Consumer Tech January
Consumer Tech January Here Comes 5G BY RICHARD M. SHERWIN (this was transcribed from Richard’s last lecture) Most of you in this esteemed audience realize that by the time this lecture ends a few friends or relatives of yours in North America will have a wireless connection to their TVs, Mobile Phones, Tablets and computers […]
September Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech for Fall The Great American Slowdown in Online services By Richard M. Sherwin If you thought the FCC under chairman Pai, a former Verizon lackey, was going to be anti-consumer once net neutrality was lifted, it’s even worse than we predicted. And with the pretty much guaranteed next Supreme Court Judge already on […]
March Consumer Tech
Consumer Tech for March Names Changed to Protect the Guilty By Richard M. Sherwin Despite 35 years in the business, I fell into a sea of technology anomalies recently where my home phone, car electronics, home computer, Tablet, mobile phone and even kitchen lights all went splooey in the space of 72 hours. Here’s what […]
February Consumer Tech
February Consumer Tech From Tech50+ compiled by Marc Burstein. New Health-Related Tech ProSense 307 – is one of a new line of Epson GPS watches running from $99 to $399 with different features including battery life, display and whether they are waterproof or not. The ProSense 307 is in the middle of the pack, with […]
Electricity Wasn’t the Only Thing Missing from 2018 WCES
Consumer Tech for February By Richard M. Sherwin with the staff of Tech50plus I did not attend this CES in Las Vegas….one of the few times in 40 years I didn’t go. And a few days ago I got an interesting call from one of our industry analysts who said, “I am on the floor […]
DFA Gift Guide
2017 Post Holiday Gift Guide From Tech50+ with the editors of Digital Family Advisor including Joseph Babbitt, Arlene Rosenberg, Richard Sherwin, Bob Plunkett and Susan Davis. Missed the Big Deadline? You aren’t alone! It doesn’t mean you can’t still get great gifts at great prices. Here are some suggestions for the best products to buy now […]
Unusual Products
Fun, productivity, wellness and more… By Richard Sherwin, Jennifer Auspitz, Joseph Babbitt and Susan Davis A cool night’s sleep. Let’s start with a Tanda mattress which is affordable, customizable and offers a comfortably cool sleep experience to help you sleep better. Its ATROS technology – Advanced Temperature Regulation for Optimum Sleep – slightly lowers your […]
Consumer Tech for November
You Can’t Make This Up! Some overseas call center people are trying to sound like us! By Richard M. Sherwin Do you hear me Americas Online or American Telephone and Telegraph? I don’t care what accent my PC, TV, customer support person has. I just want to understand them. Is that so much to ask? […]
October Consumer Tech
Is mega merger mania necessarily a bad thing? I think so! Merger Mania limits what, where and how you buy just about everything. It costs jobs and only helps the bottom line of the executives who create it. When there’s no competition prices will go up, selection will go down. BJs, one of my favorite […]