DETROIT - Fatima Ballout is a student intern teacher for iChallenged from Dearborn. She wants to be a teacher of the blind for the state of Michigan. Her hobbies are listening to Turkish videos on YouTube on the iPhone and to music. Fatima is studying at Hadley School for the Blind online and taking other online courses so that she can train
DETROIT - Dennis Opoka is a 68 year old Royal Oak resident who has been blind since birth. He got the sonar glasses about 3 months ago and they have revolutionized the way he travels; he uses them with a white cane and verbal GPS for the blind. To hear the rest of his story, click on http://internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IA-iChallenged-Dennis-Opoka.mp3
FERNDALE - Cybersecurity experts Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann co-host the Jan. 25 M2 TechCast to talk about how the hacktivist group Anonymous has targeted the Michigan State government in response to the water crisis in Flint. Op#Flint is an attack against Gov. Snyder’s Administration to raise the visibility of how a switch to the
FERNDALE - Drone Law Pro’s Enrico Schaefer talks about what’s hot in drone law. The good news is more than 300,000 recreational drone users have registered their drones with the Federal Aviation Administration since the new law triggered on Dec. 21. Disney has asked the FAA for permission to fly a squadron of lighted drones
FERNDALE - Diva Tech Talk joined M2 (Squared) TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on the Feb. 1 edition the Internet radio show. Amanda Lewan and Nicole Johnson Schefler interviewed Christina Mathes, vice president of Client Experience/Mousetap at Ricket Fiber. Also on the show was Matt’s new boss, Bruce J. Annett Jr., Associate Vice
GRAND RAPIDS - New numbers Pinterest released recently point that traffic has shifted to mobile in a big way. According to Pinterest 4/5 of Pinterest's traffic now comes from Mobile, and 2/3 of the content people pin is from a business website. Listen as Michigan Mobile Musings Host Melissa Birnie interviews Karen Horrigan, a Social
FERNDALE - PodcastDetroit co-founders Bob Waltenspiel and David Phillips appeared on the Jan. 25 edition of M2 TechCast to talk about a big expansion of the podcast group that will include three news studios to accommodate booming demand. They also announced separately the podcast service SoundCloud has ranked their show, ITinTheD, as the No. 1
FERNDALE - Amanda Lewan, one of the three members of Diva Tech Talk, appears on M2 TechCast on Monday Feb. 1 at 3 pm to interview Monica Wheat, who runs a non-profit program helping girls get into STEM - called Digerati Girls - and Chritina Mathes, who runs client experience at Rocket Fiber. We’ll also
GRAND RAPIDS - Standing out against over millions of other apps is tough and they say the devil is in the details. Effective apps begin with a specific goal and a clear vision as well as cohesive and functional app design. Join Host Melissa Birnie when she interviews friends since the 1st grade, Gabe Kwakyi and Gregory Klein, Co-Founders of Incipia,
DETROIT - Shane Hamelin has faithfully served as one of our tech experts for many years now and during the week he manages CompTech Services. a successful computer sales and service outlet in suburban Sterling Heights. But beneath that mild mannered surface, Shane is one crazy gamer! and he has been longing to bring back
