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Podcast 9/21/13: iOS7 Lands and Bing Takes Off

September 21, 2013 | Comments Off

Show Notes:

iOS7 Has Landed:

Our very own Sith Lord, Cal Carson, will lead a discussion of the good, the bad and the amazing about Apple’s newest mobile operating system. Is it time for you to switch? Listen and decide.

iOS7 Battery Saving Tips

Bing.com Sports a New Look

Bill Hankes, Communication Director for Bing.com shares some of the highlights of the remake of Microsoft’s search engine (Bing) and the surprising places you will find it (hint: It’s Siri’s brain!)

Bing Preview

Rick Broida, our Gadget Guy and the Cheapskate has some remarkable deals to tell you about including a 16″ USB drive monitor. Don’t miss these deals.

Cheapskate Deals:

Get a lifetime PlayLater subscription for $39.99This ‘streaming DVR’ tool lets you record movies and TV shows from the likes of HBO Go, Hulu Plus, and Netflix for offline and mobile viewing. Read this article by Rick Broida on CNET News.
Learn iOS 7 with free e-books from Apple | Savings.comIn case you’ve been off the planet for the past few days, Apple just took the wraps off iOS 7, which may require some learning.
A 16″ monitor powered entirely by USB.

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Podcast 1335 Hour 2 Sept. 7, 2013: Answering Listener Questions

September 9, 2013 | Comments Off

Hour 2 Answering Listener Questions

Segment 1:

Guest experts Pepijn and Anne Bruienne share the story of an international romance on an IRC channel that led to their marriage. Their son Jack (9) reveals his precocious passion for Minecraft and programming languages.

Segment 2:

Paul Sr.’s DVD/CD drive kept disappearing from his Vista computer every time that he would plug a USB thumb drive in. Pepijn found the solution on a Microsoft Mr. Fixit solution at KB 314060.

Segment 3:

A listener from Inkster wanted to know where to recycle old computer equipment. This led to a full discussion about the steps needed to do that and two recommendations for places that you can go to recycle:

Global Electric Electronic Processing Website about recycling in Michigan
Global Tech Ministries: Charitable organization that takes used computers, refurbishes them for schools and missions in the US and overseas.

Segment 4:

A listener wanted to know if a 9 year old Gateway computer running XP SP2 could get a boost from putting a new SSD (Solid State Drive) in it. Could a 15 year old Tempest handle a new 12 cylinder V8?

Pepijn Bruienne is a certified Mac Developer as well …

Podcast 1335 Hour 1 Sept. 7, 2013: Child Prodigy and Our Social Media Guru

September 9, 2013 | Comments Off

Show Notes: Hour 1

What did you want to be when you were 9 years old. Our remarkable young guest, Jack Bruienne has set his sights on becoming the CEO of Apple by the time he’s 29! We wouldn’t put it past him. Jack won a prize recently on the show by being able to name the order of three former Apple operating systems. No coaching needed; Jack has partitioned his white MacBook to run all three! The Apple (pardon the pun) hasn’t fall far from the tree because Jack’s dad, Pepijn Bruienne helps manage thousands of Macs across the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. Mom, Anne Bruienne, is no slouch either; she’s a veteran eBay auctioneer from way back.

Emily Hay, our Social Media Maven, updates us on some important networking opportunities coming up like Techonomy Detroit and help us sort out our tangled web of social media apps. Should we be on LinkedIn, Google +, Facebook or Tumblr…decisions, decisions. Emily’s company, HayThereSocialMedia is also collaborating on a program to improve teen driving safety called Show your school spirit on Instagram during Local 4 Friday Football Frenzy

Events: TedEx Detroit Wed. Oct. 2, 2013

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Podcast 1333 Hour 2 Aug. 24, 2013 :Tech Answers For Listeners

August 26, 2013 | Comments Off

Hour 2: Answering Listener Questions.

Show Notes: (Hour 1 Available in Podcasts)

Segment 1: John Barrie, APTECH (Appropriate Technology Collaborative)

Segment 2: Dave from Romeo Problems getting a router to work after some changes.

Segment 3: Contest winner Ruth in Belleville has never had a computer and wants to know what to buy. Decision making for the non-geek.

Segment 4: Paul from Ann Arbor amateur photographer asks about SDIO WiFi Card and Ed shares about helping his son set up a router at college.

Email your questions to us by going to the Contact Us button on our home page. It’s as easy as that.

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Review: Nokia Lumia 920

July 29, 2013 | Comments Off

Finally
After an interminable wait, the ice suddenly broke when I was invited to the grand opening of the Microsoft store in Troy June 2013. There I met a helpful person who works for a West Coast PR firm contracted to promote Microsoft events. Through them I got to the right person in less than a week and had a Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 arrive in another week.

Heavy Enough to Cause Damage
My fire engine red Lumia 920 came out of the box swinging like a heavy weight. It is one of the heftiest mobile phones you will ever carry but…it feels strangely lighter than its older sister, the Lumia 900. This is perhaps because of the tapering of the edges on the phone which gives it a markedly more comfortable grip on the device. Unfortunately the bright minds that designed the Lumia 920 felt that the external surface had to be as slippery as possible! In the first hour of having the device out of the box it squirted out of my hands no less than a half dozen times. If you are going to make this your next smartphone, invest in a rubber protector that wraps …

Podcast, April 28, 2012: Seeing through Braille Note

April 28, 2012 | Comments Off

Show Notes:

For years radio has been the window on the world for the blind and visually impaired and WJR has been a special friend to many of them. The first hour of our show this week is dedicated to those listeners. We hope you will listen in and learn about the amazing things that visually challenged people are doing online thanks to technology.

For Ted Lennox blindness is no more a disability than having grey hair ; it’s just part of his life circumstances. During his career as a high school teacher, Ted taught hundreds of young people how to turn visual challenges into triumphs. He has also been on of our most frequent visitors on the Internet Advisor during the last 15 years.
In this show Ted introduces us to BrailleNote Apex BT 18 Braille Notetaker, a remarkable device that allows the blind to surf the web as well as any sighted person. Joining Ted for the program are:

Jerry Weichbrodt, GM test track engineer
Keithetta Hicks: 16 in 10th grade at Osborn High, Detroit
Jeff Humphrey: 18 in 11th grade at Fitzgerald High in Warren.

John Whitacre explains training opportunities for the visually impaired through i-Challenged…

Podcast: September 10, 2011

September 9, 2011 | Comments Off

Ed Rudel, Cal Carson, Foster Braun, Erik Anderson, Shane Hamelin

Show Notes:

Fun and Games with Paul Thelen, Founder of Big Fish Games .
21st Century Terrorism: Richard Stiennon, author and expert on cyber warfare, Richard will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Michigan Cyber Summit in Oct.
Janette Phillips, Ex. Dir. of Michigan Council of Women in Technology Career Fair, Sat. Sept. 17, 2011

Podcast: September 10, 2011 – Hour 1
Podcast: September 10, 2011 – Hour 2

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Podcast: August 20, 2011

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Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, Cal Carson, Foster Braun, Erik Anderson

Show Notes:

Brad Zutaut:. Co-founder of FindMyPetNow.com integrates with Facebook and Twitter. They have collaborated with WagIt

Finding Hidden Highways: Becky Repp, co-editor of American Road Magazine

eCampus.com is the Internet’s leading online destination to help students rent, buy, trade in or trade up their academic textbooks. Matt Taylor and Sean Johnson will explain how they have improved their service to your budding genius.

The second hour of our show is dedicated to answering your questions at 1 800-859-0957.

Don’t miss a special announcement about a new way to get your questions answered on the air during our show!

Podcast: August 20, 2011 – Hour 1
Podcast: August 20, 2011 – Hour 2

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Podcast: August 13, 2011

August 12, 2011 | Comments Off

Show Notes:

Comcast to Deliver New Business Class Ethernet Products: Jeff Freyer, Heartland Region Comcast Business Division, VP of Comcast Business Services will be our guest.
Identity Theft on University Campuses: Tami Nealy,LifeLock Senior Director of Corporate Communications, a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist, and a Michigan native.
Global Tech Ministries: Steve Beck, recycling computers for missions and the poor.

Podcast: Jeff Freyer
Podcast: Steve Beck
Full Show Podcast: August 13, 2011 – Hour 1
Full Show Podcast: August 13, 2011 – Hour 2

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Podcast: August 6, 2011

August 5, 2011 | Comments Off

Show Notes:

3G in the Jungle: Zandy and Jenny DeBeausset grow shrimp in Guatemala’s Pacific coast with the help of excellent high speed Internet. Also in studio was their son Kyle who is a proponent for protecting undocumented people in the US at his blog and Presente.
CyberStyletto, a new cyber crime novella from Mike Brennan and Gian DeTorre. Rich Steinnon also in studio, expert in Cyber Crime and Cyber Warfare.
How to Buy a Back to School Computer: Mark Kyrnin, Computers at About.com.
Is Your ISP Cheating You? A recent FCC study suggests that many are shortchanging their clients. Matt Wood of Freepress.net will be with us to talk about this subject and the proposed merger of AT&T with Mobile. Test your connection speed at MLAB.

Don’t forget that our second hour is all yours. Call us with your questions at

1-800-859-0957.

Sorry for the delay in uploading the podcasts.

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Archives for Foster Braun

Podcast 9/21/13: iOS7 Lands and Bing Takes Off

Show Notes:

iOS7 Has Landed: