Author: rmacias@techytek.com
99 articles
Consumer Tech
September Consumer Tech
Not that the venerable Sony doesn’t make a top of the line TV, they still do. But Vizio now makes a top of the line, feature laden, highly rated model that is outselling Sony by as much as…
Reviews
Hear hear, the Plantronics CT 14 does the trick
The Plantonics CT 14 came highly recommended, however, I have hearing problems that others do not have to contend with and, therefore, I had a degree of skepticism whether it would meet my needs and expectations. It has…
Opinion
Read Your Phone Bill Lately? You Should.
Last Month, the U.S. Postal Service found it had been charged $550,000 in unauthorized telephone charges so far this year. It hired an auditor to examine its bills. The audit uncovered two problems – illegal charges had been…
Consumer Tech
Life is about to get very interesting for anyone who creates websites.
Last month, the three big search engines, Google, Bing, and Yahoo!, decided to cooperate on a single markup language that webmasters and SEOs use to enhance their sites in search listings. That language is called schemas – a…
Consumer Tech
August Consumer Tech
Despite the gloom and doom of the latest job and unemployment reports, despite the fluctuation of gasoline prices that have turned vacations into staycations and despite the rise and fall of the stock market, nearly every consumer spending…
Reviews
WORX TOYS FOR THE CURIOUS MIND
“These will be the next generation of interactive educational toys” says Ross Richardson, whose son’s fire engine is now in pieces. The Worx Toys vehicles are the answer to modern-age kids’ curiosity-filled dreams and parents’ desires for accelerated…
Opinion
Playbook by RIM – A Luddite’s Experience
A huge rug, with a couple of deliberately-sewn imperfections, hangs on the wall of the UN lobby “to remind us that nothing is perfect.”
Reviews
Holiday Gift Show Round-Up
Visited this year’s Holiday Gift Guide Show this week. Yeah, I know, it’s a little strange looking at tinsel and bells and Santa-themed gifts in the summer, but that’s when companies get together to sell their newest and…
Consumer Tech
July Consumer Tech
Is your free upgrade for your software or hardware electronics really free? During the Spring product previews, I was truly amazed as television and high end audio makers were touting that their 2011-12 products had the advantages of…
Opinion
Consumer Tech for June
You’re a smart shopper; of course you are. You do your research before you buy. And you trust that when a product is rated “high” or “best buy” from one or more of the so-called independent magazines and/or…
Consumer Tech
There is a Threat to the Global Positioning Sysytem (GPS) Industry
In January 2010, the FCC gave the green light to a Wall Street wise guy to build a massive super-high speed wireless network for smart phones and laptop computers. It seemed like a no-brainer.