Merging Platforms: How Smartphones Have Changed the Future of Gaming
By Max Jay Over the past 10 years or so gaming has slowly been changing. No longer are gamers hiding in their homes, waiting for their download to reach 100% while their dial-up strains to keep up with the hefty stream of data. No longer are gamers shunned for being perceived as “nerds,” or denied […]
Read MoreThe Best Games to Play with Your Special Man or Lady
By Max Jay Being a gamer in a relationship can be rough sometimes, especially when your significant other isn’t into gratuitous violence and excessive foul language. But fear not, dear gamer: There are tons of great games you can play that both of you will enjoy. Uncharted Imagine Indiana Jones meets Tomb Raider […]
Read MoreConsumer Tech for October – The Ten Worst Things About the Best Products
By Richard M. Sherwin After reading Consumer Reports and CNET and many of the leading consumer product rating services, there are so many things that these fine agencies miss when analyzing a TV or PC or Tablet or software that Digital Family Advisor decided to list some of the negative feedback that these award winning […]
Read MoreLions & Tigers & Bears, Oh. My! – Combating Internet Threats
By Gary Kaye (Courtesy of In the Boombox) We spoke with both Google and Norton about some of the worst threats in cyberspace and some of the tools you can use to combat them. I came away feeling that the guys in the black hats are always two steps ahead of the guys in the […]
Read MoreConsumer Tech for September – TiVo Reshapes and Reships *
By Richard M. Sherwin Tivo’s back. Well I hope. Claiming it’s a combination of consumers’ favorite streaming products like Roku, Apple TV, Slingbox and your home DVR, TiVo announced a bevy of new products based on its proprietary digital video patents. Dubbed Roamio, the new TiVo line replaces its’ disappointing Premier line of […]
Read MoreOff To College – A Guide to Student Tech
By Gary Kaye and the staff of Digital Family Advisor We like Lenovo’s IdeaPad S210 Touch Notebook. It has an 11.6” diagonal screen and 10-point multi-touch. It packs a lot of features into what Lenovo describes as an entry level machine, including a comfortable keyboard, and a 500GB hard drive. And it’s all in a […]
Read MoreConsumer Tech for August – The Best in Breed
By Richard M. Sherwin (With Amy Eller, Christine Eads, Erick Royer, Gary Kaye, Robert Plunkett and Susan Davis) Since January, nearly 20,000 new smart phones, TVs, home audio equipment, Headphones, Tablets, Laptop and Desktop PCs, mobile and electronic home accessories and many other consumer electronics products have been released to retail brick and mortar […]
Read MoreDFA’s Ultimate Summer Gift Guide Part One
Courtesy of intheboombox.com and Gary Kaye with Erick Royer, Christine Eads, Amy Eller, Susan Davis and directed by Richard M. Sherwin Google Gives Voice to Nutrition Google is unveiling some convenient new features for Google Now and its voice enabled search. Those of us who are increasingly conscious about what we eat will […]
Read MoreDuracell’s Powermat Goes After Battery Anxiety
Our Bob Plunkett interviews Ron Rabinowitz. CEO, Procter & Gamble- Duracell – Powermat Joint Venture
Read MoreWHO DESIGNS NEW CARS?
By Susan Davis Our 8 year old LEXUS RX, which I think is great, has 100,000 miles on it. Now that we’ve moved to the country, on top of a mountain, and it’s our only car, it’s decision time. Do we keep this one until it drops – we’re told it could go to 200,000 […]
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