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Failing customer service, Human resources and technology, Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard pricing
News, tips and information impacting your life through technology.
Show Notes Episode 3
News Flash
* iPhone 3Gs – June 19th
* iPhone firmware 3.0 released
* Snow Leopard – September 2009 release – $29.00 upgrade
* New Mac Book Pro’s – 13, 15, and 17 inch available
* Microsoft releases Security Essentials Beta
Show Topics
Best Buy leaks Windows 7 upgrade pricing Windows 7 vs. Snow Lepaord upgrade pricing and competition.
Microsoft Code Name Morro – Microsoft Security Essentials will be free and provides protection against viruses and spyware, including Trojans, worms and other malicious software. What are the impacts to Symantec and McAfee?
What has happened to Customer Service and Tech Support?
Overall Experiences and customer satisfaction has been on a decline for a decade.
Examples
* iHome
* TomTom
* Blackberry Bold
Social Media vs. traditional Media – With the events currently in Iran, social media platforms are the other methods of communications due to the governments blocking of traditional media. Will traditional media and social media reverse roles in the future?
Questions from Winforums.com
Email Question: What is the easiest distro of linux to get into
Answer: ubuntu
Question: Opening new tabs in Internet Explorer 8 is it painfully slow or sometimes doesn’t open the default web page.
Answer: Some security application are prohibiting the registration of actxprxy.dll during the IE 8 upgrade process. To fix from the “start” “run” command, enter regsvr32 actxprxy.dll and reboot PC.
Discussion of the cast
Special guest Ryan Rudgers: How has technology changed or influenced the face of Human Resources in the work place.
* Recruitment
* Organizational Policy
* Benefits Administration
* Training / Workplace Safety & Security
Tip or site of Interest
Mikee – JING
Steve – Microsoft videos and tutorials
Ryan – Verify employment legality
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Saturday Morning Cartoons and Texting While Driving
Availability of child content from Dave’s childhood to today’s on-demand lifestyle. Also, we have a lengthy discussion on teenage texting while driving as compared to drunk driving.
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Debate Over Free Hotel WiFi And Social Media Terrorism
We dive into some traveling technology stories including the debate over free hotel WiFi and what technology is needed to coordinate a live television show taping. The Rio Olympics are over but people are already talking about Tokyo 2020. It is expected that the medals will be manufactured using recycled electronic waste and smartphones. Twitter is waging its own war of terrorist. The popular social media platform has suspended over 360,000 accounts related to terrorist activity over the past 16 months. And finally, NASA re-established communication with a lost spacecraft (Stereo B) after 22 months of radio silence!
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2017 California STEAM Symposium. Part 2
We are featuring conversations with exhibitors from the floor of the 2017 California STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Symposium. With these conversations you will learn about the wide range of products and services in the educational technology industry currently that are shaping the classroom. We connected with companies working directly with the International Space Station, the National Science Foundation, and higher educational institutions. It’s evident the wide range of exhibitors and services out there that the classroom is changing that includes student coding, 3D modelling, interactive touchscreens, mathematics gamification, and reimagined web-based science lessons.