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PCM14: Privacy Rules: How to Use the Internet and Social Media in 2015
It’s time to put a halt to being tracked, monitored, spied on or preyed upon online! But it’s up to us to take control of our privacy and stop businesses, hackers, spammers, the government, or anyone else from spying on our online activities. And the ways to go about it might not always be obvious – stuff like posting cool vacation pics while still on vacation or letting everyone know when it’s your birthday can seem innocuous but lead to a world of trouble, says Tyler Cohen Wood, a social media expert and guest on this week’s PC Mike Techcast. Her website is here. An expert in social media and cyber…
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PCM13 PC Mike Podcast: Why a Dash Cam Should Be Your Next Tech Purchase
From strange lights over Colorado to exploding houses in New Jersey, stunning video that would otherwise go unseen is being caught by dashboard cameras. In fact, we predicted dash cams would be one of the hottest tech gizmos of 2015 and still think it really should be your next tech purchase. That’s why we dedicate most of episode 13 of the PC Mike Podcast to the subject of dash cams. We talk to Dewey DeVane, CEO of Windshield Witness, the company behind my preferred dash cam, about what you should look for when buying one – and after you buy one. I also deconstruct Apple’s big news conference with PC Mike Techcast Producer Andrew…
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PCM12 Podcast: How to Get to Email “Inbox Zero”
The bane of our online world is email, despite how easy it seems to simply push “delete.” Fact is, it just keeps piling up. Consider this: Laura Stack, a productivity expert known fittingly as The Productivity Pro, once helped someone go from having an inbox with about 26,000 emails to “inbox zero,” aka a clean inbox. The point? If that person can achieve inbox nirvana, you most certainly can. too! [spp-player] For links, a free guide and resources, keep reading for complete shownotes…
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PCM11: The Shocking Truth About What Hackers Can Do To Your Car
The auto industry’s incessant moves to give us “connected cars” with Internet access and wireless Bluetooth pairing to our smartphones also have made today’s vehicles extremely vulnerable to hackers who are able to get into a car’s electronic brains with ease. In fact, Delphi, an auto supplier, held a so-called “hack-a-thon” event last summer, and a 14-year-old from metro Detroit was able to hack the vehicle using $14 in parts from a Radio Shack. Just this week that the Center for Automotive Research held a conference in which tech industry experts expressed a general consensus: the auto industry doesn’t have the expertise to take on today’s hackers. That’s on the heels…
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PCM10 PC Mike Podcast: Net Neutrality 101 and YOU
Net neutrality may be the most significant issue to affect the Internet. You need to know what it is, how it can affect you, and why some gatekeepers are fighting against it. That’s why for episode 10 of the PC Mike Techcast we wanted to talk one of the nation’s top experts on the subject, Michael Weinberg, vice president, Public Knowledge, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group that promotes freedom of expression, an open Internet, and access to affordable communications tools for the public. He explains what net neutrality means to YOU in no geek-speak terms. In short, Weinberg says, the government isn’t addressing how many or what kind of cat…
