" data-id=\"46d467e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f1399 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73f1399\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"fe7f\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf--leading graf--title\" data-align=\"center\">5. Exclusive: Spotify files for its IPO<\/h3><p title=\"Women in Canada more likely to open their own businesses than in any other nation, according to global report.\">Music streaming giant Spotify confidentially filed IPO documents with the SEC at the end of December, Axios has learned from multiple sources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a27d39 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5a27d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/exclusive-spotify-files-for-its-ipo-1515111008-c91bb2bb-1d6c-49ef-b8e1-efb67888a338.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read 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listing on Amazon.<\/li><li>Setting up a good product page.<\/li><li>Amazon SEO best practices.<\/li><li>Handling shipping &amp; returns.<\/li><li>Marketing for Amazon.<\/li><li>How Amazon prime works.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf11ba elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ecf11ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Register Now<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spring_Headshots-23.jpg 3141w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spring_Headshots-23-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spring_Headshots-23-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spring_Headshots-23-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spring_Headshots-23-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spring_Headshots-23-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Spring_Headshots-23-239x239.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3141px) 100vw, 3141px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"> Chin Hing Chang, Head of Growth @ Spring<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Chin mentors employees looking to start a new venture and non-profit organizations looking to spin 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