Imi's Tech Talk

This week Tom D’Auria and Mike Meikle of the Hawkthorne Group will discuss “What’s Next for Tech in 2013”. Tom and Mike will chat about Apple’s upcoming iPad 5, Microsoft’s answer to the tablet wars and how tech giants Sony and Microsoft plan to do battle on the video game console front. Mr. Meikle will also cover what the open source movement may have in store for the “cloud” and how this trend is even impacting consumer devices. Finally Tom and Mike will discuss how the chips that power all these gizmos are shrinking further and what it means for the average consumer. We’ll wrap up with the discussion with some final thoughts.

Most people quit smoking. Other start exercising. But what about a different kind of new years resolution? What are some bad cyber habits you need to break? This week Noah Kindler discusses what things you can be doing in the upcoming year to better your online presence.

Most people quit smoking. Other start exercising. But what about a different kind of new years resolution? What are some bad cyber habits you need to break? This week Noah Kindler discusses what things you can be doing in the upcoming year to better your online presence.

As the holidays and end of the tax year rolls around, people are thinking about giving, and increasingly, that giving is happening online. A third of all online giving occurs in December, and 22% of annual giving happens in the last two days of the year, according to Charity Navigator. As we take a look at how technology impacts charitable giving, there are some interesting trends including more charities taking paypal and other online payments, more sites that make it easy to give to multiple charities from one site, by-product giving through shopping “Buy one, Give one”, and gifting donations. But not all online giving is monetary. There are new online ways to volunteer, help improve your local community, or even simply share through “collaborative consumption.” Join us and Jill Finlayson to discuss ways of making a difference online.

Its that time of year again, and we’ve got the best tech gifts for your holiday shopping. Join us and Lonny Paul to review the hottest gifts in technology.

When it comes to retail technology solutions, old school cash registers might not be the technology you are looking for. Point of Sale industry veteran, Art Rosenbaum shares is Thoughts about next generation technologies that may or may not shape the retail industry in the next few years.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, IMI's Tech Talk wants to focus on the technologies used in disaster situations.

You may have heard of Ray Kurzweil talk about AI and the coming Singularity, but what is it? How are machines evolving, or better yet, are they evolving? We have so many questsions, so we have invited Dr. Paul Horn to come enlighten us.

With the dramatic increase in password theft and the lack of security on today’s smartphones, protection has never been more important. In just the last 12 months, malware programmed for Android has increased 400% and password theft instance have more than tripled. So how do you protect yourself and your sensitive financial and personal data? Join Tech Talk and Ed Barrett, VP of Marketing from software security firm SecurityCoverage, for best practices that you can apply, today, to help keep your online identify and personal information safe.

They say that knowledge is power, but when it comes to knowing how much electricity their home is using, most consumers are in the dark. In fact, the typical homeowner – on average – spends about 6 minutes per year interacting with his or her electric utility. Because of that, they’re missing out on opportunities to save some energy – and money. That’s beginning to change, however. A year ago, the White House laid down a challenge to the nation’s electric utilities: make it easy and fun for consumers to learn how much electricity they’re using in their home. A new report by IEE, an institute of the Edison Foundation, finds that they’re succeeding.

Interop NY has come to a conclusion, and we’ve got some interviews from the floor to your ears. But before we get to the exhibitor interviews, we have a special guest, the Interop GM Jessica Jessup to talk with us about Interop NY and Interop around the world.

Monster, Jobster, LinkedIn oh my! Online resumes, and software to weed through them. How is all this technology affecting job searching? Is it all good, or is some of it bad? This week we have Mike Meikle to help us navigate through the pros and cons of technology in hiring.job hunting

What’s the cost of a nanosecond? For most of us in our everyday lives, its nothing. But to high frequency traders, it could mean thousands of dolllars. But why is this? And how did this happen? Joe Saluzzi is hear with us to talk about what high frequency trading is, and the negative impact it could have in the stock market.

The iPhone 5 has finally arrived, but this time, it has more competition. It a field where the smart phone playing field has been equalized, how does the 5 stack up to the competition. Guest regular Tony Bradley is with us this week to review whats new with the iPhone 5, and what the its competitors are doing as well.

The Mars rover Curiosity had an almost perfect landing on Mars recently, but now what? What is the Rover going to do up there all alone? What kinds of things is it looking for? So many questions, here at Tech Talk, we are the curious ones. And that is why we have invited Stephen Granade to come on the show and answer all of our questions.

Its that time of year again, election season. As we move closer and closer to that first Tuesday in November the candidates are doing more and more to win your vote. But how is technology playing a part in the election this year? Is social media becoming a big factor? Do candidates tweets’ matter? Join us as Tom discusses with Lee Boggs how Technology is playing a part in Politics.

If you follow technology, there's suddenly a lot of buzz about 3D printing. But exactly what is 3D printing, anyway, and how do you get started? We talk to Jonathan Hirschman, 3D printing enthusiast, and founder of MakeIt NYC, the preeminent New York user group for Maker culture, about why 3D printing is suddenly in the news, how it works, and maybe, why you should think about getting started with it.

What does it take to create a good community of techies? What resources do you need? Whats the best way to organize? If you have these same questions, then listen to our show with Liza Massey to learn what it takes to create a thriving tech community.

Big Data. Imagine taking every bit of digital material you can find, both inside and outside of your company, and combing through it to find a real, golden nugget of information. For decades, the task hasn't been worth it. But around 2004, in the high-tech workshops of Yahoo!, Google and Facebook, engineers invented a way to do it quickly and economically. This new generation of technologies will force every company and government in the world to use its data to compete. Our show tells the story of how Big Data began, and it explores how companies and governments are reacting to this new set of possibilities.