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Podcast 1507 2/7/2015: Pipeline Fellowship, Code Day Detroit & Thunderchickens

February 14, 2015 | Comments Off

Michigan Connects ^TM

Show Notes

Hour 1

In Search of Detroit’s Female Answer to Mark Cuban

Monica Wheat is a 14+ veteran of the digital strategy & product management communities and the Detroit lead for Pipeline Fellowship Detroit which is an angel investing bootcamp for women that includes three main components:education, mentoring, and practice.

The Ultimate Guide for Female Tech Entrepreneurs by Amanda Lewan

Click Here to Listen to Pipeline Fellowship

Code Day Detroit and Thunderchickens

Christina Li created a winning website during last year’s Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT) contest and was our guest along with some of the other winners on Dec. 6, 2014 . Christina is back to talk about Code Day Detroit and her favorite, Thunderchickens!

Christina will be accompanied by her mentor, Aaron Willcock, a junior at Wayne State University, pursuing his bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science. Aaron’s also the programming mentor of her robotics team Thunderchickens 217.

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Michigan Connects ^TM is an interactive map of the state of Michigan that shows where there is broadband coverage and …

Shane Turns Blue for Special Olympics

January 31, 2015 | Comments Off

Our own Shane Hamelin will be taking a quick dip in the Detroit River on Feb 14. The only thing that could get him to something like this is the chance to raise money for Michigan’s Special Olympics. Please join Shane in making a donation to help with this worthy cause. Click here for more information. …

Podcast 1437 Sept. 13, 2014 3 Hour Special: iPhone 6, Internet Radio & Apple Pay

September 13, 2014 | Comments Off

Show Notes:

Hour 1

Keep Your Eye On the Apple

Phone lines are open. You tell us: Will you be buying a new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus? Didn’t Samsung do all of this before: Galaxy Note, Galaxy Gear (watch) and Google Pay? So what’s the big deal? $350 for an Apple Watch! You gotta be kidding…or not!

Foster, Gary and Ed will lead the discussion and find out what our listeners are saying about Apple’s grand reveal this past week.

Click Here to Listen to Hour 1 iPhone 6 Open Line

Hour 2

Internet Radio, The New Frontier:

Yakeem Tatum, host and founder of Urban Nation Radio .Yakeem is a Junior at Henry Ford Academy, associated with the College for Creative Studies.

Click Here to Listen to Urban Radio

Apple Payment: The Ultimate Digital Security ?

Rick Dakin, CEO and Chief Security Strategist of Coalfire (IT Data Security Firm) in regards to the security of the iPhone 6 pay-by-phone feature:

“A device and token-based payment system is inherently more secure than mag-stripe cards using 1970s technology, but consumers need to understand that even the most sophisticated technologies have vulnerabilities. Fraud always finds a way.”

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Podcast 1421 May 24, 2014 : Patent Wars & Walk to End Blindness

May 24, 2014 | Comments Off

History of Decoration Day

Show Notes:

Patent Wars Over?

Are patents choking out innovation or are they are necessary protection for innovation. Randy Peck, Patent Lawyer of Warner, Norcross and Judd Southfield joins the team as co-host to discuss key rulings this week in Apple/Samsung and Google.

Click Here to Listen to Randy Peck on Patents

Click Here to Listen to Randy Peck Troll Story

Click Here to Listen to Extended Interview with Randy Peck about Apple/Samsung Patents Wars and Coming Supreme Court Decision

Walk to End Blindness

John Whitacre, Mary Kumer, and Jesse Lowe present the work of iChallenged and promote the upcoming Walk to End Blindness

Walk to End Blindness: June 7-8, 2014 – 7:00 am Shiawassee Park: Farmington, MI 48336

Click Here to Listen to iChallenged Walk to End Blindness

Videos about iChallenged.org and their clients

MiTechNews Report

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Click Here to Listen to MiTechNews 5-24-14

Click Here to Listen to Randy Peck Warner Norcross and Judd Expansion

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 …

Podcast 1420 5/17/14: Jobs for Vets, ComicCon Celebrates 25 yrs and Help Shardae Rudel Get to London

May 17, 2014 | Comments Off

Show Notes

Hour 1

Motor City ComicCon Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Shane Hamelin with spice things up with news about Mtorcity ComicCon and a special “Find Shane” contest at the Convention in Novi on Sunday!

Guest Mark Waid is a freelance comic writer who is visiting the Motor City ComicCon in Novi this weekend.

Click Here to Listen to Mark Waid

New Horizons Steps Up to Help GI’s Back Into the Workforce

Scott McLean, Vice President of Operations at New Horizons Great Lakes shares the latest program by New Horizons to offer special training to help former military reenter a tough job market.

Click Here to Listen to Scott McLean New Horizon

Reports From Two Satisfied Customers of Crowdfunding Site

Shardae Rudel (Ed’s daughter) wants to raise support for her college internship this summer in London, England. Click here to see the site

Lauren Elliot, Shardae’s friend and inspiration for GoFundMe, faced a sudden financial crisis when her horse had a medical crisis. Friends came through on GoFundMe. Click here to see the site

All about GoFundMe

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MiTechNews Report

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Podcast 1405 Feb. 1, 2014: Smart TV's and Battling Ransomware

February 3, 2014 | Comments Off

Show Notes

Hour 1: New Microsoft CEO? Smart TV’s

The Big Stories in Tech:

Rich Jaroslovsky, National Tech Columnist and NPR Commentator gives his analysis: Will insider Satya Nadella become the new CEO of Microsoft? Was Google’s sale of Motorola to Lenovo a huge loss or very smart move?

Smart TV’s

Ty Pendelbury, Senior Associate Editor, CNet breaks down what a Smart TV is and how you can make yours smarter.

From Amazon to HBO Go to YouTube: App availability on TVs compared

MiTechNews Report

Mike Brennan

Weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and publisher of MiTechNews.com, highlighting technology headlines from Michigan and around the world that impact of our state’s growing high tech sector. This MiTechNews report with Mike Brennan is brought to you by the Engineering Society of Detroit, representing 16,000 engineers in Southeast Michigan and Warner, Norcross & Judd attorneys at law: how well protected and capitalized is your intellectual property.

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Attention:

Microsoft Special Sale: Surface Pro v1 for just $499.00 with I5 processor and 128 GB solid state drive. Visit Microsoft Store at Somerset Collection in …

Shane Hamelin: Predictions 2014

December 29, 2013 | Comments Off

FUTURE TECH PREDICTIONS 2014

Massive User Drop for facebook

Younger people are dropping like flies due to social media drama, “the Look at me” syndrome and PARENTS. Big changes in social media heading for 2014. Snapchat, twitter members increase, while the facebook drop opens the door for a new type of social media

Amazon to tackle TV/Movie industry hard for 2014
Everything from its own TV hardware to Original programming and all cart content.
Another Cyber Piracy crackdown coming
With a lot of the Internet big boys now producing their own TV and movie content, they will start protecting these copyrights.

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Shane Hamelin's "High Tech Thanksgiving"

November 23, 2013 | Comments Off

By Shane Hamelin
Internet Advisor – WJR AM 760

Making Thanksgiving a little less stressful and more fun this year with a “High Tech Thanksgiving”
We scoured the internet for holiday products with one thing in common, better technology. After all,
this is the future right, we may not have flying cars yet but at least we can have a fried turkey without the fear of burning down the garage this year…

1.) Thanksgiving Menu Apps – As the family cook, I’m always looking for ways to improve the Thanksgiving Day Fest. You would think, there must be a better way to server canned cranberries right? Well there is…
I’ve listed two menu apps for both iOS and Android, which should help take a lot of the guess work and wasted time thinking of new receipts and free up some extra time to spend with the family this year.

iOS – Thanksgiving Menu Maker from Fine Cooking

Android – Thanksgiving Recipes HD

2.) Char-Broil OIL-FREE Infrared Turkey Fryer – There will be NO fire trucks at this guy’s home this year. I know, some people love the adventure of cooking their bird in molten lava with the chance of …

Podcast 1346 Nov. 23, 2013: Ed and Shane's Thanksgiving Special

November 23, 2013 | Comments Off

Happy Thanksgiving

Show Notes

Hour 1:

Ed’s Excellent Advice: When Disaster Strikes

Ed Rudel has a checklist you will want to have on hand if disaster strikes in the form of nasty winter weather, flooding or alien invasion.

Shane Hamelin, CompuQuest Tech Expert

Shane’s High Tech Thanksgiving

Shane Hamelin has a list of things that will help you prepare for Thanksgiving and even fry your turkey without burning down the garage….we hope!

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Shopping Resources

Combined websites from Rick Broida, the Cheapskate and our other experts.

MiTechNews Report

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Hour 2: Answering Listener Questions

Shane Hamelin joins Ed Rudel, Paul Gurgul and Foster Braun to answer listener questions.

Watch out for the Crypto Locker Virus

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Sending Your Questions to the Show During Sports Season

Email Questions Submit your questions to …

Podcast 1328, July 20, 2013: Windows Special: Games and Win 8.1

July 19, 2013 | Comments Off

Show Notes:

100 Windows Games in 100 Days

Sylvain Rochon, Canadian computer scientist, CEO and founder of Sylien Games has developed over 140 game titles online on multiple devices. Sylien has key clients such as Microsoft, Magmic Games and the Ontario Ministry of Education to name a few, helping them create great game or app experiences on all platforms in very short time periods, cost-effectively.

Windows World

Shane Hamelin, co-host and our Windows 8 specialist (Unnamed sources claim that he even knows the secret Redmond handshake!) Shane will discuss Microsoft’s discouraging Q4 figures, Windows 8.1 update and Foster will review Lumia’s 920 Win 8 Phone.

MiTechNews.com

“MITechNews.Com would like to thank Mophie.Com, the maker of the iPhone juice pack, for helping make possible the Weekly Tech eNewsletter, co-branded with the Internet Advisor.”

Hour 2: Answering Listener Questions. 800-859-0957

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

Video: Behind the Scenes at the Internet …

Archives for Shane Hamelin

Show Notes

Hour 1

In Search of Detroit’s Female Answer to Mark Cuban

Code Day Detroit and Thunderchickens

Show Notes:

Hour 1

Keep Your Eye On the Apple

Hour 2

Internet Radio, The New Frontier:

Apple Payment: The Ultimate Digital Security ?

Show Notes:

Patent Wars Over?

Walk to End Blindness

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

Hour 2 Answering Listener Questions:

800-859-0957

Show Notes

Hour 1

Motor City ComicCon Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Reports From Two Satisfied Customers of Crowdfunding Site

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

Show Notes

Hour 1: New Microsoft CEO? Smart TV’s

The Big Stories in Tech:

Smart TV’s

Ty Pendelbury, Senior Associate Editor, CNet breaks down what a Smart TV is and how you can make yours smarter.

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

Attention:

Happy Thanksgiving

Show Notes

Hour 1:

MiTechNews Report

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

Hour 2: Answering Listener Questions

Sending Your Questions to the Show During Sports Season

Show Notes:

100 Windows Games in 100 Days

Windows World

Hour 2: Answering Listener Questions. 800-859-0957

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