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Podcast 1503 Jan. 17, 2015: The Battle for Net Neutrality & Auto Show Wonders

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The Battle For Net Neutrality

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Hour 1

In February the FCC will propose new rules governing the use of the Internet. The battle fronts are blurred but the stakes are high: Who will control how we access this vital link to our digitized world?

Craig Aaron, President and CEO of FreePress joins us to describe what is at stake in this epic battle for free flow of information over the Internet. His organization has taken up the consumer banner with a passion in this battle against private monopoly interests bent on restricting the flow of information and the development of innovation in order to promote their own profit goals. We the people need someone looking out for us. Enter FreePress

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The Auto Show is in full swing with some amazing, ground breaking things happening right on the show floor, e.g. a company is printing a car or most of its parts right there! (Local Motors) And soon learning your dashboard may be as easy as using your cell phone.(Apple Car Play)

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MiTechNews

Podcast 1502 Jan. 10, 2015: Jeff DeGraff Dean of Innovation, CES 2015 & NAIAS 2015

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Hour 1

Click Here to Listen to Jeff DeGraff’s Hour Long Conversation

The Dean of Innovation: Prof. Jeff DeGraff

Jeff DeGraff is a world renowned thought leader, executive and innovation expert. His expertise has been shared globally at top innovation incubators and think tanks such as the Aspen Institute and with companies that include Eaton, GM, SPX, 3M, Apple, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, GE, Johnson & Johnson, LG, Pfizer, and Toyota. DeGraff has contributed his expert knowledge in publications such as Business Week, CIO, Fortune, USA Today, Training+Development and the Wall Street Journal. Jeff is focused on how to lead Innovation; developing the culture, capabilities, and collaborative connections that result in revenue and market growth. Jeff is the complete package.(Huffington Post)

During the last 25 years Jeff has been a distinguished faculty member of the prestigious Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. This is a remarkable hour of discussion with one of the leading authorities on innovation in the world.

Catch Dick DeGraff The Next Idea (Michigan Public Radio) weekly

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The Bleeding Edge at CES 2015

Podcast 1501 Jan. 3, 2015: Security, Drones, Unicorns & Innovation

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Show Notes

Internet Advisor Predictions 2015

Internet Advisor Predictions 2014

Hour 1: 2015 Year of the Super Hack?

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Richard Stiennon, President of IT-Harvest is an international authority on security and a frequent contributor to the Internet Advisor. Richard will give us his outlook on top security concerns from a global and national perspective. Will this state sponsored hacking go from Cold War to a very Hot War with an attack on our infrastructure?

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TrustPipe: Personal Security for $5/Year

Ridgely Evers, CEO of TrustPipe reveals a new way of security your computer, servers and even hardware against the slickest attacks by hackers. Don’t miss this conversation; it could be the difference between security and misery in 2015.

Listen to Stiennon & TrustPipe Part 1

Listen to Stiennon & TrustPipe Part 2

MiTechNews Headlines

Mike Brennan, Editor and Host of MiTechNews

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to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter

Hour 2: Drones & Future Forecasting

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Social Media Predictions 2015

Emily Hay , founder and CEO of HayThereSocialMedia and our social media expert, looks into her crystal ball and tells us what to …

Podcast 1452 12/27/14: Teri Takai, Gift Card Granny and 2014 in Review

December 27, 2014 | Comments Off

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Teri Takai 2014 and Beyond

We are honored to have one of Michigan’s outstanding technologists, Teri Takai, in our studio once again. Teri, a U of M grad, has held numerous leadership roles as the CIO of Michigan, CTO of the State of California and until recently as CIO for the US Defense Department. Teri has returned home to take the CTO job at Meridian Health Care.

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The Best and Worst of 2014

What title would you give 2014? Our staff will take a look at 2014 to see what stage has been set for the coming year. The Year of the Hacker?

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Cash in Your Gift Cards

Not all gifts are created equal; some may be like Ralphie’s pink bunny pajamas in the Christmas Story movie. That’s true of gift cards too. So why let them collect dust when you can collect money for them? Kendall Perez from Gift Card Granny joins us to talk about how you can get money for those gift cards you will never use.

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MiTechNews Headlines

Mike Brennan…

Podcast 1451: Dec. 20, 2014: Ford's New Voice, Skype Translator & Xfinity Hotspots

December 20, 2014 | Comments Off

Happy Holidays 2014

The Internet Advisor Crew from our house to yours!

Today’s program has been preempted on WJR Radio Detroit by MSU basketball. However you can still hear our 2 hour show by downloading or listening to our podcast on our homepage beginning Sun. 12/21 around 10PM.

Show Notes

Hour 1

Sync 3: The New Face of Ford In-Car

Paul Eisenstein, publisher of The Detroit Bureau, The Voice of Automotive World, tells the story of Ford’s switch to QNX based Sync 3 as their new in-car communications system. After a long and painful relationship with Microsoft under the name of Ford Sync, there’s a new voice in your Ford in 2015.

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Skype Translator: Simultaneous Translation

Mark King, Cloud Architect at the Microsoft Technology Center shares the story of Skype Translator a remarkable breakthrough in communication. Now your friend in Bogota, Colombia can talk to you in their native language, Spanish, and after a short delay…you HEAR the translation. Then you get to talk back in English…without one day of Berlitz or Rosetta Stone (No se puede creer…Verdad?!) This is just the beginning. (Transcoders, Star Trekkies?!?!)

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Podcast 1450 12/13/14: Smart Toys for Smart Girls and Boys

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Gift Giving for a New Generation of Tech Savvy Children

Welcome back Sheri Kam, PR Specialist, Social Media Expert and mother of two teenage daughters. Sheri not only knows her way around technology but has a mother’s eye for holiday presents that will teach as well as entertain children who are interested in technology…without breaking the bank

Click to Listen to Smart Toys Segment with Sheri Kam and Sean McCarroll

Recommended Toy List: Sheri Kam and Sean McCarrell

Rec0mmended Smart Toy Lists

Top educational gifts for kids Click on Detroit TV Segment

9 High-Tech Toys & Gadgets Designed For Kids

Consumer Reports: 8 best tech toys for kids

Watch Asia Newson’s Story on ABC’s 20/20

Creating an Innovation Lab in High School

Sean McCarroll is a social studies and technology teacher at Grosse Pointe North High School in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. Sean worked with fellow teacher Gary Abud to design, collect funding for, and implement the GP North Innovation Lab, a modern learning space equipped with the technological tools needed for learning in the 21^st Century. It was designed to promote creative and innovative thinking, group collaboration, and better access …

Podcast 1449 Dec. 6, 2014: Shop Till You Drop…Locally & Web Design Winners

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How to Shop Instantly on Instagram and Shop Locally on Etsy

Our social media maven, Emily Hay, founder of Hay There Social Media has some timely tips for your holiday gift shopping.

Contrary to popular belief, Instagram isn’t just for selfies and snapshots of your lunch. Sure, users don’t hold back on posting photos of their most picturesque provisions but that’s not the only thing we’re all doing on the app.

Everyone knows how important shopping local is, right? It impacts your state/city/region by keeping money and jobs in your community. But did you know that you can use the Internet to shop locally? You can. It’s easy. Enter Etsy.

Click Here to Listen to Emily Hay Shopping Segment

And the Winners Are…Student Web Designers Awarded for Their Budding Skills

The Michigan Council of Women in Technology is dedicated to inspiring young women to achieve great things in technology. One of the ways they accomplish this is through the 9th Annual Website Design Competition for high school girls. We are delighted to have one of the budding designers in studio with us:

Likitha Nimmagadda from Farmington Harrison HS (See her site)

Christina …

Podcast 1448 Nov. 29, 2014 : Plowz & Online Tech 20th Anniversary

November 29, 2014 | Comments Off

Show Notes

Hour 1

Your Very Own Snow Plow Service Is As Close As Your Phone

Plowz and Mowz Co-Founder, Wills Mahoney shares the birth of this ingenious service that means you are more likely than ever to be dug out of the next super storm well before your neighbors. When the green grass returns, you’ll be ahead of the neighbors with a well trimmed lawn, on time, every time.

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MiTechNews Forms Strategic Alliance with ITinTheD

Mike Brennan, editor of MiTechNews and Internet Advisor host Gary Baker were featured guests on the Nov. 24 edition of ITinTheD a new pure Detroit brand of podcast that is taking RawRadioX by storm. MiTechNews has formed a strategic alliance with the geek intensive podcast and will be posting links to their weekly broadcasts in MiTechNews every Friday.

Mike Brennan and Gary Baker were “chaperoned” by Ryan Walther, IT Risk Manager, Flagstar Bank during their appearance on ITinTheD. Actually Ryan discussed “the trials and tribulations of working in the world of IT audit, security and compliance.”

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Podcast 1447 Nov. 22, 2014 Holiday Shopping Preview with Rick Broida

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Hour 1

Is Black Friday Such a Good Deal?…and other holiday shopping issues

Rick Broida is not only our official “Cheapskate” but he is also our monthly guide to all the goodies and gadgets he gets to review. Rick is a widely published commentator from HowTo.com to Time to CNet to Savings.com and a few other stops in between. You’re going to want to pay close attention and catch the tips, tricks and bargains that he has to point out at this gift giving time of year.

5 Insanely Good Deals That Make It Feel Like Black Friday All Year Long

Click Here to Listen to Rick Talk about Kindle Fire, HP Stream 11, & Drone

Click Here to Listen to Rick talk about Moto G Phone & Pebble Watch

Trapped in a Room with a Zombie is Rick Broida’s new business. First show Dec.12 at the historic Penobscot Building in downtown Detroit. Click Here for more information

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Proof Positive That The IA Team Is Hot Stuff

Picture above was taken by Rick Broida with the Seek Thermal Camera (iOS version –

Podcast 1446 Nov. 15, 2014: Look Up Detroit & Funding the Future

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Look Up Detroit: Share Good Things Around Detroit

Father Richard Dalton is a man on a mission: finding the positive stories in and about the Motor City. At the dawn of the Web he was gathering links to sites that focused on the growing in a metro area that was dying. His long battle seems to be paying off. Maybe you have a role to play in LookUpDetroit.

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Funding the Future: Wheat Ridge Ministries

Rick Herman, President of Wheat Ridge Ministries. Established in 1905, Wheat Ridge Ministries provides funding and support for inspired leaders starting new health and human care ministries. Their granting efforts are focused on improving the health of the whole person, by addressing wellness of body, mind and spirit. Currently more than 70 ministries around the world receive assistance through Wheat Ridge grants, in addition to the thousands of past grantees who have received funds totaling over $30 million.

Wheat Ridge Ministries is supporting Dreams in Action an outreach of Grace In Action Church in Southwest Detroit.

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Richard Stiennon, recognized authority on Cyber …

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The Battle For Net Neutrality

Show Notes:

Hour 1

MiTechNews

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Hour 1

The Dean of Innovation: Prof. Jeff DeGraff

The Bleeding Edge at CES 2015

Show Notes

Hour 1: 2015 Year of the Super Hack?

TrustPipe: Personal Security for $5/Year

MiTechNews Headlines

to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter

Hour 2: Drones & Future Forecasting

Social Media Predictions 2015

Show Notes!

Teri Takai 2014 and Beyond

The Best and Worst of 2014

Cash in Your Gift Cards

MiTechNews Headlines

Happy Holidays 2014

Show Notes

Hour 1

Sync 3: The New Face of Ford In-Car

Skype Translator: Simultaneous Translation

Show Notes:

Gift Giving for a New Generation of Tech Savvy Children

Click to Listen to Smart Toys Segment with Sheri Kam and Sean McCarroll

Rec0mmended Smart Toy Lists

Creating an Innovation Lab in High School

Show Notes:

How to Shop Instantly on Instagram and Shop Locally on Etsy

And the Winners Are…Student Web Designers Awarded for Their Budding Skills

Show Notes

Hour 1

Your Very Own Snow Plow Service Is As Close As Your Phone

MiTechNews Forms Strategic Alliance with ITinTheD

Show Notes:

Hour 1

Is Black Friday Such a Good Deal?…and other holiday shopping issues

Trapped in a Room with a Zombie is Rick Broida’s new business. First show Dec.12 at the historic Penobscot Building in downtown Detroit. Click Here for more information

**Click for an IA Special Interview about Trapped in a Room with Zombies**

Proof Positive That The IA Team Is Hot Stuff

Picture above was taken by Rick Broida with the Seek Thermal Camera (iOS version –

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Look Up Detroit: Share Good Things Around Detroit

Funding the Future: Wheat Ridge Ministries

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