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Podcast 1517: NextEnergy, Tech Tune Up with Comcast & Listener Q&A

 

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Tesla Powerwall Home Battery

Show Notes:

Hour 1

Tesla Powerwall  A Household/Business Battery

Elon MuskElon Musk announced a stunning new battery technology that could reshape electrical use around the world, even in countries where there is no power grid!  Is this just another toy for rich greenies or is this another great leap forward in energy independence?

 

 

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DAVE-HURST-WEBDave Hurst is Director of Market Analysis at NextEnergy, leading Next Energy’s Energy Sector and Program teams in the understanding and development of various market segment intelligence. NextEnergy is a convener, collaborator, and service provider accelerating advanced energy technologies through industry and venture development

 

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4 Tips for a Spring Technology Check Up from Comcast

 

Michelle Gilbert, Vice President of Public Relations and Bill Babbit, Tech. Operation Supervisor for Comcast in Michigan have great tips to get the best out of  your cable connection.

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Hour 2    Live Listener Question and Answer

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Brand new website for our co-branded  MiTechNews Newsletter

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

 

Happy Holidays 2014

Holiday Greeting 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

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Sync 3: The New Face of Ford In-Car

Eisenstein 2Paul 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

Chicago Commercial PhotographerMark KingCloud 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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