True Confessions: What I did wrong, technologically speaking.
By Richard M. Sherwin OK, I missed this one big time in my lectures and syndicated columns. I emphasized that Consumer Cellular was the number one mobile service provider because it had the twin backing of T-Mobile and AT&T. I didn’t take into account that Ma Bell and T-Mobile had split from each other’s towers […]
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 […]
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 […]
Summer Sizzlers and Bytes and Pieces
By Susan Davis, Ilinca Tuvene, Elisabeth Ng and Richard Sherwin LG Electronics officially introduced its futuristic Levitating Portable Speaker. The almost mystical wireless speaker (model PJ9) hovers in place over the accompanying Levitation Station to deliver high quality audio and had the media oohing and aahing . The Pj9 also enables users to seamlessly play […]
I dreamt Panasonic was on top again. Did my dream come true?
I dreamt Panasonic was on top again. Did my dream come true? By Richard M. Sherwin Watching highlights of the Indianapolis 500 race car winning with the very prominent Panasonic sign on the driver and the car, I was wondering what happened to that brand which used to be prominent at every major sports event. […]
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 […]
Are You Smarter Than your TV?Google and Logitech Try to Help
By Richard M. Sherwin Google + Logitech + Intel Corp. = Your TV The set top box uses a Google browser to access almost any Internet material... Available accessories will include a TV styled web cam which...
Screen Future
Intel’s Brian David Johnson on exclusive video discussing the past and future of TV
A Sharper Yet Easier Television Experience
By Jan Jaben-Ailon and Richard M. Sherwin
Highlights from recent trade shows including:
Sharp Electronic's AQUOS Quattron LE925 series TVs with 3D
Crestron Electronics' V-Panel, iPanL and Prodigy XP still leads in combining design and function
SpeakerCraft Pursues Next Gen Audience