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1611 LTU Summer Camps, Windows 10 forced upgrades and the Nain Rouge

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Hour 1

[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”12139″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]CalCall Carson speculates what Apple will reveal Mach 21 during its latest round of devices and upgrades.  One of the main questions is whether the Cupertino crowd will say anything about its recent battle with the FBI.

 

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Shane_HamelinLargerWhat in the world is going on?  Is Microsoft really forcing Windows 7 users to switch to Windows 10?  We let our listeners call in to tell us about their experiences and got some confirmations.  We also received information from one of our listeners on how to avoid the forced upgrade completely.  Shane Hamelin shared his insights from a call to Microsoft’s info line.

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Hour 2

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Lisa Kujawa, the Assistant Provost at Lawrence Technological University, …


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1610 Mr. Fix It Tim Fisher and Meet Up.com

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12088″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERATim Fisher is one of the many experts who are part of About.com the most helpful site on the Internet (IMHO) For 10 years he has been handing out excellent advice about computers for ordinary folks including one article that became the focus of the discussion 13 Ways You’re Screwing Up Your Computer

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Mike Brennan

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Catch Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on their new podcast: M2 TechCast, live, Mondays at 3PM on PodcastDetroit Network[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”12081″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Meetup.com is the world’s largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to …


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1609 Earables and Scamming the Dark Web

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”12057″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Richard StiennonRichard Stiennon, chief Analyst at IT-Harvest and an internationally recognized security expert joined us to give his feedback on the RSA conference just concluded in San Francisco.

Richard also shared his analysis of Project Cumulus, a “honey pot” developed by security firm Bitglass to attract hackers in the deep web to steal tainted data and then follow them to see where they went.

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1608 Choosing Your Next Laptop

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”3″][vc_column_text]On this show we tackle one of our most frequently asked questions: What do you recommend we buy for our next laptop?  Each member of our team chimed in with helpful tips about everything from CPU speed to display size.

To make the discussion a little more practical, we chose a recent laptop sold on Amazon and displayed above.  We don’t want everyone to run out and buy this Lenovo laptop but we do want you to see that there are some very capable laptop computers for under $400, depending on your computing needs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”12036″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Click Here to Listen to Computer Tips

  • CPU (dual core, i3, AMD)
  • Screen Size (13″ vs 15 or 17 “)
  • To touch or not to Touch Screen
  • Hard Drive : SATA (mechanical), SSD (Solid State Drive), Hybrid (combination of SSD and SATA gives speed and max storage for less $)
  • RAM (4 GB base but 8GB preferred. May be added later.
  • OS -PC: Windows 10 64 bit Home

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1607 Job Hunting, Macprofessionals and The Nain Rouge

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Show Notes:

This week’s program is a three hour special featuring

  • important insights about getting a job during Hour 1
  • a vigorous debate in Hour 2 about Apple giving the FBI what it wants
  • and finally Hour 3 with listener question and answers

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Hour 1: The Job Search Process and the Nain Rouge

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Todd w BookTodd Palmer author of Job Search Process is a renowned thought leader and top staffing and recruiting executive who is committed to improving lives. Todd is founder and President of Diversified Industrial Staffing, and has helped over 4,300 people get jobs, bettering their lives and the lives of their families.
In his new book, The Job Search Process, Palmer provides a practical, targeted guide to landing a new job in only 30 days. His latest work has already been nominated for both the Axiom


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1606 18th Anniversary Special

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10824″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Yan NessYan Ness is the CEO of Online Technologies, a company with long connection to Gary Baker and the Internet Advisor.  Once upon a time, Online Tech was the ISP that Gary Baker ran and was the way that he and Foster Braun met.  Foster called to get help with his connection to the then fledgling Internet and Gary was happy to pitch in. The rest, as they say, is history.

Click Here to Listen to Yan Ness[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Kay and RonRon and Kay Wilmers of Lapeer, MI are the founders of The Disabled Traveler, a website dedicated to helping people with disabilities and/or age related challenges enjoy traveling. Ron’s experience began in 1977 when he was confined to a wheelchair but never let it keep him and his family from enjoying camping.

The Disabled Traveler is Ron and Kay’s personal crusade to help people facing disabilities and/or age related challenges to enjoy America’s …


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1605 Hello World and the eBay Lady

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Michigan Student Honored

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Christina Li a senior at Utica Community Schools was  among nine people from across the country recognized Tuesday in Washington, D.C. as “White House Champions of Change for Computer Science Education.” She was nominated by Debbie Taylor, assistant director of the engineering school and director of Women in Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, for the weeklong computer science camp she hosted last summer. The camp, called Hello World, taught 30 middle school girls how to code websites, games, apps and robots.

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Christina was our guest exactly one year ago when she was leading a group of fellow high school students on a robotics team named the Thunder Chickens.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]DonnalogoshirtDonna MacMurray Klein was crowned the “eBay Lady” when she first visited our …


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1604 Glasses for the Blind & Impressing The Profit

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Hour 1: Technology That Gives Sight to the Blind

[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11885″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]walktoendblindnesslogoJohn Whitacre has committed his life to training the blind in the use of a wide range of technologies that improve their quality of life through iChallenged.org. (313) 910-7811 This organization helps train the visually challenged and blind in the use of assistive technologies and also works to provide medical solutions for the needy. Today he is focusing on a revolutionary new set of eye glasses that use sound to help the blind navigate the world around them.

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Dennis with GlassesDennis Opoka is a 68 year old Royal Oak resident who has been blind since birth.He got the sonar glasses about 3 months ago and they have revolutionized the way he travels; he uses them with a white cane and verbal GPS for the blind.

Dennis worked as a Veterans Program specialist for 33 years until retirement, is married


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1602 NAIAS 2016 And WiTricity

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The North American International Auto Show is the Motor City’s time to shine.  Bright lights, wild ideas, beautiful models (er) cars; it’s Detroit’s time to shine, a bright spot in the midst of normally harsh winter. In recent years technology has become almost as important a design element as the sporty curves and gutsy engines.  The recently ended Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas sported a huge number of vehicles and automotive related technology.  Now we get to see the flip side of that equation as car makers from all over the world vie for the attention of the masses of new car enthusiasts.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_cta h2=”Click Here to Download This Week’s Podcast”]

The NAIAS 2016 Report and WiTricity

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Hour 1

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