Consumer Tech/Coronavirus Edition One By Richard M. Sherwin (With Bob Plunkett, Jennifer Auspitz, Marc Burstein and Susan Davis) Tech Support during COVID-19 Instacart Should Be Carted Off Since we are old enough to be high-risk during the pandemic, we needed to stay home as much as possible. So, when we were running low on food […]
December Consumer Tech
Some usual – and unusual – holiday gifts. And some holiday warnings. By Jennifer Auspitz, Marc Burstein, Bob Plunkett, Arlene Rosenberg, Richard M. Sherwin, and Susan Davis If you’re getting an unusual amount of invites from Amazon, Best Buy, Kohls, Costco, BJs, Walmart and major banks, eBay and many of the most popular financial or […]
Consumer Tech for October
Hate Facebook, Apple, Amazon & Google? Suck it up. It’s only going to get worse. By Richard M. Sherwin Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Google are constantly in the headlights of anti-trust legislatures all over the world. Apple allegedly favors its own apps in the $30 billion App Store. Amazon favors its own brands over other […]
August Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech for August Trade Show Reviews By Joseph Babbitt and Richard M. Sherwin Welcome to another Digital Family Advisor summer update. First up, very interesting news! JD Power has released a new study saying that problems with cell phone networks (internet issues, dropped calls, and call quality) have improved for every major carrier. Verizon […]
June Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech for June By Richard M Sherwin Politics Enter Consumer Products Is it spying, pricing, or just plain sales envy? During my recent lecture series in Florida, several attendees asked me about my previous support of Huawei, the politically troubled Chinese maker of Smart Phones, Tablets, and Computers. It was alleged that Huawei might […]