Tag: Best Buy

WTAM 1100 Shopping for Smartphone Features

Play Audio – WTAM 1100 Newsradio – Tech Tuesday June 17th, 2014

WTAM 1100 Newsradio Cleveland OhioWalking into your local Best Buy and seeing the wide range of smartphone available options might be a little intimidating. You can help zero in on the best phone for you by deciding what smartphone features are most important to you.

On WTAM 1100’s Wills & Snyder in the Morning, we spoke about a few of these features, like screen size, LTE compatibility and the operating system. For more, check out this in-depth article of 9 Handy Tips for Picking Out a Smartphone.

WTAM 1100 – WWDC and Geek Squad Summer Academy

 
WTAM 1100 Newsradio Cleveland OhioThis week’s Tech Tuesday on WTAM 1100’s Wills & Snyder in the Morning focused on Monday’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote in San Francisco. During the 2 hour presentation, Apple introduced upcoming software updates, including Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite and iOS 8, scheduled for later this fall.

This week also sees the Geek Squad Summer Academy landing in Cleveland. Geek Squad is partnering with University Settlement to host technology immersion classes for under-served middle and high school students. The 2 day event starts at Willow Elementary on Thursday, June 5th. The camp will have interactive classes in robotics, 3D printing, video production and other technologies taught by Geek Squad Agents and Best Buy Blue Shirts.

For more information and registration, visit http://academy.geeksquad.com/register.

Earth Day Recycling Radio Tour

Monday is Earth Day, so I am spending this morning talking to a number of radio stations about Best Buy and Geek Squad’s electronics recycling and trade-in programs.

Who I’m speaking to this morning:

  • WNPQ-AM in Cleveland
  • WYYZ-AM in Atlanta
  • WYYZ-AM in Roanoke
  • USA Radio (National)
  • KCMN-AM in Colorado
  • WYRQ-FM in Minneapolis
  • WXGM-FM in Norfolk
  • WIZM-AM in Eau Claire
  • Your Health Network (National)
  • WQEL-AM in Columbus
  • WDIS-AM in Boston
  • WDIS-AM in Seattle
  • WDIS-AM in Philadelphia
  • KORN-AM in Sioux Falls
  • KXYL-FM in Abilene

WTAM 1100 – Why is Your Computer Running Slow?

WTAM 1100 – Geek Squad – September 25th, 2012

One of the most common questions I am asked involves why a client’s computer is running slow. I spoke to Bill Wills of Cleveland’s WTAM 1100 Newsradio about the common causes of PC performance issues, and what you can do to resolve them.

WTAM 1100 – Lock, Locate, and Recover Your Mobile Technology

WTAM 1100 – Geek Squad – August 27th, 2012

According to a new study, more than 8,000 mobile devices were left behind at just seven of the country’s largest airports in the last year. I spoke with Cleveland’s WTAM 1100 Newsradio about how you can help lock, locate and recovery your missing mobile technology.