The Jaben Report : Marketing Matters
By Jan Jaben-Eilon Marketing Editor of Digital Family Advisor One of the most misleading commercials on TV these days is for AT&T cellular. Remember, this is the commercial where streams of yellowish orange cloths are cloaked around buildings, the St. Louis arc and U.S. beaches, showing how deep and wide the coverage is. The lack of clarity in […]
Read MoreHow to Beat the iPad Craze
By Joab Eichenberg-Eilon When my friends arrived from abroad for a short stay, one of their most important goals was to buy an iPad for one of their boys, Nir. To his great chagrin, all the stores that carry the products – namely, Apple Stores and Best Buy – as well as Apple’s online store […]
Read MoreThe Summer’s Most Interesting Consumer Products
From fixing your car with your PC to keeping your beverages cold without a fridge Compiled by the staff of the Digital Home Advisor CarMD. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a mechanic along every time you get in the car… just in case? CarMD is the closest you’re bound to get. It’s a handheld […]
Read MoreApple Lemmings Are Here to Stay
By Richard M. Sherwin… Nearly a quarter century ago, Apple Corp. created an anti IBM TV ad that inferred that consumers who purchased IBM compatible PCs were lemmings that would fall off the world chasing each other. Now who’s laughing? Despite its $15 billion in sales on what I believe is not even the third […]
Read MoreRichard Sherwin’s Consumer Tech For June
Quietly for the last year or so, while waiting to kiss Steve Jobs’ butt for a Verizon version of the iPhone, the world’s largest phone company was planning a surprise Apple biting with HTC, an underrated telecom product maker with a so-so track record. The incredible story of the Droid Incredible played out over the last few weeks, when even some who drank the Apple koolade realized that this device was faster, easier and better looking with better battery life than the latest IPhone.
Read MoreA Sampling Of This Week’s New Products
Our revewers -- Susan Davis, Jan Jaben Eilon, Richard Macias, Barry Melamed and Lee Danuff -- are still testing these products, but we thought you’d like a sneak peek...
Read MoreBest Buys at Best Buy
By Richard Sherwin... Several years ago we trashed Wal-Mart’s home spun self branded TVs, stereos and other consumer electronics. Some of these were manufactured so poorly and not even priced that much lower than the budget brands, that we opined that the world’s largest retailer was really trying to win out the uninformed and then screw them royally with some of the worst made products we had ever seen. Last year Best Buy started selling several TVs, an HD radio and a handful of other products to several “Eh” reviews from industry experts.
Read MoreConsumer Tech for March
By Richard M. Sherwin... Every time I am with my business colleagues Bart and Mitch, I get slightly envious and remorseful that I gave a way my iPhone. While their AT&PS don't seem to be better than my Blackberry or MY LG phone, these award winning industrial designers from Fuseproject seem to have the nimble fingers that bring out the best in the Apple product.
Read MoreDo I Really Need an Antivirus?
Well, to simply answer that question the answer is absolutely yes, if you have internet access otherwise it's not really necessary. If you're using your pc to surf the world wide web, banking, shopping, downloading music or just reading the news you should not stay unprotected. If your pc is vulnerable so is your personal data like banking information, passwords, family photo and anything and everything your computer is used for. There are countless malicious websites that contain viruses, Trojans, worms and other malware, all meant to harm your computer. Therefore prevention is of the utmost importance safe guarding both you and your friends and family from prying eyes.
Read MoreDEOS Couture Earphone Covers
Not enough bling in your life? How about making a statement with a jeweled ear bud cover with 4.5 carats of white pavé diamonds or 5 carats of black pavé diamonds? Or one with 2 carats of white diamonds or 2.5 carats of black diamonds which outline the edge of the earphone cover? Or one with 1 carat of white or black diamonds arcing through the center of the cover? DEOS uses only the highest quality, conflict free, IGI certified diamonds.
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