Tech Talk – December 27, 2025

Tech Talk with Alan Perry

Alan Perry

Technology

5.0 • 6 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Looking to score tech deals before the year wraps up? On this week’s episode of Tech Talk, Alan Perry welcomes Ricky Winter, Tech Experience Manager at London Drugs Tillicum, for a deep dive into Boxing Week sales. They discuss where the best deals are, how they compare to Black Friday, and what shoppers should know before heading out. They also explore this week’s tech news — including why rising AI hardware demands could make 2026 a tough year for buying new phones and gadgets. Plus, Alan and Ricky answer your tech questions live, from Wi-Fi headaches to phone plans and smart TV issues.

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0:00.0	Now, Tech Talk with Alan Perry on the IHeart Radio Talk Network.
0:09.2	Well, hello there.
0:10.3	Welcome aboard for our final weekend show of 2025.
0:14.6	We are live with you on December 27th, Saturday morning on CFAX 1070 in Victoria,
0:20.6	in the frigid Okinawagon Valley on
0:22.7	Colonna's AM 1150 across the equally frigid Canada on the I-Hard Radio Talk Network and wherever
0:30.4	you might be listening in the world on apps streaming apps like Radio Garden. Sunday afternoon
0:35.3	we're rebroadcast on C-Fax and then we'll have a podcast for you to fit into your schedule on any app that finds podcasts. We this weekend is myself, Alan Perry. I am Ricky Winter, the tech experience manager at the Tillicum Center London Drugs. And Marissa Meekins, hi. Hey. Welcome back. Merry Christmas. Thanks.
1:13.6	How was Santa? How was Santa? Santa was good. Santa's always good. I don't have a fireplace. He couldn't make it to my house. You just put the fireplace on the TV. It worked somehow. A lot of people did that. Yes. What did Santa bring you? I'm 42 years old. my mother still sends me money for Christmas.
1:13.6	Maybe go wrong with that.
1:14.8	Yeah.
1:15.5	But you didn't get any technology?
1:18.0	You know, I bought myself more presents that I did for anyone else.
1:22.5	I'm okay with that.
1:23.7	I got myself a new phone.
1:25.1	I bought a new desk and some shoes and other things. What new
1:29.9	phone did you get? I got a Google 9A and a sparkly pretty case for it. And now you can
1:35.5	wirelessly charge it. Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting a wireless charger for it.
1:40.5	We were just talking about that. So in the show notes, they are a little different this week because so much going on with Christmas.
1:47.5	So not a lot of tech news.
1:48.9	There actually wasn't a huge amount of tech news, some, and it is there.
1:52.0	The show notes are at tech-h-h-tok-c-c-a-t-l-k-c-a.
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