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The Internet Advisor Team looks back on a stormy week online and off:

Superstorm Sandy brings the East Coast to its knees and sharks are reported swimming in Jersey towns. Where did you go for breaking news?

Windows 8 Phone arrives and Windows Surface RT begins to get grudging respect.

Apple’s Map Flap leads to Scott Forestall’s firing and not everyone is crazy about the iPad Mini, particularly its price.

Rich Jaroslovsky

Rich Jaroslovsky, Bloomberg News analyst joins us to talk about the unfolding world of Windows 8 and its devices and to comment on the upheaval at Apple.

 

 

Mike Ammann

Mike Ammann, President/CEO, San Joaquin Partnership.  Mike is a frequent guest and a man with a vision for computers and the Internet.  What will computing look like in the near future?

 

Links Mentioned During the Show

Disaster Recovery for Electronic Devices: Bheestie Bags (Cal Carson)

Comparison of Siri and Google Voice Technology (Mike Ammann)

Internet Advisor Takeaway: Two websites designed to help you be an informed voter when you enter the booth on November 6, 2012. Publius.org and Google Voter Information Tool

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Windows 8 officially “Surfaced” Oct. 25. To help you understand the operating system, the devices and the future of this controversial and revolutionary change by Microsoft we have invited three experts from Apex Digital to join Foster Braun, Ed Rudel and Cal Carson:

Jason Lambiris, Founder and CEO Apex Digital and

Justin Coffey, Technical Solutions Professional.

 

Our Mac Expert Cal Carson gives us his perspective on this newest Apple creation and the other hardware changes announced Oct. 23.

 

 

Internet Advisor Takeaway: Blue Stacks. Free Instant Android apps on your Windows/Mac devices.

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Gadget Man is Back!

Rick Broida: CNet Cheapskate and Gadget Guru will look at the blizzard of laptops, tablets and gadgets that are appearing prior to Microsoft’s Oct. 25 launch of Windows 8 and their flagship Surface laptops.

SmartTV: Rick and the IA Team talk with FAVI Entertainment, creators of SmartTv, a device that plugs into the back of most  flatscreen TV’s and instantly turns them into a wireless connection to a new world of video content on the web.

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AT&T Expands Service Across Michigan: Jermaine Spight, Sr. PR Manager joins the Internet Advisors to explain the growth and higher speeds being offered throughout Michigan by AT&T.

CitizenTekk: Your Voice in Technology: Elizabeth (Beth) Kindig shares about a news website for start ups.  Now the next wave of entrepreneurs have their own news outlet. It’s like watching the future of the Internet unfolding.

 

Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, Cal Carson, Foster Braun

The Internet Advisor team will also discuss the week’s top digital headlines: Facebook hitting 1 Billion users and whether the PC is dead or dying. In the second  hour we tackle your email questions and get some answers.

Sites mentioned on the show:

Microsoft Security Essentials:  Excellent free suite of protection from Microsoft that works best with Windows 7 and beyond.

Crucial.com This is one of many good sites to check out the memory on your machine and will tell you how much memory you can use and where to get it.

MalwareBytes: Great free malware hunter that should be on your computer along with an extra browser to troubleshoot Internet connections.

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This podcast is recorded for replay on Michigan Talk Network, iTunes, and at www.internetadvisor.net

Show Notes:

TieCon Midwest 10/11-12/12 Novi Sheraton: Rupesh Srivastava, President TieCon Detroit and CEO of Youngsoft, an IT consulting firm in Wixom, MI.  TieCon Midwest is expecting upwards of 500 attendees, including dozens of CIOs. Theme:  “Entrepreneurship for Economic Empowerment” how entrepreneurial activity can restore power to people, to the state of Michigan, and to the United States.

The Internet Advisor Team will also discuss the week’s top digital headlines: T-Mobile and Metro PCS merger and Microsoft’s new serving of Office 2013.

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YouthSpark: Shelley Stern Grach, Citizenship & Public Affairs Director of Microsoft unveils Microsoft’s new initiative to create opportunities for more than 75 million youth across the U.S./Canada over the next three years. Locally they are working with Focus Hope to train a new generation of computer technicians.

Mapplegate: Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized publicallty for the mess that Apple created when they dumped Google map technology for their very own iOS6 mapping tools.

Barbarian Laptop Destroyer: What happens when you combine coffee and computers? Utter chaos if the user is our very own Foster Braun.  Hear the cautionary tale of salvaging a damaged computer.  He is now three-for-three: Dell Inspiron laptop, iPhone 4 and MacBook Pro laptop!

Online Resources mentioned during the show:

YouthSpark Hub: Microsoft site to help young people through Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship.

Internet Advisor Takeaway: SuperDuper: Free backup and cloning software for Macs.

 

Look for the podcast of this show starting Sunday, Sept. 30 at www.internetadvisor.net

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Show Notes:

Building a Good Reputation from the Start: Meritful.com Dr. Azarias Reda wants to help teens to build good reputations online right from their very first post. At its core, Meritful builds a professional presence for high school students, much like LinkedIn does for adults. It is a place to document and share activities, projects and accomplishments—while getting feedback from a network of peers and mentors.

Playing to Learn: WEBEE was created by Danny and Rachel Van Buren, a husband/wife team, in order to provide their young children with a fun tool to assist in their developmental progress early in life, ahead of their peers. The program is open for investors on Kickstarter.

Online Resources mentioned during the show:

Freemake Video Converter A way of converting almost any audio or video feed to your computer.

ListentoYouTube.com An web-based resource for stripping the audio out of YouTube videos.

Ten Possible Replacements for iGoogle Check out the column on this blog for ideas.

Internet Advisor Takeaway: Microsoft Security Patch

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Show Notes:

Jake Sigal, Founder of Livio Radio presents Livio Connect.

Cars are rolling computers nowadays from precision fuel injection to screens in the place of the old speedometers or touch screens where buttons once abounded.  The problem is that there are more auto operating systems than computer OS.  So how do you design applications for all of these car computers?  Enter Livio Connect!

Wearable Technology: Patrick Bertagna, Founder of the patented GPS Smart Shoe and the smart phone GPS Tracking App.

Our team of Tech Experts: Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, Shane Hamelin

Emily Hay, Social Media Expert and founder of Hay There Social Media

Erik Anderson, The Mac Minute iPhone 5 and iPods launched (Congratulations to Erik on his move to WXYZ TV, Detroit)

Sites mentioned on the show:

Challenge Detroit : 30 young professionals committed to work and play in Detroit for a year

Rent the Runway: Designer dresses for rent (Emily Hay)

Cell Reception Coverage: Find out what the cell coverage is in your area

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Show Notes:

Making the transition from Windows 7 to 8: Peter Han, Microsoft US OEM Vice President

Special Guests Tech Experts:

Aaron Guilmette, VP of IT Apex Digital Solutions

Justin Coffey, Technical Solutions Professional Apex Digital Solutions

Bill Carver: Quicken Loans Computer Specialist (Apple and PC)

Nicole Zaguroli, Feminist Gamer & Podcast Host, Not Your Momma’s Gamer

URL’s Mentioned during the show:

Free desktop/laptop alert program for PC’s

Speed Test:  Check your internet connection speeds.  Download should be at least 6 mbps download and 1 mbps upload

Discover Microsoft Office 2013

Internet Advisor Takeaway: Bump, a free application for iPhone or Android that lets you share contact information with another iOS device owner by grasping the device in your hand and “bumping” them together. Voila, the contact is in your address book. You can also share pictures the same way!

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The ancient Mayans believed 2012 would be the end of the world and for one presidential candidate it will be!  But for some gadget makers it could be the start of a whole new era.  Join us as we preview of one of the biggest launch seasons ever for smartphones, tablets, laptops and even operating systems (viz. Windows 8).

Rick Broid, CNet Blogger

Rick Broida, Internet Advisor Gadget Guy and CNET Cheapskate blogger will referee the match as the Internet Advisor Team lays out the landslide of gadgets coming in September and October.  Of course you can count on Rick to have a great Gadget Guy Deal for our listeners as well as our Internet Advisor Takeaway.

IFA Internationale Funkausstellung in Berlin, Germany has become THE launch event for a number of brands (Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and even Dell) started August 30, 2012.

Release Dates:

IFA, Berlin, Aug. 30 : Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Motorola, Asus, Dell

Nokia, New York, Sept 5

HTC mid-Sept.

Google Motorola Mobility On Display, September 5, New York

Amazon, September 6, Santa Monica, Calif.

Apple, Sept. 12, (?) Cupertino, CA

Microsoft

October 25,  New York City big launch event for …