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Gift Giving for a New Generation of Tech Savvy Children

Welcome back Sheri Kam, PR Specialist, Social Media Expert and mother of two teenage daughters.  Sheri not only knows her way around technology but has a mother’s eye for holiday presents that will teach as well as entertain children who are interested in technology…without breaking the bank

 

Click to Listen to Smart Toys Segment with Sheri Kam and Sean McCarroll

Recommended Toy List: Sheri Kam and Sean McCarrell

Rec0mmended Smart Toy Lists

Top educational gifts for kids Click on Detroit TV Segment

9 High-Tech Toys & Gadgets Designed For Kids

Consumer Reports: 8 best tech toys for kids

 Watch Asia Newson’s Story on ABC’s 20/20 

 

Creating an Innovation Lab in High School

Sean McCarroll is a social studies and technology teacher at Grosse Pointe North High School in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. Sean worked with fellow teacher Gary Abud to design, collect funding for, and implement the GP North Innovation Lab, a modern learning space equipped with the technological tools needed for learning in the 21st Century. It was designed to promote creative and innovative thinking, group collaboration, and better access …

 

 

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How to Shop Instantly on Instagram and Shop Locally on Etsy

Our social media maven, Emily Hay, founder of Hay There Social Media has some timely tips for your holiday gift shopping.

Contrary to popular belief, Instagram isn’t just for selfies and snapshots of your lunch. Sure, users don’t hold back on posting photos of their most picturesque provisions but that’s not the only thing we’re all doing on the app.

Everyone knows how important shopping local is, right? It impacts your state/city/region by keeping money and jobs in your community. But did you know that you can use the Internet to shop locally?  You can. It’s easy. Enter Etsy.

Click Here to Listen to Emily Hay Shopping Segment

 

And the Winners Are…Student Web Designers Awarded for Their Budding Skills

The Michigan Council of Women in Technology is dedicated to inspiring young women to achieve great things in technology.  One of the ways they accomplish this is through the 9th Annual Website Design Competition for high school girls.  We are delighted to have one of the budding designers in studio with us:

 

Likitha Nimmagadda from Farmington Harrison HS  (See her site)

Christina …

 

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Your Very Own Snow Plow Service Is As Close As Your Phone

Plowz and Mowz Co-Founder, Wills Mahoney shares the birth of this ingenious service that means you are more likely than ever to be dug out of the next super storm well before your neighbors.  When the green grass returns, you’ll be ahead of the neighbors with a well trimmed lawn, on time, every time.

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MiTechNews Forms Strategic Alliance with ITinTheD

Mike Brennan, editor of MiTechNews and Internet Advisor host Gary Baker were featured guests on the Nov. 24 edition of ITinTheD a new pure Detroit brand of podcast that is taking RawRadioX by storm. MiTechNews has formed a strategic alliance with the geek intensive podcast and will be posting links to their weekly broadcasts in MiTechNews every Friday.

Mike Brennan and Gary Baker were “chaperoned” by Ryan Walther, IT Risk Manager, Flagstar Bank during their appearance on ITinTheD.  Actually Ryan discussed “the trials and tribulations of  working in the world of IT audit, security and compliance.”

 

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Is Black Friday Such a Good Deal?…and other holiday shopping issues

Rick Broida is not only our official “Cheapskate” but he is also our monthly guide to all the goodies and gadgets he gets to review.  Rick is a widely published commentator from HowTo.com to Time to CNet to Savings.com and a few other stops in between. You’re going to want to pay close attention and catch the tips, tricks and bargains that he has to point out at this gift giving time of year.

5 Insanely Good Deals That Make It Feel Like Black Friday All Year Long 

Click Here to Listen to Rick Talk about Kindle Fire, HP Stream 11, & Drone

Click Here to Listen to Rick talk about Moto G Phone & Pebble Watch

Trapped in a Room with a Zombie is Rick Broida’s new business. First show Dec.12 at the historic Penobscot Building in downtown Detroit. Click Here for more information 

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Proof Positive That The IA Team Is Hot Stuff

Picture above was taken by Rick Broida with the Seek Thermal Camera (iOS version – …

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Look Up Detroit: Share Good Things Around Detroit

Father Richard Dalton is a man on a mission: finding the positive stories in and about the Motor City.  At the dawn of the Web he was gathering links to sites that focused on the growing in a metro area that was dying. His long battle seems to be paying off.  Maybe you have a role to play in LookUpDetroit.

 

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Funding the Future: Wheat Ridge Ministries

Rick Herman, President of Wheat Ridge Ministries. Established in 1905, Wheat Ridge Ministries provides funding and support for inspired leaders starting new health and human care ministries.  Their granting efforts are focused on improving the health of the whole person, by addressing wellness of body, mind and spirit. Currently more than 70 ministries around the world receive assistance through Wheat Ridge grants, in addition to the thousands of past grantees who have received funds totaling over $30 million.

Wheat Ridge Ministries is supporting Dreams in Action an outreach of Grace In Action Church in Southwest Detroit.

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Richard Stiennon, recognized authority on Cyber …

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Strike up the Band!

Jeff Garnai, Microsoft Product Specialist joins us in studio once again to talk about two major developments at Microsoft: the Microsoft Band and Windows 10 Preview.  Jeff will also stick around during the listener Q&A time in Hour 2 to help answer your questions.

Click Here to Listen to Jeff Garnai Talking about the Microsoft Band

Jeff Garnai talks about Unlimited Storage for Office 365 Users

3D: A New Way of Looking at Your Business

Doug Willett, co founder of LunaTech3D , a visualization and marketing firm in Novi, Michigan. He has been working as a Google Certified Geo 3D Developer for the last 5 years and helped launch the Google Business Views a.k.a “Indoor Street View” program here in Michigan.

LunaTech 3D has partnered with Google and the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) to help launch the “Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map” initiative in Michigan.  They will be holding a number of free workshops and live seminars across the state over the next several months to help business owners better utilize Google’s easy-to-use, highly targeted free and paid tools in their online marketing.

The first free …

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Detroit Innovation Roundtable

Visual Compass Web Design

Vince Chmielewski shares his journey from the Ypsilanti Spark East incubator to the new home for his business in Ypsilanti’s Historic Depot Town.

Click here to listen to Visual Compass Web Design

Spread the Glove

Are you proud to be a Michigander?  Homesick for the Pleasant Peninsula? or just proud and thankful to live in this Great Lakes State?  Check out Spread the Glove.  Mark Serra explains this lifestyle brand being built on loving where you’re from, no matter where you are. We set to build a community of people in, from and fond of Michigan, using our website, social media and in real life events. 

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Yum Village

Think of a “kamikaze restaurant” suddenly popping up in an unusual place in Detroit featuring a meal made specially for the occasion by one of the area’s finest chefs.  Sound romantic, exciting..you come to the right place…Yum Village.  Listen as Godwin explains the concept of these remarkable movable feasts.  The next Yum Village event is November  13. Check it out and make your reservation here.

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Meet Ainsley Hay, daughter of our charming Social Media Expert, Emily Hay, CEO and founder of Hay There Social Media  a company dedicated to helping small and mid-sized businesses maximize their presence with social media.

We first spent some time catching up with Emily and her colleagues at Hay There Social Media learning about their recent projects which you can explore at their homepage.  Then Emily introduced us to two of her colleagues who are helping to create a whole new technology hub in Southeast Michigan.

Click Here to Listen to Emily Hay

Defining Your Brand

Hajj Flemings, Digital Brand Strategist and Founder of Brand Camp University, discusses Brand Camp, and what else is on the tech horizon in Detroit in 2015. Defining, communicating and defending your brand.

 

Click Here to Listen to Hajj Flemings Brand Camp

Bamboo Detroit: Creating a Coworking Atmosphere in the Heart of Detroit

Dave Anderson is one of the cofounders of Bamboo Detroit, a coworking space located in the heart of downtown Detroit that is available to start up businesses looking for both a space to set up shop and people who will feed their energy for success.  …

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 Techno Cage Match Refereed by Rick Broida The Gadget Guy

Our mild mannered and insightful gadget expert and noted cheapskate Rick Broida, tried to keep the warring parties apart during this lively discussion of Apple technology revealed last week and Google Goods paraded before the public.

Are we all being herded into walled gardens of technology that work seamlessly together provided you have the right hardware?  Or are consumers getting fed up with the sales pitch and want good products that just work at the right price point no matter who makes them?

This was a uniquely lively show that you won’t want to miss.

Click Here to Listen to Broida’s Lucha Libre

AT&T Offers New Passport Plan for International Travel

Melissa Bahoora, Regional Sales Manager for AT&T in Michigan explains the updated Passport program that allows greater freedom outside the US to make calls and receive data without taking out a new mortgage.

Click Here to Listen AT&T Passport

MiTechNews Headlines

Mike Brennan, Editor and Host of MiTechNews

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 Hour 2

Answering Listener Questions with

Gary Baker, Ed Rudel,Foster Braun, Shane Hamelin

and …

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Don’t Let Hijackers Take Over Your Toolbar

Ed Rudel shares the story of a listener who was plagued by Ads by AllDaySavings toolbar hijacker.  Learn  how to protect your browser from this menace and learn the damage ignoring the threat can cause.

 

The Digital Fight Against Cancer

Dr. Olena Palyvoda

Dr. Olyena Palyvoda is on the cutting edge of the battle against cancer using her skills as a microbiologist and technologist.  Currently, she is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Lawrence Technological University College of Engineering, within the biomedical department as well as working in the Lumigen Instrument Center at Wayne State University.

Dr. Palyvoda’s specific areas of expertise span a wide range of fields including: molecular biology, biomedicine, bioengineering and cellular imaging and developing new spectroscopy methods for rapid noninvasive cancer detection, infection and diseases. She is the author and co-author of over 20 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals published in the United States and throughout Europe. Olyena was recently awarded:

2014- Michigan International Professional Women Award from the Detroit International Institute.

Meet Howard Berenbon: Digital Renaissance Man

Howard Berenbon

Howard has worked all sides of the digital highway from coding to reviewing software.  Join us as …