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: Battlestar Recapita Reviews Battlestar Galactica

DETROIT - Rick Broida and Dave Johnson recently launched a podcast entitled Battlestar Recaptica in which the co-hosts comment each week on an episode in this Sci-Fi classic. Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009) was a remake of the original TV classic starring Lorne Greene (1978-1979). The story, about man-made robots (called Cylons) developing sentience and turning on humanity, has

By |2016-06-08T14:22:26-04:00June 8th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Rick Broida Talks Digital Gadgets For Father’s Day

DETROIT - Rick Broida is a frequent co-host on the Internet Advisor.  He brings a keen wit and discerning eye to the world of digital gadgets that constantly bombard our consciousness.  This month he will be helping us with gadgets for the digital dad  in your life! Father’s Day is coming soon; listen for some good

By |2016-06-08T14:22:26-04:00June 8th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor Podcast: Deciding Which Kind of Computer Is Best For You

DETROIT - If there is one question that dominates our email and our listener call ins, it is “What kind of computer should I be buying?”  When Gary and Foster started the program back in 1998, the answer tended to presume that you meant, “What kind of PC should I be buying?” and the usual

By |2016-05-24T18:45:04-04:00May 24th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Transforming The MiTechNews.Com Website

DETROIT - Melih Oztalay and the Smart Finds Marketing transformed Mike Brennan’s MITechNews.Com website by creating a 600 percent increase in visitors and a radical boost in time spent on the website.  How did they do it? You will have to listen in to find out. Here is the new and improved MiTechNews.com site! Back in the mid

By |2019-07-09T11:02:05-04:00May 18th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: MCWT Technology Executive Connection Summit

DETROIT - Marisa Bahn, IT Business Development Manager, General Motors, joins Gary and the techs to talk about the upcoming Michigan Council of Women in Technology Executive Connection Summit.  This powerful gathering of some of the area’s top women in technology will feature such notable figures as Mary Barra, CEO and Chairman of GM and Beth Niblock, CIO,

By |2016-05-11T13:45:57-04:00May 11th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

MERIT And The Founding Of The Internet 50 Years Ago

DETROIT - In this Internet Advisor podcast, Joe Sawasaky, President and CEO of Merit, reminisces about the remarkable history of this pioneer organization and the new directions in which it is heading.  Also on the show, William J. “Joe” Adams, PhD, talks about Merit’s R & D program aimed at performing ground-breaking research that would benefit

By |2016-05-11T13:36:30-04:00May 11th, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Pwned Radio’s Shane Hamelin – Gamer, Tech Expert

DETROIT - Shane Hamelin is one of our valued tech experts who regularly works at CompTech Services in Sterling Heights.  Shane answers questions from listeners like you every day of the week and is a valued member of our team. Shane is also a HARD CORE gamer and the host of Pwned Radio,A Video Game

By |2016-05-03T15:10:43-04:00May 3rd, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Farmlogs Provides Digital Way For Farmers To Battle Elements, Markets

DETROIT - Jesse Vollmar graduated from Saginaw Valley University with two passions: continue the 5th generation of family farming and creating a set of tools that could help other farmers win the battle with the elements and the markets. In 2012 Jesse and Brad Koch founded Farmlogs with offices in Ann Arbor and outreach across

By |2016-05-03T15:01:35-04:00May 3rd, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: MI-SBDC’s Cochrane Talks Tech Initiatives On West Side Of State

DETROIT - Sandra Cochrane is a full-time Technology Business Consultant for the MI-SBDC. In this position she assists start-up and early-stage high-tech companies. Services she provides to clients include business plan development, accessing capital, strategic planning, and general business consultation. On Saturday’s show she represents a perspective on the tech initiatives that are developing on

Internet Advisor: Automation Alley’s Tom Kelly Provides First Quarter Highlights

DETROIT - Tom Kelly is the COO and director of entrepreneurship for Automation Alley, Michigan’s leading technology business association, connecting companies and organizations with talent, resources and funding to accelerate innovation and fuel Southeast Michigan’s economy. Q1 Highlights: Wrapping up an IT training program that helped to address Southeast Michigan’s IT skills gap by training more than

By |2016-04-27T13:22:49-04:00April 27th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|