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For an unlucky second time in 4 years, our announcer Foster Braun managed to serve an unwelcome beverage to his expensive laptop. So what can you do avoid this kind of disaster other than live in a bubble and what can you do if it happens to you? The staff of the Internet Advisor will tackle the subject on the Sept. 29th program. …
YouthSpark: Shelley Stern Grach, Citizenship & Public Affairs Director of Microsoft unveils Microsoft’s new initiative to create opportunities for more than 75 million youth across the U.S./Canada over the next three years. Locally they are working with Focus Hope to train a new generation of computer technicians.
Mapplegate: Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized publicallty for the mess that Apple created when they dumped Google map technology for their very own iOS6 mapping tools.
Barbarian Laptop Destroyer: What happens when you combine coffee and computers? Utter chaos if the user is our very own Foster Braun. Hear the cautionary tale of salvaging a damaged computer. He is now three-for-three: Dell Inspiron laptop, iPhone 4 and MacBook Pro laptop!
YouthSpark Hub: Microsoft site to help young people through Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship.
Internet Advisor Takeaway: SuperDuper: Free backup and cloning software for Macs.
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Our social media expert Emily Hay recently had a wonderful experience renting a designer dress for a special occasion for a fraction of the cost. Here is the full story from Emily’s homepage. …
Any thought that iPhone 5 would be a poor cousin to its predecessors vanished this weekend. Sales records were set when 5 million iPone 5’s leaped off the shelves in just 9 countries. More to the point, in the near future iPhone 5 will go on sale in 20 more countries and, when the dust finally settles next year, in a total of 100 countries! …
Building a Good Reputation from the Start: Meritful.com Dr. Azarias Reda wants to help teens to build good reputations online right from their very first post. At its core, Meritful builds a professional presence for high school students, much like LinkedIn does for adults. It is a place to document and share activities, projects and accomplishments—while getting feedback from a network of peers and mentors.
Playing to Learn: WEBEE was created by Danny and Rachel Van Buren, a husband/wife team, in order to provide their young children with a fun tool to assist in their developmental progress early in life, ahead of their peers. The program is open for investors on Kickstarter.
Internet Advisor Takeaway: Microsoft Security Patch
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Apple decided it would do its own map program and not use Google any more starting with iOS6 (released 9/19/12) and the new iPhone5. The howling from disgruntled users and bloggers just waiting for a chink in Apple’s armor to appear on their spiffy new phone has not stopped since. Patience is called for as the app gets tuned up according the Cupertino spokespeople. …
Not a good week for the folks in Redmond. First Internet Explorer was hit with a zero-day exploit and then Germany recommended that all its citizens avoid IE entirely! Fortunately Microsoft has now launched an update that patches this latest crater. …
An intriguing article about the new iPhone 5 and its new age connector is stirring up the dust on our Internet Advisor Facebook page. Check 0ut the article and then feel free to weigh in on the argu…(ahem) discussion on our FB site. Actually it’s pretty tame considering some of the heated commentary about the mandatory change in iPhone connectors (if you want the latest technology!) …
Microsoft investigators found more than they bargained for when they traveled to China according to documents just released in a Virginia courtroom. Redmond operatives scour the globe looking for the source of phony operating systems installed on new computers. In China they swept up 20 new computers and discovered that three of them were already infected with the malware Nitol…right off the assembly line! Full Story …