Episode 148: Comcast and Qualigence

Another week, another great episode.  This time around we were joined by Youness and Michelle from Comcast talking about network improvements, customer service, and quite a few other solid topics.  We were also joined by long-time group member and recruiter Dave Dullack to talk about the job market in the area and how things have evolved over the last decade or so.  Plus we chatted about our event this Thursday night at Hamlin Corner and more… Qualigence can be found at http://qualigence.com/ Comcast can be found at http://www.comcast.net Our event is at https://www.facebook.com/events/1733424540219362/ [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/269320399″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Topics and stories from tonight’s episode… That cloud software company and automatic car updates: http://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/Annual-2016/Plymouth-Township-Software-Company-to-Launch-Cloud-based-Automotive-Platform/ The Axl Rose “Fat Axl” DMCA slapfight: https://torrentfreak.com/axl-rose-sends-dmca-notices-to-google-targeting-fat-photo-160605/ Ellen’s getting sued… http://www.kshb.com/news/national/ellen-degeneres-facing-lawsuit-over-breast-joke A most wanted hacker should probably have a better password: http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/chewy-123-fbis-mostwanted-cybercriminal-used-cats-name-as-password-20141114-11nan3 Woman gets run over by carriage: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/06/08/woman-killed-run-over-by-horse-drawn-carriage-on-mackinac-island/ The monkey that caused a blackout in Kenya: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/08/481259130/hapless-monkey-singlehandedly-triggers-nationwide-blackout-in-kenya Chewbacca Mom’s haul: http://time.com/money/4356563/chewbacca-mom-facebook-gifts-disney-college/ Why were 13 year olds on Tindr anyway… http://gizmodo.com/tinder-gets-nervous-about-responsibility-makes-app-1-1781481492 Tesla knows when a crash is your fault: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601657/tesla-knows-when-a-crash-is-your-fault-and-other-carmakers-soon-will-too/#/set/id/601644/ Gawker declares bankruptcy: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/10/gawker-declared-bankruptcy-to-stop-hulk-hogan-from-taking-it-over.html Rich kids of instagram documenting their parents corruption http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a56276/rich-kids-of-instagram-foiling-corruption/ Stroh’s returns to Detroit: http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160611/NEWS/160619955/strohs-to-be-proudly-brewed-in-detroit-again-brew-detroit-gets The Wendy’s credit card breach: http://fox45now.com/news/local/wendys-credit-card-breach-getting-larger-06-11-2016 Facebook and autosync of photos: http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/11/11908500/facebook-moments-auto-sync-notice-deletion Steph Curry’s shoes meet the internet: http://deadspin.com/everyone-hates-steph-currys-new-shoes-except-for-his-br-1781757648 What happens when Uber and Lyft leave town: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-to-austin-texas-when-uber-and-lyft-left-town-2016-6 Microsoft buys LinkedIn: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/13/microsoft-to-buy-linkedin.html Got any Disney VHS tapes laying around? http://www.simplemost.com/disney-vhs-tapes-really-worth-thousands-dollars/ The NSA wants to spy on the internet of things: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/news/a21319/the-nsa-wants-to-spy-on-internet-of-things/ IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit