The Waves of Tech (Video) - Technology impacts to life

An area which Waves of Tech seldom covers is what is going on at Google. Why? Because NetCast Studio has an award winning show dedicated to Google news and products. With Dave out this week, we have John Hanlon with us host of the Google At A Glance podcast. John and Steve discuss the background of the show and how it has provided knowledge to its listeners. They also discuss the latest Google news and an interesting perspective on choosing the correct mobile device for you.

Waves of Tech Episode 158 is here!! On this week’s episode, we discuss the importance and positive fiscal impact of moving into the realm of e-governance, moving from offline services to online services. In a related piece, as the move from offline to online continues this leaves a potential gap of job openings to qualified candidates available to occupy those openings.

Steve and Dave breakdown the potential success of Verizon’s SureResponse personal emergency response device available to users right now. They also discuss how to use technology to time manage your content, specially when sporting events and political debates occur at the same time.

Welcome to Waves of Tech, Episode 156. We have quite the variety of topics in the show this week – great customer service stories, a mention of a sliderule, Microsoft releases, Apple’s announcements, and access to travelers’ data. A few programming notes. Waves of Tech is moving to Monday nights, 5PM PST and we are also going live over at ncslive.tv. We hope you enjoy the podcast and feel free to join the conversation and comment on the show.

This week we splash into the reinvention of Microsoft and the reason politicians love Twitter. We start the show by talking about Microsoft. Microsoft is set to release a host of new products focused on one feature – creating and building a Microsoft user ecosystem. Also, politicians find the power of Twitter intoxicating and for one primary reason – tweets drive campaign donations. Join us as we dive into the realm of reinvention and political technology in this week’s episode.

This week, the crew throws out an honest review of the iPhone 5 and what its pros and cons are. High-tech traffic signal systems are now being introduced in the Pittsburgh area which are proving to be quite effective and inexpensive. Finally, we comb through the educational tech realm with some Guided Access and establishing time controls through the Kindle Fire.

Welcome to Waves of Tech #152. We are glad you decided to be a part of the show. It's great to have Jim back this week as we dive into three interesting, yet interconnected, topics. Today we talk about the ten things people cannot live without, the constant evolution of education with the help from technology, and utilizing the smartphone camera to keep organized. Enjoy the show and as always, continue to ride....those Waves of Tech.

The latest update in technology curriculum, YouTube announces their newest iOS application, Amazon releases its latest line of Kindles, and Apple made another huge splash with the iPhone 5 release.

This week we explore a couple different topics. First, we explore Amazon’s next move with the Kindle Fire this coming holiday season. Second, we explain the drop in voicemail usage in the past year. And finally, we discuss the importance of children learning programming and creativity with tech in the early years.

Waves of Tech is back after taking a week off for work obligations. We are glad to be back and joined by JD Sutter of Radio CSS Media (@RadioCSS). This episode, we dive into the endless cycle of credit fraud and theft, the decision Apple has made regarding iTunes Festival and Apple TV, and finally discuss the potential of McDonald’s creating their own mobile payment app. Join the crew this week!! Another day at the office (Paypal; My big mistake with OSX). Steve breaks down his recent troubles with Paypal and the untimely event of bank account fraud in the midst of his vacation and travel schedule. Apple TV, Cutting the cord, and iTunes Festival and App The trend continues – New media content providers and big time tech giants are finding ways of provide interesting content in very interesting ways. Apple has announced that the iTunes Festival will be streamed live via a dedicated mobile app and through their Apple TV service. This will provide users 30 days of musical action featuring 60 artists from around the world. Phones and Fries – A perfect meal McDonald’s is currently market testing a mobile payment application in select locations in Paris, France. If the success of the platform continues, lovers of the fast food chain can soon find the app available for the nearly 33,500 store locations in the United States. Similar to the Starbucks application, the McDonald’s service is connected to your PayPal account and may offer exclusive coupons and deals. What’s your thoughts on the application?

Discussion focusing on mobile app development for local government and breakdown the latest facelift NetFlix has on the XBox 360.

Glad you decided to tune in to the latest installment of Waves of Tech. On this week’s show, we offer up some suggestions to the failing customer service support coming from a particular Internet provider. We dive into the latest app that may be too intrusive or the coolest thing in a long time - CurrentID.

The Waves of Tech crew is at it again this week with discussions about Microsoft’s counter to Google Glass, an opinion on going paperless in today’s digital lifestyle, and the social media elements in the Olympics Games in London.