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Podcast 1418 May 3, 2014: Hail the Robotic Champions & Future Tech Stars

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Show Notes

Hour 1

FIRST Robotics World Championship Report

Don Bossi, President of FIRST gives the big picture on the recently completed World Championship in St. Louis, MO.

Click Here to Listen to Don Bossi FIRST Pres

The Story of FIRST (Morgan Freeman)

2014 FIRST Championship Winners

Team Rush, the proud winners of the prestigious Chairman’s Award join the Internet Advisors in studio to share the excitement and goals for their future. Pictured with the banner are Camron Razdar, Dean’s Award (Highest Individual Award) and Team Rush 27 (Chairman’s Award-Highest Team Honor), John Havel, Carter Zielinski and Derek Joslin. Congratulations to Team Leaders Steve Hyer and Kyle Hughes.

Click Here to Listen to Team RUSH 27 Champions

2014 Team Rush 27 Video

Midwest Technology Leaders Symposium

Leading the Charge: The Next Decade of Innovation, Disruption and Consumerization. Tracy-Ann and Rob Palmer announce the upcoming Midwest Technology Leaders Symposium May 14, 2014.

Click Here to Listen to Midwest Technology Symposium

MiTechNews Report

Podcast April 26, 2014: Taking Tech's Temp & Password Managers

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

Taking Tech’s Temp: Quarterly Reports for Apple and Microsoft Hold Surprises

What happened to iPad sales? Is Microsoft rebounding fast enough to survive?

Apple Q2

Microsoft Q3

Facebook Q1

Amazon

Click Here to Listen to Quarterly Reports

The ABC’s of Password Managers

What kinds are there? How do the work? Do you have to pay for them? What are the best?

The Best Password Managers: Neil J. Rubenking

Password Managers: Mike Wendland

Six Great Password Managers: Neil J. Rubenking, 2011

Click Here to Listen to Password Managers

MiTechNews Report

The MiTechNews Report is a weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and publisher of MiTechNews.com which focuses on technology headlines and the impact of our tate’s growing high tech sector.

Click Here to Listen to MiTechNews and Podcast Channel

Subscribe to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter in collaboration with the Internet Advisor.

Check out our new Podcast Channel

Hour 2 Answering Listener Questions: 800-859-0957

Join the conversation with your questions during this live segment and benefit from years of tech troubleshooting expertise. REMEMBER: The only dumb question….is the one you don’t ask!

Click Here to Listen to Listener Q&A

FIRST

Podcast 1416 April 19, 2014: Richard Stiennon Stopping Heartbleed & Mike Finney on Boosting Michigan Business

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

Team Rush Wins FIRST Robotics State Championship

Steve Hyer and Team Rush members, Cameron Razdar and Jennifer Ray report on their exciting win and the upcoming World FIRST Robotics Championships in St. Louis, MO on April 25, 2014.

Click Here to Listen to Steve Hyer and Team Rush

Stopping the Bleeding from Heartbleed

Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, is a noted security expert and our frequent contributor, gives us the big picture on the Heartbleed bug which has been described as one of the worst security holes in Internet history because of the depth of impact. Ironically it has been generally unexploited for over two years until it was discovered recently by security researchers. Richard gives us the big picture of the consequences of this bug and what we can do about it.

Click here to listen to Richard Stiennon

Firefox Browser Plug-in That Checks for Heartbleed Vulnerability

The Business of Promoting Michigan’s Business

Business makes Michigan tick and Michigan’s businesses are the primary concern of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Mike Finney, President and CEO of the MEDC joins us to talk about …

Podcast 1415: April 12, 2014: One Tough Nerd Visits the Internet Advisor

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Hour 1

Click here to listen to Hour 1: Governor Rick Snyder and Dave Sawyer of Microsoft

Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 4 to 5 PM, The Internet Advisors welcome Michigan’s Chief Nerd in Residence, Governor Rick Snyder to WJR’s studios.

Michigan’s chief executive discussed:

Cyber Range to help combat cyber attacks,
STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics) education for our Michigan youth, and
The entrepreneurial culture and how it affects growing technology businesses in Michigan

MiTechNews Report

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The MiTechNews Report is a weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and publisher of MiTechNews.com which focuses on technology headlines and the impact of our tate’s growing high tech sector.

Subscribe to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter in collaboration with the Internet Advisor.

Hour 2

Click Here to Listen: Hr 2 Seg 1 Dave Sawyer and Jeff Ingalsbe

Windows XP is Gone and Windows 8.1 Update is Here

Dave Sawyer from Microsoft’s Heartland Offices in Ann Arbor joins us to answer questions about the new look of Windows 8.1 Update and the world after XP!

Windows 8.1 Update

Click Here to Listen: Hr 2 Seg 2 Sawyer and Ingalsbe

The Heartbleed Worm May Be

Podcast 1414: April 5, 2014: Rick Broida Takes On The World & Happy 20th to Online Tech!

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

Rick Broida is way too young to be a curmudgeon, but he’s getting there quickly! In this show Rick, our Gadget Guy and noted Cheapskate columnist takes a common sense, hard-nosed look at:

Microsoft Office… Alternatives to the world’s premiere office suite.

The battle between phone systems, e.g. Apple vs Android. Worse than the Crusades

Set Top Boxes Battle for Your TV: Amazon Fire vs. Roku vs. Apple TV vs. ???

Click here to listen to Rick Broida

MiTechNews Report

The MiTechNews Report is a weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and publisher of MiTechNews.com which focuses on technology headlines and the impact of our tate’s growing high tech sector.

Click here to listen to MiTechNews

Subscribe to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter in collaboration with the Internet Advisor.

Protecting Intellectual Property: Randall Peck, Senior Counsel

Click here to listen to Randall Peck

Online Tech 20th Anniversary Yan Ness, CEO

Online Tech, the Midwest’s premier managed data center operator, serves a growing demand for secure and compliant hosting for enterprise organizations with mission-critical applications and data.

Click here to listen to Yan Ness

Hour 2: Answering Your Questions at 1-800-859-0957

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Podcast 1413 March 29, 2014: Office for the iPad & End of Life for XP

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Show Notes:

Office for the iPad Arrives

Click Here for Office for iPad discussion

Making the XP Transition

Click Here for XP Transition Discussion

Malwarebytes Pro Protection for XP for Life

MiTechNews Report

The MiTechNews Report is a weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and publisher of MiTechNews.com which focuses on technology headlines and the impact of our tate’s growing high tech sector.
ITA and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers.
ITC, the nation’s largest independent electricity transmission company
Warner, Norcross & Judd attorneys at law.

Subscribe to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter in collaboration with the Internet Advisor.

Hour 2: Answering Your Questions

Click here: Gary, Ed, Cal and Foster answer listener questions.

Welcome Network Affiliates

WJRW	AM	1340	Grand Rapids	Sun 1p-2p
WJIM	AM	1240	Lansing	Sun 2p-4p

WKMI	AM	1360	Kalamazoo	Sun 12p-1p
WKLQ	AM	1490	Whitehall/Muskegon	Sat 4p-6p, Sun 12p-2p

Your Trusted Computer Repair Shops

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Podcast 1412 March 22, 2014: Red Dwarf, Social Media Spring Cleaning and MS Countdown April 8

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Show Notes:

Spring Cleaning for your Social Media

Emily Hay of Hay There Social Media shares 9 Tips for Small Business Owners to Spring Clean Your Social Media Profiles – Hay There Social Media | Social Media Marketing & Management Services for Small Businesses .

Click here to listen: Emily Hay 9 Tips for Spring Cleaning

The Legend of The Nain Rouge (Red Dwarf) Graphic Novel Becomes a Kickstarter Project

Author Joe Bastian is moving his book about the sinister Detroit legend of Le Nain Rouge from the printed page to an online graphic novel.

Carl Winans, producer and digital storyteller, explains the process.

Click here to Listen: Joe Bastian Nain Rouge

April 8, 2014 Super Download Day for Microsoft

Justin Coffey of Apex Digital Solutions reveals the bonanza of downloads and updates coming from Microsoft on April 8, 2014. (hints: updates, games and iPhone 8.1)

Click here to Listen: Justin Coffey MS April 8

Office 365 Personal Available (1 desktop, 1 tablet)
April 8 is shaping up to be a big day for MS
Patch Tuesday … And…
Win 8.1 Update Feature Pack Release (most of the changes in Windows 8.1 Update 1 …

Podcast 1411 March 15, 2014 : WWW Turns 25 and MYLead Builds Youth Leaders

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

Amazon Prime Price Jumps $20: Still A Good Deal

Rick Broida our resident Cheapskate and Gadget Guru tries to convince us that Amazon Prime is still a steal at $99.

WWW Turns 25

Mike Ammann Pres. San Joaquin Partnership, San Jose, CA was with Gary Baker way back when the WWW first appeared and gives us some history lessons about the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web that Sir Tim Berners-Lee developed in 1989.

MyLead: Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders

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David Sweetman, President and Founder of MYLead (Michigan Youth Leadership Conference) talks about his dream of building leaders for our future. Four students who are participating in the program shared the soundstage: Ish Aijazuddin (Senior, Lamphere High School), Samantha Nadwie (Junior, Henry Ford Community College) and Heather Lake (Grand Valley State Univ.)

MiTechNews Report

ITA and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers. New Horizons
ITC

Podcast 1410: March 8, 2014: Are You a Human?- GoFundMe

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Show Notes:

GoFundMe: Help When You Need It Most

Bill Van Horn is in a tough spot. He has sole care of his aging disabled mother and there just isn’t enough money to make the expenses. Hear how GoFundMe is helping Bill meet those bills in a unique way.

Bill’s GoFundMe page

GoFundMe Story: Watch the Video

Review of Online Funding Websites

GoFundMe Reviews

Skipping Ads and Enjoying Videos

Reid Tratoris started Are You A Human to keep websites secure without using annoying Captcha. His company is now applying those same skills to help you avoid annoying ads at the beginning of your videos online while still helping the advertisers make a positive impression.

Try out AreYouAHuman

MiTechNews Report

Mike Brennan

ITA and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers. New Horizons is offering deep discounts for the sign up classes by March 10.
ITC, the nation’s largest independent electricity transmission company, and
Warner, Norcross & Judd attorneys at law.

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Podcast 1409 3/1/14: Mobile Moves and Civic Hacking

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Show Notes:

Where is Mobile technology heading and what is happening to our data?

Professor Jeff Ingalsbe, University of Detroit/Mercy puts some of the recent advances in mobile technology showcased at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in perspective and explores the threats to our privacy that come with these advances.

Civic Hacking: Local Tech Tackles the Big Issues

Matt Hampel of Code for Detroit Brigade shares the vision of this group of technologist who want to solve practical problems for Detroit by tapping into the vast resources of the Motor City’s growing tech savvy population. Eating the elephant one bite at a time! ;-))

Code for Detroit Gathering, Thursday, March 6, 2014 6-8 PM (at Grand Circus )

Projects: TextMyBus, Detroit Wiki, Detroit Future City

MiTechNews Report

Mike Brennan

ITA and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers. New Horizons is offering deep discounts for the sign up classes by March 10.
ITC, the nation’s largest independent

Archives for Show

Show Notes

Hour 1

FIRST Robotics World Championship Report

The Story of FIRST (Morgan Freeman)

Midwest Technology Leaders Symposium

Show Notes:

Hour 1

Taking Tech’s Temp: Quarterly Reports for Apple and Microsoft Hold Surprises

The ABC’s of Password Managers

Subscribe to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter in collaboration with the Internet Advisor.

Hour 2 Answering Listener Questions: 800-859-0957

FIRST

Show Notes:

Hour 1

Team Rush Wins FIRST Robotics State Championship

Stopping the Bleeding from Heartbleed

The Business of Promoting Michigan’s Business

Hour 1

Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 4 to 5 PM, The Internet Advisors welcome Michigan’s Chief Nerd in Residence, Governor Rick Snyder to WJR’s studios.

Michigan’s chief executive discussed:

Subscribe to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter in collaboration with the Internet Advisor.

Hour 2

Windows XP is Gone and Windows 8.1 Update is Here

The Heartbleed Worm May Be

Show Notes:

Hour 1

Microsoft Office… Alternatives to the world’s premiere office suite.

Subscribe to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter in collaboration with the Internet Advisor.

Protecting Intellectual Property: Randall Peck, Senior Counsel

Online Tech 20th Anniversary Yan Ness, CEO

Hour 2: Answering Your Questions at 1-800-859-0957

Show Notes:

Office for the iPad Arrives

Making the XP Transition

Subscribe to our co-branded MiTechNews Newsletter in collaboration with the Internet Advisor.

Hour 2: Answering Your Questions

WJRW

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1340

Grand Rapids

Sun 1p-2p

WJIM

AM

1240

Lansing

Sun 2p-4p

WKMI

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1360

Kalamazoo

Sun 12p-1p

WKLQ

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1490

Whitehall/Muskegon

Sat 4p-6p, Sun 12p-2p

Show Notes:

Spring Cleaning for your Social Media

The Legend of The Nain Rouge (Red Dwarf) Graphic Novel Becomes a Kickstarter Project

April 8, 2014 Super Download Day for Microsoft

Show Notes:

Hour 1

Amazon Prime Price Jumps $20: Still A Good Deal

WWW Turns 25

MyLead: Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders

Show Notes:

GoFundMe: Help When You Need It Most

Skipping Ads and Enjoying Videos