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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   When it comes to easy to use software for restoring old photos and documents, Restore from Vivid-Pix is the best we’ve seen.  And the latest update makes it even better.  CEO Rick Voight says among the new features.. “You’re able to zoom into an image, and you’re now able to enter the information th...

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With Covid-19 cases continuing to skyrocket, Google has added a new layer to Google Maps to help you see the risks before you head to a location.  Google’s Justin Burr… “In order to unlock that feature, just go into Google Maps, click on the little diamond looking thing on the right hand corner and from there...

Consumer shopping trends still shifting: IBM Public Cloud VP Aki Duvvur in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The National Retail Federation’s annual survey of consumers has found nearly 60 percent of us plan to do more of our holiday shopping online this year.  Not a big surprise given Covid-19.  And Amazon…the online retail behemoth…is telling consumers they can find great deals without having to wait for Black...

Techstination Week is a compilation of this week's Techstination reports with tech journalist and host Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  “What would you think of a computer program that could clone your voice?  Is it cool?  Is it creepy?  The app is called Resemble.”  Well actually Resemble AI is the name of the company, headed by Zohaib Ahmed… “So essentially what we allow you to do is bring in any voice to us and we can clone i...

Olive Union's Olive Pro arriving for hearing assistance without high prices or stigma.  Founder and CEO Owen Song chats with Techstination.

Accell Air USB-C 4K Driver-Less Dock & USB4 40Gbps Cable arrive.  Accell's Tom Liu in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Recipes for staying together…online.  During the pandemic…all of us…young and old…have had to deal with social isolation to varying degrees.  For those who are older…it can be devastating.  But on this month’s Living Longer, Better, Smarter podcast, which I co-host with Mary Furlong, well known...

Anker's Nebula Solar Portable Projector arrives along with new portable batteries.   Anker's Bryan Saxton chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  We love to see innovation…and it is fun to see what Panasonic has done in creating a new type of camera…designed for everything from live streaming…to drone videography.  The Lumix BGH 1 is a box style camera featuring a micro four thirds sensor and interchangeable lenses….but is designed strictly for videogra...

Google adds new Covid-19 layer to Maps.  That and more in Techstination interview with Google's Justin Burr.

Motorola Solutions employing tech for customers battling Covid: VP Enterprise Technology Sharon Hong in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Celestron is celebrating its 60th anniversary…and the company that has brought astronomy and more to so many hobbyists has been seeing lots of interest during the pandemic.  National Sales Manager Jason Mulek… “At the beginning of the pandemic, say in March,  I think like a lot of retailers, we were nervo...

iHome POWERUVC Pro brings sanitizing to Bluetooth alarm clock/charger.  Director of Product Execution Sean Chraim in Techstination interview. 

PreSonus Revelator is a USB mic and much more: Co-founder Jim Odom chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  This is the time of year when millions of people eligible for Medicare…try to sort through the blitz of mailbox, online and television  ads to choose health coverage for the coming year.  The options can be confusing…to say the least.  A tech company called Chapter, at www.getchapter.com ,  is p...

Techstination Week is a compilation of this week's Techstination reports with tech journalist and host Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.      Raycop is a company that makes vacuums…with a difference.    They include UV C sanitizing lights…that can kill dust mites, viruses and bacteria…in seconds.      And the latest is the lightweight Omni Air…priced at about 250 dollars.   T...

What's different about 1MORE's new PistonBuds? Techstination interview with 1MORE's Alexander Schek and Ari Morguelan.

For creators, workers & learners from home..Movo offers sound solutions.   Movo's Richard Ngo-Tran chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  T-Mobile is giving cord cutters and would be cord cutters another solid choice to consider with the roll out of TVision.  Executive VP Dow Draper.. “It’s an app.  So you can download it on your iPhone or iPad, you can download it on your Android phones or tablets.” It’s also on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, A...

Opkix innovates with small wearable cameras: VP Christian Scott in Techstination interview.

VTech brings mom and dad's tech to kids with cameras, watches and mobile devices.   The company's Tiffany Lavery chats with Techstination about the holiday line up.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Online shopping this holiday season will be record breaking according to a forecast from Adobe Analytics.  Vivek Padya is senior digital insights manager… “So we’re looking at 189 billion dollars in spend this holiday season.  And that’s about two years worth of online retail growth compressed into one se...