Stratford University's Tech Talk
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Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to deal with the phone scam in which when you return the call you reach an expensive toll line. And get to know one of the founders of Qualcomm.
May 20, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to schedule delivery of your emails to others even far into the future. And we meet a co-founder of Facebook whose name you may not know.
May 12, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Russia wants its own internet. And we meet the co-founder of Instagram.
May 06, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. What to do if you find a cell phone on the street. And get acquainted with the founder of Huawei, the Chinese manufacturer of telecomm equipment and smartphones.
April 29, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. What it means when Google Chrome tells you the website you’re visiting is “not secure.” And meet the founder of the OpenStreetMap community-based world mapping project.
April 22, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. What to do if you really want to secure your Facebook account from hackers. And meet the man behind Flickr and Slack.
April 15, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to block posts from people on Facebook without actually unfriending them. And meet America’s first female cryptanalyst.
April 08, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. When it comes to modern digital cables, like HDMI and USB, a cheap cable will work just as well, so do not waste…
April 01, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. What to do if you don’t trust the Wi-Fi networks in public places. Also, meet the unluckiest man in technology, who sold his share in Apple Computer far too soon.
March 25, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Some great cloud storage options. And meet the inventor of the World Wide Web.
March 18, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Don’t give apps access to your email (even to save money). And meet the “godmother of Unix administrators.”
March 11, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. We meet the Wikipedia editor who has made more edits on the English Wikipedia than any other editor.
March 04, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. We meet the woman who created what is now considered by many to be the world's first "personal computer.”
February 25, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. We meet the “Bill Gates of Ghana,” who founded the largest software company in that African nation.
February 18, 2019 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Google Plus is going away, but your Gmail won’t. And we meet the inventor of a computerized telephone switching method that revolutionized modern communication.
February 11, 2019