Foster Braun

About Foster Braun

Foster Braun has been co-hosting the Internet Advisor on WJR since early February 1998 except for a short time in early 2000. He has been in the Detroit radio market since 1975 where he has worked talk shows for most of his career and started with WJR in 1996. Since 1998 he has gained enough knowledge of computers to ruin some really fine machines and then fix most of them with the help of the other Internet Advisors. In 2008 he crossed over to the Dark Side and started worked exclusively on a MacBook Pro laptop. His wife Ginny uses a Windows PC laptop running Windows 10; so Foster finds himself doing tech support in both worlds! Foster identifies himself as “the voice of the listener” sometimes fighting through the geek-speak to explanations that even he can understand.

Internet Advisor: Diva Tech Talk On WJR

DETROIT - Kathleen Norton Shock has been a frequent contributor to the Internet Advisor for nearly 15 years.  She has worn many hats including as a member of the Michigan Council of Women in Technology and more recently as one of the three hosts who produce Diva Tech Talk, a monthly podcast inspired by leading women in tech.

By |2016-04-24T19:15:04-04:00April 24th, 2016|Diva Tech Talk, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: The Bloody Truth About Living And Working in Panama

DETROIT - EJ Rolfstad has lived and worked in Panama for the past 10 years.  He has been an eye witness to the money laundering process that has been revealed to the world as The Panama Papers.  11.5 million pieces of information were stolen from a law firm in Panama that allegedly specialized in, among

By |2016-04-24T19:15:05-04:00April 24th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Ben Carpenter The High-Tech Farmer

DETROIT - Ben Carpenter paid a return visit to the Internet Advisor to talk about technology and farming.  Ben has been a frequent commentator over the years both online and on the phone talking about the technology that he uses to farm over a 1,000 acres of corn, soy and wheat near the Ohio border in southern

By |2016-04-12T21:36:19-04:00April 12th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: The Pope’s Astronomer, A Native Detroiter, Talks Meteorites, Aliens

DETROIT - Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ is a Detroiter who was named director of the Vatican Observatory in 2015. Consolmagno is a planetary scientist who has studied meteorites and asteroids as an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory since 1993. He had been serving as president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, coordinator of public relations and curator of

By |2016-04-12T21:36:20-04:00April 12th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

MITechNews Headlines On Internet Advisor

DETROIT - Internet Advisor Co-Host Foster Braun discusses last week’s headlines on MITechNews.Com with Editor Mike Brennan. Headlines include Pipeline Leak Would Threaten Michigan Shoreline, DTE Creating a 10-Acre Solar Array in Detroit, Online Tech getting selected by Advomas to provide secure store of its heath insurance documents. Click Here to Listen to MiTechNews 4-2-16

By |2016-04-06T13:44:38-04:00April 6th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: WJR Gardening Show Host Joins Internet Advisor Hosts To Kick Off Spring

DETROIT - Dr. Dean Krauskopf, host of the WJR Gardening Show visited the Internet Advisor to kick off spring and summer 2016 on Saturday afternoons.  The weather may not have seemed like it but we are all now on our regular Saturday afternoon expert schedules.  Start with Dr. Dean from 3-4 PM and then stick

By |2016-04-06T13:18:47-04:00April 6th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Mac Group Detroit And The History Of Apple

DETROIT - Terry White is the founding member of Mac Group Detroit and currently is Principal Worldwide Design & Photography Evangelist for Adobe Systems, Inc..  Along with Cal Carson, our resident Apple expert, Internet Advisor on WJR talks about the history of Apple, how Mac Group Detroit got involved with the company from Cupertino and where they

By |2016-04-06T13:11:55-04:00April 6th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Hacking Mobile Phones Using 2D Printed Fingerprints

DETROIT - Dr. Anil K Jain, Distinguished Michigan State University Professor,  discussed his study "Hacking Mobile Phones Using 2 D Printed Fingerprints" and the future of biometrics including iris, face recognition and even palm identification. Click Here to Listen to Professor Jain

By |2016-03-30T18:15:53-04:00March 30th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Southeast Michigan Computer Organization 40th Anniversary

DETROIT - Richard Jackson, VP of the Southeast Michigan Computer Organization (SEMCO) announced the upcoming 40 anniversary of the organization on the Internet Advisor.  The public is invited to the meeting in the auditorium of the Altair Engineering, Inc. , 1820 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy, MI April 10 at 1:30 PM Click Here to

By |2016-03-30T14:31:15-04:00March 30th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Broida Talks Samsung Galaxy VR Headset, Virtual Private Network

DETROIT - Rick Broida is the Internet Advisor Gadget Guy and noted Cheapskate.  On a monthly basis Rick visits to talk about the latest in gadgetry.  This month Virtual Reality is the hot topic with the release of the Samsung Galaxy VR headset. Rick also had valuable comments to make about using VPN (Virtual Private Network)

By |2016-03-30T18:18:44-04:00March 30th, 2016|Featured, Internet Advisor, New Products / Contracts, Podcasts|