IT In The D – Episode 57: Comcast’s Internet Essentials, Think Like a Magician, Pink Slip Party and More

Summary: IT in the D, Episode 57...what a fun episode. Great guests in-studio talking about Comcast's "Internet Essentials" program that helps low-income families get high speed access and even a computer at an insanely low cost, how thinking like a magician can help you in your career, and of course all of the news and information that's caught our eye over the past couple of weeks since we didn't have a show on Labor Day. So let's dive on in... Naturally we talked about the massive leak of celebrity photos that happened, especially the parts of the story that the media just isn't getting into for some reason. The Home Depot hack, a meteor nearly missing the Earth, hands-free cars coming, Google refunding people for their kid's in-app purchases and a ton more. In our second segment, Fred Eaton, Senior Manager for Government and Regulatory Affairs for Comcast, joined us to talk about their Internet Essentials program. Some details: www.InternetEssentials.com 1-855-8-INTERNET 1-855-846-8376 Open to families of children on free or reduced cost lunch programs Also open to families of home-schooled children 6mb internet Cost is normally $9.95 per month, but its free for six months if you sign up by 9/20 Computers can be purchased for $150 There's a whole bunch more information out at http://www.internetessentials.com/ or, again, you can call them at 1-855-8-INTERNET 1-855-846-8376 For our third segment, we were joined by Michael Mode. Mike does a lot of things - he's an entrepreneur who launched NapkinRose.com, he's a magician who has worked with David Copperfield, and he's also a speaker. His talks include how to think like a magician, and how that can apply to your career. He also talks through his background, and what led him to this point in life. His early fascination with magic, working his way up through the ranks, his various endeavors along the way and much more. Great topics, great lessons to be learned here. In our fourth and final segment, we doubled back on some of the earlier topics, chatted with Mike a bit more. Topics we got into tonight...or at least planned to: The Fappening It's not iCloud's fault, idiots. Reddit is a hypocritical piece of crap for shutting down Fappening threads, but leaving /photoplunder/ up and running The guy behind the Reddit threads...is upset that his private information has gotten out and wants his privacy back. Queue Alannis Morissette... http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/8/6121039/reddit-user-celeb-leaks-privacy Respiratory virus: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/unidentified-respiratory-virus-hit-kids-country/story?id=25334106 The Home Depot hack http://www.cnbc.com/id/101964168 Really? We're doing anti-ISIS videos now? https://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkAgainTurnAway Court rules Yelp can tamper with reviews if it wants to: http://www.yelp.com/topic/detroit-court-rules-yelp-can-tamper-with-reviews-if-it-wants "hands free" Cadillac in two years. What can go wrong? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-07/gm-to-introduce-hands-free-driving-in-cadillac-model.html You didn't know how to turn Autoplay off? http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/protect/2014/09/facebook-app-user-beware-big-bills-as-videos-automatically-play That big meteor missed us yesterday, but a smaller one cranked into Nicaragua: http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/09/07/meteorite-smashes-into-nicaraguan-capital (it's worth noting this is the 2nd time something like this has happened - last year, when everyone was watching a big asteroid on a near-pass, that's when that one in Russia snuck passed everyone and exploded o...

IT In The D – Episode 57: Comcast’s Internet Essentials, Think Like a Magician, Pink Slip Party and More

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