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  00:00 / 00:00 Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Kohl’s has found an unusual approach to dealing with the Amazon behemoth.  The brick and mortar retail chain is partnering with Amazon…allowing its stores to be used for easy returns of merchandise purchased through Amazon.  Why would they do that?  The logic is if Amazon c...

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

Plugo from PlayShifu brings AR to STEM learning for kids.     Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Combine augmented reality with physical magnetic blocks that become part of on screen fun….and you’ve got a very worthwhile educational toy called Plugo that can help kids learn everything from grammar to math.  It’s from a comp...

  Parental monitoring of what kids are watching & more: new on Caavo.  CEO Andrew Einaudi in Techstination interview.

 Leading South Korean dashcam maker Thinkware expands U.S. line-up.  Thinkware's Brian Yang in Techstination interview.. 

  Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Spring time has been the season of peace treaties in the tech world.  And that should be good for us consumers.  Apple and Qualcomm ended their long running patent battle…and among the results will be Qualcomm’s chips coming back to the iPhone.  And that will mean 5G coming soon for Apple loya...

  Garmin updates Forerunner watch series with 5 new models: Prod. Mgr. Joe Heikes chats with Techstination.

  Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Instead of buying a new Mac computer…often a more affordable option is to upgrade.  Other World Computing has been helping Mac owners do that for years and now they are out with the  Aura Pro X2 internal NVME Flash SSD…that can add a lot of zip and storage…up to 2 terabytes…to many MacBook Air, Mac...

  Making music? Lugert Verlag offers PC help with Bandora & more.     Product Manager Simon Barkow Oesterreicher chats with Techstination.

 Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  T-Mobile wants to be more than your mobile phone company.  Not only is it branching out into home TV service…it is jumping into banking as well with T-Mobile Money.  T-Mobile’s Director of Marketing for Financial Services Tiffany Minor says the idea was to take some of the pain points out of persona...

  GEIO battling robots feature AR fun and more.      Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Battling robots have been made popular on TV…and while you may not be ready for a circular saw robot in the family room…GEIO has created a fun and safe alternative with it’s AR Battle Robots.  They are equipped with sensors and cameras an...

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

 Artie 3000: a winning code teaching robot.   Today's Techstination.

Como Audio's Musica now works with Alexa. Founder Tom DeVesto on that and more in Techstination interview.

  Fracture's better way to display your photos: CEO Abhi Lokesh in Techstination interview.

  SylvanSport blends design and tech into growing camper line: CEO Tom Dempsey in Techstination interview.

  Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Chances are learning to play the guitar has been one of your long lost goals.  Well, with online learning, maybe it’s time to get busy. The folks at Fender …have updated Fender Play…and it is designed to help get you started…and keep on going… (sound)  Ethan Kaplan is the Chief Digital Officer at F...

  Video game helps researchers determine Alzheimer's risk: Dr. Michael Hornberger chats with Techstination.

  MPOWERD Luci Connect smart solar light & charger. And the company is doing good.  Founder John Salzinger in Techstination interview.

  Tech making progress in type 1 diabetes battle: JDRF CEO Aaron Kowalski chats with Techstination.

 Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  You probably know Call of Duty as one of the best selling video game franchises of all time with over 250 million copies sold.  But with help from the company behind it, Activision Blizzard, it has also been helping thousands of veterans find good paying jobs through the Call of Duty Endowment.  Exe...

Eastman helps make SkullCandy's Riff Wireless headphones affordable & tough.   Techstination interviews with Jeff Hutchings of SkullCandy and Alex Dudal of Eastman.

  Cooluli brings versatility to portable cooling & warming: CEO Avi Kraminer chats with Techstination.

  Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Digital photography is booming…since most of us are carrying around pretty good cameras built into our phones these days.  But it is fun and worthwhile to take some of those images and make them even better.  Whether you are using your phone or a higher end camera…the latest version of Exposu...

 Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Looking for a basic surround sound speaker system?  Logitech’s Z606 is a compact system with front, rear and center speakers along with a subwoofer…which the speakers are wired to… and Bluetooth connectivity.  160 watts of sound total…and you can find the system for under 130 dollars.  As a rep...