Tuesday May 12th, 2015

By Katherine Drake

Posted May 12, 2015 11:40:01 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

1:30 PM – TECH SPOTLIGHT

Tech Spotlight May 11
In studio: Fayez El-Far, founder of a new social app called VOTR.
A new app helps you crowd-source your decisions and get advice. Want to know what people think about social issues and politics? Looking for a new camera lens? Do you want to buy a new car and just don’t know which one? VotR will help you find out what the crowd thinks. Fayez joins us now – he’s originally from Jordan – and says the user base of VOTR is largely split between the Middle East and Canada.

1:45 Canadian Tire – Digital Garage
Eugene Roman, CTO, (Chief Technology Officer) Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire just opened their new Digital Garage right between 570 News and Communitech. The CTO of Canadian Tire, Eugene Roman joins us now to discuss Canadian Tire’s innovation lab at Communitech, the expansion of the Digital Garage and what that means for Canadian Tire’s digital strategy.

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