The Season’s Best Gifts for Grads (And Their Parents)
By Gary Kaye, Richard M. Sherwin, Susan Davis and Christine Eads (Additional research from IntheBoombox.TV) Jabra Revo Wired Headphones with Dolby Digital Plus Jabra has teamed up with Dolby to create some great headphones. By using the Jabra App on your smartphone you can create your own listening experience with things like an equalizer, surround […]
Read MoreConsumer Tech for June – Apple Channels Its Big Blue Activities
By Richard M. Sherwin When I worked for IBM I thought I knew everything about the then largest computer company in the word. I had covered Big Blue as a reporter-columnist, had friends in many of its locations, and was in a mix of recent recruits from journalism and the scientific and marketing world during […]
Read MoreConsumer Tech for May – Who Can You Trust in Technology?
No one of course! By Richard M. Sherwin with Bob Plunkett, Jennifer Auspitz and Christine Eads (Edited by Susan Davis) Washington, D.C.: I recently attended an awards dinner in which several congressmen, a senator and a major service provider CEO were honored with well-deserved Digital Patriot Awards for their contribution to technology, web freedom […]
Read MoreConsumer Tech for April – Alphabet Soup for Consumers
Alphabet Soup for Consumers And password protection for everyone By Richard M. Sherwin New York, NY—Just when I got used to buzz words and other obtuse descriptions coming from media relations and corporate execs mouths and emails, I had to create a new dictionary as Cablevision, Verizon, Sony, Samsung and others started their spring […]
Read MoreSome Top Kids Tablets Make the Grade
By Richard M. Sherwin While it was really nice to see kids aged 3 to 11 run to the partially opened boxes of brightly colored devices like it was Christmas or Hanukkah or a birthday or graduation, it was startling to see which of these Internet Tablets or dedicated tablet styled learning products got […]
Read MoreSlipped Disk?
By Robert Plunkett DVDs and Blue Ray disks can last forever, unless they get scratched. And that also goes for CDs, game disks for the Xbox or Wii or play station. But don’t throw them out – fix and buff out scratches. You can do this with products you already have around the house. […]
Read MoreStalking your profile…but not talking about it
By Robert Plunkett Can someone find out if you’ve been looking at their Facebook or LinkedIn profile? Can you tell if someone’s unfriended you? And can you see what searches have been performed with your name? Bottom line answer is: not really. There are plenty of services promising to show you who is “stalking” your […]
Read MoreApple Naysayers Wrong Again!
By Henry Palacci Chicago, Illinois—From the day that Apple announced its first iPhone, naysayers were convinced the Cupertino firm was tired. Some predicted the buying fatigue of consumers who had already bought millions of iPods and were now asked to spend unprecedented amounts of cash to pay for a smart phone from a company that […]
Read MoreLighting the Way…
By Robert Plunkett With high energy costs driving up electricity bills and lighting choices expanding – how do you find the best and cheapest solution? With the wide array of lighting choices available, it can be hard to pick the best — and cheapest. The first light bulbs – incandescent bulbs – still follow […]
Read MoreCONSUMER TECH FOR FEBRUARY
Secrets Revealed: Big Blue Had a Blue (Tooth) Idea 20 years ago… and blew it! By Richard M. Sherwin About twenty years ago I was working for IBM when I got called into a very secret meeting. Even though I was an executive there, each one of us who entered what was called the Skunk […]
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