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10 Must Have Apps for the 50+ Smartphone
Out of millions of smartphone apps, how do you pick 10 that should be on everyone’s phone? Well, that’s clearly a judgment call, and after years of trial and error, here are some of our must-haves. ICE...
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CamScanner Phone PDF Creator App Lets You Send Docs
If you ever need to send a document quickly but there’s no scanner at hand, the CamScanner Phone PDF Creator App and your smartphone can save the day. The app is available for Android and iOS, as well...
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Lenovo Ideapad 300 – A Budget Laptop
What Is It? – If you’re looking for an affordable desktop replacement laptop, then here’s one for you. The Lenovo Ideapad 300 – which starts at $299 – is a pretty basic budget laptop, running Windows...
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Garmin DriveSmart Puts a Back Seat Driver on Your Dash
You’ve got to give Garmin some credit. The folks who took over aftermarket in-car navigation, also known as PND for Personal Navigation Device, are being squeezed by smartphones with mapping and...
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Canary Home Security – Might Even Work in a Coal Mine
This home security device is called Canary, an all-in-one home security system that links with your smartphone to keep an eye on things when you’re home or away. It’s called Canary not for the color of...
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2016 Mother’s Day Gift Guide – Part 1- Super Senior Moms
Here are our picks for the best Mother’s Day gifts for a favorite grandmother in your life. e-Reader – Kindle Paperwhite – Grandma can cozy up to all of her favorite books with this e-reader from...
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Mother’s Day Gift Guide – Part 2 – Gifts for the 50+ Mom
Stumped about what to get Mom this Mother’s Day? We have some suggestions: Hybrid Computer – Lenovo Yoga 900 – This is Lenovo’s latest flagship hybrid computer, combining laptop, tablet, tent, and...
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2016 Mother’s Day Gift Guide – Part 3 – Daughters Too
What do you get for Mother’s Day for the daughter who is also the mother of a young family? She’s active, she’s harried, and she’s likely to be more connected than her mother or grandmother. Here are...
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Samsung Galaxy S7 – A Premium Smartphone
What Is It? – If you’d like a good-looking, well-made, high-quality smartphone, I have just two words for you: Galaxy S7. OK, that’s a word and a model designation, but the Samsung Galaxy S7 is a...
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Signia’s Primax – Not Your Father’s Hearing Aid
My wife complains that I am hard of hearing. I joke that it’s not that I’m hard of hearing, I’m just not listening. In truth, by this time in our lives many of us have lost at least some of our...
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GeoOrbital Reinvents The Wheel – Really
I suspect that one reason that e-bikes have not taken off is because millions of us have perfectly serviceable traditional bikes in our homes, apartments, and garages. By one account, there may be 100...
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Kube Clock – A Charge When You’re Not Away From Home
If you’ve been in a major hotel or conference center lately, you’ve likely seen a Kube, a small charging device for any smartphone or tablet, often in the form of a bedside alarm clock. While their...
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Microsoft Is Keeping Its Word on Windows 10
When Microsoft rolled out its free upgrade to new Windows 10 back on July 29, 2015 – free for Windows 7 and 8.1 users only – it said the free upgrades would be available for just one year. Not everyone...
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Fitbit Blaze – Watch and Wear
What Is It? – You know what a Fitbit is – it’s one of best known brands of activity trackers, which are designed to encourage you, or maybe shame you, to spend less time on the couch or in front of a...
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Virtual Reality, Storytelling, and Travel Teleportation
I recently spent two weeks on the road – one in China and the following in New Orleans attending the Collision Conference. When I was younger, two weeks on the road was a piece of cake. But at 66, two...
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Magellan MiVue 658 – Putin In a Dash Cam
Remember that meteor that came blazing across the sky near Chelyabinsk, Russia a little more than 3 years ago? Within hours of it streaking over the Ural Mountains, dozens of dash cam videos like the...
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HyperSound Clear – Hear the Revolution From Your TV
I’ve been covering technology long enough that I don’t use the phrase “revolutionary” lightly. But the technology from the HyperSound division of Turtle Beach truly is revolutionary, with broad...
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Asus ZenWatch 2 – Choose Zen Your Own
What Is It? – The Asus ZenWatch 2 – as its name clearly says – is the next version of a popular smartwatch from Asus (pronounced AY-soos), a Taiwanese electronics company first known for making parts...
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Hear, Hear
May is “National Better Hearing Month” Before you answer “WHAT?” you should know there are a lot of experts who take this very seriously. Especially, as you might expect, the people at Duracell – the...
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Samsung Family Hub Refrigerator – Leaves Us Cold
Haven’t you been asking yourself, “Why can’t my home refrigerator have a 21.5 inch HD touchscreen so I can see photos of what’s inside without opening the doors? And while I’m at it, attaching photos...
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