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PCM Techcast 19: The World of Drones, Wearables, and $10,000 Business Cards
With so much noise coming from the world of tech these days – it can be hard to tell to what you should pay attention. That’s why this week we talk about what you actually need to know in no-geek-speak terms about things like wearables (Apple Watch, Google Glass), drones, live video streaming and apps designed to turn you into an instant astronomer. Mike and producer Andrew Dietderich even talk about some business cards from the world of tech fetching $10,000 for charity at auction, proving you should never, ever throw anything away. Ever. All that on episode 19 of the PC Mike Techcast! [spp-player] Shownotes from episode 19 of…
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PCM Techcast 18: Fish Tanks, Old Tech, Microwaves and Other Things Slowing Your Internet Speed
When it comes to connecting to the Internet, speed is king! That’s why we wanted an expert on our show this week to talk about how you can eke every little bit of extra speed out of your connection as possible. Michelle Gilbert, vice president public relations, Comcast Cable Heartland Region, gives us a ton of helpful tips to make it happen – and no, it doesn’t matter who your service provider may be. Among other things, Michelle and PC Mike talk about: – How most people aren’t aware of all the value-add features available to them from their video, Internet and phone provider. What are they and where can…
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PCM Techcast 17: Social Media Rules to Use and Stay Trouble-Free
Our posts to social media accounts like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram may not necessarily be written in stone, but you might as well think they are before committing anything for the online world to see. That’s the main theme of episode 17 of the PC Mike Techcast and exactly why we wanted Diane Gottsman, national etiquette expert and founder of The Protocol School of Texas, to walk us through some social media rules to live by and avoid hurting ourselves. She’s sort of the Miss Manners of the Social Media World. It’s especially timely in light of the Clear app making all kinds of headlines this week – it was invented…
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PCM16 Techcast – Confessions of an Apple Fanboy at 3:01 a.m.
Sometimes, we have so many topics to cover we can’t decide what is the most important. So it is in this episode, as we first we talk about how the new Apple Watch became available for pre-order this week, for all of about 10 minutes. That’s all it took for existing supplies to be sold out to the herds of Apple lemmings. Yes, I am one of them. That’s one big tech story we cover this week. The other story is a serious scandal just waiting to break into public awareness. Anyone who’s ever used email should know this: the U.S. government can legally and easily access emails older than…
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PCM15: Why to Dump Your Internet Browser Now!
Chances are you use one of the “big five” browsers – Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, or Opera, but know this: you don’t have to! That’s because a growing number other browsers are available that steer the Internet toward its original intent – a tool for you to use and not use you. One of the fastest growing of these so-called alternative browsers is Maxthon. And for this week’s show we went straight to one of the industry’s top sources – Karl Mattson, vice president and general manager of Maxthon – to understand why the alternative browser market continues gaining steam and why just about any tech user should at least consider…
