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Twitter adding an undo button

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  • What's new in Advent calendars this year? Jeff Ryman gives us the details.
  • Twitter is adding an Undo Tweet button for Twitter Blue subscribers. We learn more with John Biehler of The App Show.
  • Buckle in! It’s time for a fun, Friday quiz with Quizmaster Jeff Ryman. This weeks theme is cartoon trivia!
  • Prayers For The People, By Terry J Stokes, is a special project being converted into audio. Ryan Hooey tells us more.

Remembrance Day online resources

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  • Michael Feir begins a tour to get to know iOS notifications, and demonstrates how we can take control of them in iOS 15.
  • Gardener Susan Kerney tells us about the tree who blooms through the Winter, the Witch-hazel.
  • One year after the successful launch of its Remembrance Day online resources, the Canadian War Museum has added even more. We learn more about this with Britt Braaten, Creative Developer for the Canadian War Museum and the Canadian Museum of History.
  • We flip through quirky stories from around the globe with Jeff Ryman, on What in the World.
  • Today’s Roundtable guest is Matt Speirs, Reader on AMI-audio’s Macleans, the Walrus, and the Globe & Mail.

What could the end of the pandemic look like?

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  • What could the end of the pandemic look like? Jeff Ryman digs into this topic in his health headlines.
  • Scouts Canada has a unique challenge for youth living across the country; Margrett Weldon gives us the details on In The Know.
  • The City of Calgary has opened the Flyover Park, and we learn more about it with Jim Krysko.
  • It is the time of year when we start to grow or notice mustaches, time of Movember. We learn about the significance of the month with Registered Nurse Leslie Depoe.
  • Independent Living Skills Specialist Leanne Baarda shares tips and ideas for crafting projects.

How AI could be narrating audiobooks for the masses

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  • 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Remembrance Poppy in Canada. We learn more about this and the poppy campaign with Nujma Bond, Manager, Communications, The Royal Canadian Legion National Headquarters.
  • On our App Update, John Biehler details Boeing’s green light for satellite internet constellation.
  • A woman in Renfrew, Ontario can finally enter her favourite coffee shop. Karen Magee shares details on the good news.
  • Publisher's Weekly recently released an article claiming how Artificial Intelligence could and should be narrating audiobooks for the masses. We discuss the reactions with Ryan Hooey.

100th anniversary of the Remembrance Poppy in Canada

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  • The new Focus feature introduced in iOS 15 is designed to keep us more free from distractions while we're trying to concentrate. During Part 2 of our deep dive, Michael Feir shares how to take manual control over this feature.
  • U.K.’s Fern Lulham shares her thoughts about becoming a parent one day, and we discuss the fears and challenges that many blind and partially sighted parents go through when raising a child.
  • 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Remembrance Poppy in Canada. We learn more about this and the poppy campaign with Nujma Bond, Manager, Communications, The Royal Canadian Legion National Headquarters.
  • On our CNIB Smartlife segment, we learn about Eschenbach’s newest additions to their video magnifier range with Ryan Heeney, National Sales Manager for Eschenbach Optik.
  • Today’s Roundtable guest is Kim Kilpatrick, our Ottawa Community Reporter.