Tech It Out

This ain’t yo daddy’s printer. Anna Kernus, product manager for the new EcoTank printer family at Epson, discusses the latest features of the new devices Swimmers, listen up! For a ‘deep dive’ on its new Smart Swim 2 Pro goggles and what they can do, we’re joined by Will Parry at FORM All the way from Barrow, Alaska, a 'Tech It Out' listener, Jeff Maupin, joins us to talk about simple refrigerator...

Nextdoor, the popular social media platform that services neighborhoods, has just undergone a refresh, of sorts. I catch up with Sarah Leary, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of  Nextdoor ·       It’s travel season! To tell us all about the  Solis  family of portable hotspots, I sit down with Eric Plam, president of SIMO. Can ‘ Y-Brush ’ clean your teeth in only 10 seconds instead of the rec...

Congrats to Cayla Solomon for winning the ECOVACS prize pack, worth $2300! We had more than 650 people enter to win the DEEBOT X9 PRO OMNI, a powerful robot vacuum/mop hybrid and the WINBOT W2 PRO OMNI window-washing robot LG Electronics’ Gilles Perrera stops by to discuss what to look for in a new TV, including the latest in OLED televisions and why these models win so many awards Also on the sho...

Congrats to Janelle Bautista from Orange County for winning the ASUS X15 Chromebook laptop! This was tied to last week’s 400th Tech It Out episode milestone.. We have a huge prize for this week, too, courtesy of ECOVACS. Valued at $2300, it’s a DEEBOT X9 PRO OMNI, a powerful robot vacuum/mop hybrid and the WINBOT W2 PRO OMNI window-washing robot. Learn HOW to enter in the show – and it’s open to U...

To celebrate the show milestone, ASUS is giving away an X15 Chromebook laptop. Just tag me on social media and include the hashtag #TechItOut to be eligible to win. You need to be in the continental U.S. and 18 or older. Good luck! NETGEAR joins us to chat about its latest Wi-Fi gear, including routers, extenders and mesh systems. I’m joined by Sandeep Harpalani, VP of Product Management What’s yo...

One more week until Tech It Out’s 400th episode and a ASUS laptop giveaway! Get the details on how to enter next week. Live from LATAM! I’m at the first-ever Electronics Home Mexico trade show, and I’ll interview Carlos Clur, CEO and Founder of Grupo Eletrolar, which produces this tech event Send messages to loved ones AFTER you die?! We chat with Chris Jalbert, founder of Eternal Applications, ab...

Now that summer is here, you many be grilling more. We chat about extending the life of your grills, and tech tools to give you an edge, with Charles Munro, Founder and CEO of Barbeque Pro Inc. How can you reduce the odds of your vehicle from being stolen (or the contents within it)? Serial tech entrepreneur David Moeller, Founder and CEO of Keep Technologies, stops by to chat about its AI-driven...

Have you seen the massive lineups across the country? To share his thoughts on the new Nintendo Switch 2 videogame console, we’re joined by Peer Schneider, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of IGN, one of the biggest online entertainment platforms Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes when you ask ChatGPT a question? Hillery Hunter, CTO of IBM Infrastructure, offers some insi...

Tech lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong is in the house! We hear about a handful of tech toys that could make for great gifts ahead of Father’s Day (June 15th) or as a graduation gift Is AI putting your career at risk? I pose that simple question to Jaymes Davis, Chief Technical Evangelist at Kasm Technologies Slickdeals has saved me a ton of cash over the past few years. How does it work? We’re joi...

We kick off a new Tech it Out at Computex in Taipei. I sit down with Sascha Krohn, Director of Technical Marketing at ASUS/ROG. We talk about the latest laptops and desktops that wowed the crowds at the show. More Formula One racing! Continuing where we left off last week, recorded in Italy I spoke with Ruth Buscombe, a motorsport engineer turned AWS consultant and presenter for F1 TV. We talk abo...

Yours truly climbed behind the wheel of a Ferrari racecar in Italy, just ahead of the F1 Grand Prix.  AWS’s Julie Souza , who leads AWS For Sports, talks about the intersection of sports and tech  A new (and only $50 wearable) called Bee Pioneer conveniently transcribes everything you say all day, summarizes it,. And provides actionable insights. I talk with  Maria Zollo, CEO of Bee SanDisk stops...

Vehicle owners, listen up. Wouldn’t it be great to easily diagnose your car or truck’s health BEFORE any costly repairs were needed? SPARQ Diagnostics is an AI-powered car health monitor that’s normally $500 but given away for free. I chat with Daniel Nieh, co-founder of SPARQ What are the latest TV features you need to know about? What features are important? We’re joined by TCL’s Bruce Walker, a...

I attended Visa’s Product Drop in San Francisco to learn about “agentic shopping.” Get the deets when I catch up with Rubail Birwadker, SVP, Head of Growth, Products & Partnerships, at Visa. This week I was also in the Big Apple for TV interviews tied to ‘Small Business Week.’ And so I’ll share the gadgets I talked about, including new laptops, printers, and work lights. You likely know TP-Lin...

What is identity theft and how do you protect yourself from it? We’re joined by Ian Bednowitz, General Manager of LifeLock, on this week’s Tech It Out If it was a pain getting all your receipts together for tax time, you’re not alone. Epson drops by to talk about its award-winning RapidReceipt scanners. I catch up with Stacey Tieu, Product Manager of Scanners at Epson America. Speaking of money ma...

I catch up with Arcade 1Up’s Cyrus Rosenberg about the company’s latest machine for the home – and it’s not an arcade machine or digital pinball table Also on the show, I interview Jon McGuire from CYBEX North America, the folks behind the e-Gazelle S electric stroller, which can also rock your baby to sleep for you. Love music? Movies? I sit down with Allan Devantier, VP of Samsung Audio Research...

At the “Design You Can Feel” event at Design Week in Milan, I catch up with visionary Studio INI founder Nassia Inglessis on her latest installation, Willful Wonder   At the same gallery, I sit down with Galip Fu from ASUS to discuss the inspiration for this installation – and it’s tied to the Zenbook and its exclusive material called Ceraluminum ·       We’ll also learn all about the Husqvarna Au...

It’s official! Nintendo Switch 2 will be out June 5th. For her impressions on the system, I catch up with Kate Kozuch from Tom’s Guide in NYC Speaking of games, learn about the new location-based large-scale multiplayer mobile phone game, SLAP: Water Wars & Assassin, with Lauren Steidl and Ian Andolsek from Integrated Reality Labs Back on the show we’ve got Akshita Iyer, CEO and founder of Ome...

I catch up with David Gold, President of Hisense USA at a press event in NYC. We hear about the company’s success and a pair of new televisions Also from NYC, tech lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong share some spring tech ideas – including a sub $100 smartwatch with crazy battery life Home maintenance tips via live video chat? Learn all about the new American Home Sheild app, with Rian Buckley Goodw...

Vehicle owners, listen up! Learn how to snag a FREE AI-powered car health monitor, called SPARQ Diagnostics, worth $500 The world's first personal dashcam? I also catch up with Brian Pemberton, CEO and Founder of Keotech, the folks behind Keocam Get the skinny on a new 12-inch tablet that can show photos, videos and games in 3-D – without needing any glasses! It’s called the RedMagic Tablet 3D Exp...

Mobile Syrup’s Brad Bennett joins me for his thoughts on Apple’s entry-level iPhone 16e. Does the “e” stand for “excellent” or “ embarrassing”? Pulsar Fusion’s CEO Richard Dinan talks fusion-based space propulsion technology, and its just-unveiled secret project, Sunbird. Will it work? Can you really get to Mars in half the time? “Don’t be afraid of AI taking your job – be afraid of someone who kn...

MWC25 has wrapped up – an annual convention about connectivity and mobility -- and so I’ll play an interview with AT&T’s John Wojewoda, Head of Global Roaming and Satellite, about the near future of using your smart phone to communicate over satellite when you can’t reach cell towers (even video calls) Also from Barcelona, we learn all about HONOR’s ambitious AI-related announcements, when I s...

Live from New York, it’s….Alexa! To be exact, it’s Alexa+, the brand-new personal assistant coming in March. I catch up with Scott Durham, Director of Software Development and Smart Home at Amazon Also on the show, Nobi talks about its smart lights for older adults who are “aging in place.” It can track fall detection without needing to wear anything! I sit down with Nobi co-founder Roeland Pelgri...

Wait, what? NASA conducted a first-of-its-kind Twitch stream from the ISS. To hear all about this achievement, we’ll be joined by Rachel Delphin,   CMO at Twitch What if a social media app focused mostly on “IRL” (in real life) experiences? We learn about the BUDDY app with its CEO and Co-Founder, Claire Wright Don’t let your smartphone run out of juice when you’re out somewhere. Get the 4-1-1 on...

We have 4 great guests on this week’s new episode of Tech It Out From the 2015 CIAS auto show, I sit down  John Cockburn , Chief Engineer for the Cadillac OPTIQ, and  Jeff MacDonald , Chief Engineer for the Cadillac VISTIQ, to hear about this pair of sleek new electric vehicles uBreakiFix by Asurion -- a leading tech repair company that specializes in same-day repairs for smartphones, tablets, and...

We have four great guests on this week’s fresh episode of Tech It Out To “kick” things off, Verizon has made a huge investment in the wireless infrastructure in New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl LIX. We’re joined by Leo Perreault, VP of Network Engineering and Operations at Verizon Tech expert Amber Mac is also in the house! She talks with us about Safer Internet Day coming up on February 11 – and t...