Consumer Tech for July
PICC and Digital Family Advisor Present The Best-Worst Products and Services for the Summer By Richard Sherwin, Marc Burstein, Deena Gross, and Susan Davis. One of the biggest complaints we’ve been getting during our live lectures concerns trying to fit a soundbar, cable box, streaming box under or over and connected to the TV. In […]
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 […]
Our Fall 2017 – 18 Technology Preview
By Joey Babbitt and Marti Cook (With Gary Kaye, Richard Sherwin, Elisabeth NG, Brandon Schwartz and Ilinca Tuvene with Tech50plus.com) It’s Fall and the new technology is starting to come out in preparation for the holiday season. The Samsung Note8 launched last week (see our featured article here) and other companies have announced new technology […]
Consumer Tech for August
What if Apple Inc. didn’t exist? Here are some alternative choices. By Richard M. Sherwin It’s that time of year for me when New York City has even more traffic problems and street repair so driving is not an option. Long train rides and even longer bus rides to cover events for DFA require more […]
Holiday Consumer Tech
Just about everyone is meeting or exceeding Amazon’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday offerings. By Richard M. Sherwin, Amy Eller, Ted Mayo, Bob Plunkett, Jennifer Auspitz, and Susan Davis For more great devices and products, please turn to our sister company, Tech50+ and their new health and wellness product section Staying Alive. We’re not going to say we […]
Consumer Tech Summer Buying and Gift Guide
By Richard M. Sherwin, Bob Plunkett, Jennifer Auspitz, Ted Mayo, Amy Eller, Richard Macias and Susan Davis (With special contributions from Gary M. Kaye and Tech50+ www.tech50plus.com DFA’S Biggest summer Buying Guide A lot of our readers, listeners and viewers have been complaining about the quality of knockoff accessories. The knockoffs stop working after a […]
DIGITAL UPDATE
By Bob Plunkett Look for Amazon.com to jump on the runway. It started a members‑only website to sell heavily discounted designer apparel. MyHabit.com, is late on the scene so expect bigger discounts to make a splash- 60% off designer brands.