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Our Happy Holiday’s Show On Deck we have: As usual Sally Dillon is in the house. John Mallen, Founder and CEO of JMCPR on Skype. Today is the first of two weeks of lists.  So if you enjoy lists, these shows are for you. Ah! Sally, what lists you ask. OK Welcome to the Yak Choice Awards But first: Social Media Begging NEW THIS WEEK.  AS YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT WILL BE POSTED TO FACEBOOK IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES. Facebook.com/yakabouttech, facebook.com/planetvero, yakirgroup.com  AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO OUR SHOW @ YAKIRGROUP.COM & SOUNDCLOUD.COM/YAKABOUTTECH & the I Heart Radio App under WAXE Radio Twitter accounts – @yakabouttech [email protected] EVERYTHING WILL BE POSTED SO YOU CAN SEE FIRST HAND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT Its also a wayYak On!

Our shopping for a car and the role of tech. Top ten apps to help with you decorating chores.  Of course we have Michael Semer and the game that is taking the world by storm “App or Yak” Recommended Car buying sites: Truecar.com, Cars.com, Edmonds.com   Part One  Part Two Good news, tech-savvy decorators: revamping your home has never been easier. Whether you are looking to purchase furniture, paint your walls, or simply search for inspiration, all your design assistance is just one smartphone away. There are tons of apps out there that will provide you with decorating advice, but we have rounded up our eight favorite options for interior excellence. Check out all of the apps below, and get to downloading. http://www.popsugar.com/home/Best-Decorating-Apps-35704220?ecampaign=con_eyecandy

Today’s guest are Michael Semer and John Mallen.  Michael is a proven “go-to guy,” in the words of one happy client; a marketing communications strategist, creative director, copywriter and innovations adopter driving programs in all areas of integrated marketing — agency management, experiential/guerrilla/field marketing, online/mobile/social media/content marketing, SEO, site design/architecture, sales promotion, retail & shopper marketing/merchandising, public relations, direct mail and advertising. John Mallen is founder and CEO of JMCPR, an integrated marketing communications company.JMC is a real-world partner, using research, understanding and analysis to develop a strategic path for deploying communication. We’re distinguished by our ability to work in the “real world,” where too few resources have to be allocated judiciously among too many tasks. We help manage resources, identify needs, prioritize and getYak On!

I Heart Radio and Waxe 107.9FM 1370AM present Yak About Tech with your host David Yakir. Today is Cyber Monday chit chat.  A free for all with guest Martin Lavendar and Executive Producer Sally Dillon. Unstructured and fun discussion. Yak About Tech – Part One Yak About Tech – Part Two

I Heart Radio and Waxe 107.9FM 1370AM present Yak About Tech with your host David Yakir. Guests; Michael Semer, Wayne Dillon and Executive Producer Sally Dillon. Discussions centered around Comcast customer service; Net Neutrality and “App or Yap. Yak About Tech – Part One   Yak About Tech – Part Two

Today’s Guest is the great Michael Semer Part One Part Two Quiz of the Week   Two of these three mobile app descriptions are of an actual published app; one is totally fabricated (but not that far-fetched, in the app universe). Vote for the one you think is the fake! Drunk Dial No! Drunk DialIt’s 1 AM on a Saturday night: do you know where your sobriety is? Then, at 11 AM the following morning, do you remember where your mobile calls went the night before? Drunk Dial No! hides all the contact numbers you choose to keep from yourself for up to 48 hours, so you can block that late-night booty call to the ex-girlfriend — or to her really hot roommate you knewYak On!

Lots of good stuff today folks.  Touch on a few happenings in the Tech world.  Talked a bit about Tim Cook and the Virgin Galactic accident. And as always you can reach us with questions and comments at: Twitter: @Yakabouttech Facebook.com/yakabouttech [email protected] And get the latest shows on Soundcloud – soundcloud.com/yakabouttech

We have a jam packed show for you today. My guests today are Tyler Pennock. Tyler is the Managing 
Director of Digital Health at Burson-Marsteller, a global communications and marketing agency. He has spent most of his career creating online and social media 
driven campaigns that help patients, their families and their physicians make smarter healthcare decisions. Great conversation on current tech and health. We have Michael Semer, If you want a guy who’s been around the business of branding and the creative and strategic sides of marketing for a while, who’s seen almost all of it, of it front to back, Michael Semer is that guy. He’s led creative and branding teams for clients ranging from automakers to IT startups, working on everything fromYak On!

We are constantly looking for new people with exciting news in the media, market and tech space to interview.  If you or someone you know has a company or is working on a project that you think would be of interest to our audience, write us at [email protected]. Today, in the second half hour,  we have Les Neumann, Founder and CEO of both ICAN ny, which is a virtual incubation/ accelerator located in New York specializing in renewable energy, clean tech and information technology – and iCan-global, which is designed to assist companies globalize their technologies through a network of professionals, funding sources and experts. We’ve set up new twitter and Facebook accounts specifically for the show. THE BIGGER WE BUILD THE COMMUNITY THE BETTER THEYak On!

The interview today in our entrepreneur series is Dietmar Petutschnig , a successful International Entrepreneur in fields ranging from mobile-video streaming, water reclamation to maritime information technologies. Dietmar, is a Captain, Ocean Yachtmaster & Explorer and owner of  SV Carinthia originally from Austria – grew up in Chile moved to NYC in 1987 and is a modern day American Sailor and explorer. He is a technologist at heart and is on his life long  journey of circumnavigating the globe He is presently moored n Fiji, South Pacific. Good Anchorage is a leading niche innovator of Maritime information technologies, specializing in providing live, accurate anchorage data, weather, local news and service information for yachts, motor and sail boats around the globe. The company launches globally with moreYak On!