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iOS 9 & The Tricycle Collective

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Show Notes

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 iOS 9 New Features

Cal Carson shares the highlights of Apple’s new mobile operating system iOS 9.  Some of the changes like the new way of displaying open apps are immediately apparent while others like the settings menu won’t require three, four, or five taps just to do something simple like manage your location services.

Click Here to Listen to Cals iOS9 Review

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The Tricycle Collective

Michele Oberholtzer has a dream: Keep Detroit families in homes that are in danger of foreclosure and sale during tax auctions.  The Tricycle Collective is her tool to do that.  By using the crowdfunding website Patronicity, a small investment can help a small group of families buy the houses that they are currently renting.

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Fundraising Campaign Information

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The Dove Channel

Dick Rolfe founded the Dove Foundation over 25 years ago to help families find videos and movies that fit their personal values. Now the Dove Channel has been transformed into an Over the Top video source …

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Apple Pickin’ with the Gadget Guy

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

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Digital Summit is coming to the Motor City September 22-23 and it promises to be one of the most important conferences of the year in digital marketing.  Our own Digital Diva, Emily Hay, CEO of Haytheresocialmedia, joins us to talk about the importance of the conference.  Emily will also help us catch up on some key changes in social media tools in marketing: Facebook and Instagram.

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Apple just treated the world to two hours of new and/or improved products from Cupertino.  But what is really worth a second or third look?  Rick Broida, our Gadget Guy and renowned Cheapskate takes a hard look at :iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, iPad Pro and the newly revised Apple TV.

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Hour 2 

Answering Listener Questions

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During the MSU sport season this hour, which is normally heard live on WJR, is preempted by pre-game programming.  BUT…we still record an hour of answering your questions!

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A Losing Bet & Up Periscope

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Hour 1

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You Bet Your Life

New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada have opened the Pandora’s box of online gambling and more states want to fix their ailing casino industries by joining in.

Harmless entertainment or the tip of a massive societal iceberg?  Shane Hamelin tackles the subject of online gaming/gambling addiction.  How big is the problem, what is the fallout and what can be done for those who find themselves hooked online?

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USA Today:  Online Gambling Spurs Addiction Fears

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Up Periscope!

Social media keeps expanding and its time for us to help you catch up with the latest trends.  Sheri Kam joins us once again to help explain some of the most recent tools that have been added to the toolbox for those who want to explore new ways of keeping in touch personally and professionally.  Sheri will look at the increased popularity of Snapchat, first used by teens to avoid detection by parents, and Periscope, one of the new video sharing social media tools.

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Podcast 1532 August 29, 2015

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Cal Carson discusses some of the most insistent rumors about the upcoming Apple Event Sept. 9 in San Francisco.  In the running: iPhone 6S and a brand new Apple TV set top box (’bout time!)

Next Meeting: Sunday, September 13, 2015

Dan DeRyckere Total Color Calibration

Color Calibrate your Monitor and Printer   

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Matthew Resch, VP PR Michigan, reports that AT&T is accepting $29.7 million in CAF II funding from the FCC to bring reasonably-priced high-speed Internet access services to provide service for rural and remote areas of Michigan because it is very costly and often uneconomic to do so otherwise.

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Andrew Vissman, Director of Business Development for Winn Communications shares the vision of farsighted farmers whoover a century ago brought modern communications to Central Michigan.  Now Winn Comm.provides cutting edge gigabit broadband service to homeowners and businesses in Clare, Midland and Gaylord.

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Hour 2

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”10262″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Mike Brennan brings a sample of the weekly headlines for August. 28, 2015. 

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Donald Welch, Ph.D., University of Michigan Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).  Don discusses key strategies for keeping students safe online on campus.

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Uncovering the myths and truths about keeping your devices healthy by treating your batteries properly. Should you deliberately run down your battery?  Will heat affect the battery’s life?  How does wireless charging effect battery health.

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Ed Rudel went shopping for a single circuit board directly from a Chinese supplier.  The key to his success was learning to use Google Translator.  Alibaba Express turned out to be a rich source of merchandise at discounts well below Amazon…if you’re willing to wait for the ship to arrive in two months!

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Hour 2 contains special interviews about Detroit Navy Week.

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Hour 2

Answering Listener Questions Live on WJR 5-6 PM

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

Visual Compass sets the course for a new look. Vince Chmielewski and his ace crew have designed a fresh look for the Internet Advisor homepage that is both informative and entertaining. They will be sharing the multi-discipline approach that it takes to create and maintain a great website.

Along with the boss, Vince, also appearing on the show:

Courtney Jones – Director of Business Development

Brad Thornill – Lead Developer

Eddie Fritz – Video Director

Megan Alexa Haller – Digital Marketing Manager

Brandy Deming – Client Support Specialist

Look Ma, It’s the Internet Advisor Show!

 

Podcast Channel: the Wind Beneath Our Wings

Bob Waltenspiel and Dave Phillips are the force behind Detroit’s fastest growing tech podcast ITintheD.  They now have established their own podcast channel and we are delighted to announce that Internet Advisor is one of their newest offerings.  Podcasting is the wave of the future for entertainment broadcasting and a perfect way for our program to stretch its wings and enjoy the breeze generated by nearly 300,000 regular listeners to ITintheD.  Bob and Dave will explain this new platform.

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Show Notes

Hour 1

Microsoft’s Last Great OS Arrives!

After much hoopla, suspicious press and endless previews, Windows 10 was released into the wild on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Lo and behold, they came, they downloaded and they installed…and it was good, or at least much better than most everyone had expected.

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This week our panel of experts represent four different perspectives on the Win 10 download and install.

Gary Baker waited  until Saturday, Aug. 1 just hours before the show to download his copy of Windows 10.  He is normally pretty skeptical about installing something as major as an OS without a lot of other people pioneering the process but felt that this time the odds were in his favor.

 

 

Shane Hamelin has spent all week long installing Windows 10 on more than 20 different computers at his store CompTech Services in Sterling Heights.

 

 

 

Cal Carson is our Apple expert who runs Windows 10 inside a virtual machine on his MacBook Air. His work with US Figure Skating competition require that special software work perfectly with the new OS.

 

 

 

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Show Notes

Hour 1

King of Cheapskates Joins Feisty Panel

Once a month Rick Broida, noted cheapskate columnist, joins us in studio to talk about some of the latest cost saving/shaving issues.  This time around we have a rowdy panel of tech experts to challenge him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gary Baker, the original Internet Advisor, and co-founder of the show.

 

 

 

Ed Rudel, our right hand tech expert and uber-tinkerer.

 

 

 

Cal Carson, Gandalf the Grey of computing and Mac Expert.

 

 

 

Bill Carver, “The Guy” you call when you have trouble at Quicken Loans HQ.

 

 

 

 

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Hour 2            Answering Listener Questions

“Remember: The only dumb question … is the one you don’t ask!”

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10 reasons to upgrade to Windows 10 – Microsoft releases a 45 second video detailing 10 reasons to take advantage of the free …

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Show Notes

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Keepers, Stage II

Technology of all sorts is radically changing our society and lives.  The independent film Keepers dramatically portrays the impact of those changes on the lives of the brave men, women and families who ran the lighthouses of the Great Lakes and beyond.  Sharma Krauskopf, executive director of the movie, joins us to launch Stage 2 of her tireless effort to get this movie produced in Michigan despite recent politically motivated repeal of movie incentives.  Sharma discusses the progress made, actors cotracted and crowdfunding campaign started for Stage II.

 

 

Stuart St. Paul, the film’s director, also called in from England to share his perspective on the road to producing Keepers.  He talked about the director’s job and the interaction with Sharma as screenwriter.  Stuart is currently directing a web-based mini-series in Great Britain call Shades of Bad.

 

 

 

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Keepers: Crowdfunding Campaign

 

Bonus Section:

A frank discussion with Sharma Krauskopf about the future of movie making and viewing. Streaming video on the Internet is taking a deep bite out of the already tottering movie …