Amazon has scored a remarkable feat by getting scores of websites to run free ads for their products. They’re not just ordinary ads, but disguised as news, such a “news report on the week’s best buys.” As an example, if you got to CNN’s home… Read More »When a news article is just an ad
When I planned my two and a half week trip to Europe in June using six hotels, I decided to put more thought into what kind of bags I would use, how I would pack them, and what I’d take with me. Unlike trips in… Read More »Organizing for a long trip
Thanks to recent hardware and software developments, you can now stream high-res music in your living room with little effort. A high res recording contains ten to twenty times the data of MP3, the format used by the iPod, Spotify, Sirius/XM, etc. When I co-wrote… Read More »Finally high resolution audio streaming in your living room
This is the time each year when the world’s two largest phone manufacturers introduce their new models and entice us to buy. Samsung just introduced a pair of folding phones and Apple will be announcing their iPhone 15 models in September. I’m usually first in… Read More »Time for a new phone?
Did you know that Google has formed an alliance with scammers to take our money? While they won’t admit to it, it’s essentially what happens because of the design of the Google search engine. Google has been called out for it many times over the… Read More »Google search engine – Designed to deceive
There is a huge change occuring in the way companies have been developing our tech products for the past three decades. Check the label on nearly all tech products and accessories and you’ll usually see Made in China. Sometimes it will say Made in China… Read More »Biting the hand
If you want an idea of how unpopular Elon Musk and his takeover of Twitter is, you need only look at how popular Mark Zuckerberg and his Twitter rival, Threads, has become. In less than a day more than 30 million people signed up for… Read More »
For the past three weeks my wife and I traveled to Greece, then met up with the rest of our family for a week in Southern Spain. We looked forward to some rest after our nonstop Greek touring, but hadn’t anticipated how much more grueling… Read More »Tribulations of a European vacation
Most cellphones made in the past few years allow you to add second or third SIM card, assuming they are unlocked. These are not physical cards, simply software code downloaded that adds an electronic SIM card from another carrier. While I could pay a $10… Read More »Trying to save money with an eSIM card
The new Apple Vision Pro headset is a new platform as much as a new product. If it succeeds it will be the first of a line of product for years to come. If it fails it will be beacuse it didn’t provide enough value… Read More »The New Apple Headset