Consumer Tech for July

  • 09 Jun 2021
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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 […]

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Holiday Consumer Tech

  • 23 Nov 2016
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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 […]

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Verizon Saga Journal Entries

  • 21 Mar 2011
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By Livia Bergovoy… The weirdest thing happened today. Verizon customer service explained that they are obliged to send me, free of charge, an upgrade – as in faster – DSL modem . This information came as a great surprise. You see, I’ve been getting my mind around and working toward extricating myself from Verizon’s clutches […]

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The Best Answers to Your Toughest Questions

  • 23 Oct 2010
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By the staff of Digital Family Advisor… Question: I was told that I could solve some of my standard two line phone interference problems by switching from a standard two line phone to a DECT phone. But I also was amazed that very few warehouse stores and even office supply stores sell two line phones […]

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