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All That Happiness Is is the title of an upcoming book from author and New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik. The focus is on accomplishment versus achievement. What are the differences? Gopnik chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Saving your history. Vivid-Pix is out with a scanner and software solution called Memory Station Stories. CEO Rick Voight says the top down scanner can capture photos, documents…even objects like a special dish…and allow you to attach audio narratives…and then helps to put it all together..
“The image plus the voice, so you can tell a story. And that story can be as simple as a single image where an individual is describing a time in their life. It could be a graduation or birth of a child or it can be as simple as vacation 1972."
Old photos and documents can be easily restored with the Vivid-Pix software by the way. The home edition bundle…which you can share with the whole family is priced at about 800 dollars. Find more at www.vivid-pix.com.
You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. The battle against online scams is never ending…but there are tools you can use to make becoming a victim less likely. At Google…Technology Expert Grace Hoyt says take advantage of two factor authentication whenever possible. And turning to a password manager can offer lots of protection too…
“We know that these bad actors, these attackers, are looking to get access to folks’ passwords and then use that to sign in to your online accounts. So that’s why we recommend that folks store and save secure passwords through a password manager. That is built into your Chrome browser automaticallyThat is a great place to store that information."
Google’s Gmail by the way…is pretty great at blocking the vast majority of scams and phishing attempts. Find more at www.safety.google.com.
You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. What to consider when buying an electric vehicle? Kia, which has the award winning EV6 and EV9 vehicles on the market, has some tips for consumers. Kia America Director of Corporate Communications James Bell…
“If you are the kind of person that saddles up every Friday night and drives five hundred miles out to the local camping spot or hooks up your boat or your trailer and drives out to grandma’s house, then guess what… an electric vehicle’s probably not for you. But if you’re like the vast majority of us, and I mean 90 plus percent, who drive on average 25 to 35 miles per day, than an electric car is probably, I’ll just go ahead and say it, is the best choice.”
And with the charging station picture improving all of the time…Kia is among those moving to the Tesla standard…the choice gets even easier.
You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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Are you ready for viewing the total solar eclipse? Even if you aren't within the totality path, it will be worth viewing. How to do it safely? Celestron's Lance Lucero chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.
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Start-up Thyim connects helpers to those needing help. How and where? Co-founder Stephen Buffamante chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Severe food allergies can be frightening…and they are becoming more common. But there places parents and families can turn to for help. Dr. Ruchi Gupta is a professor of pediatrics and medicine at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and the author of The Food Allergy Experience and Food Without Fear…
“Very, very important to talk to your doctor, get to the allergist, make sure you know how to recognize signs and symptoms, how to use that epinephrine auto injector like Auvi-Q. And very, very important to educate everyone taking care of your children.”
Dr. Gupta is also a mom to a child with severe food allergies.. and recently partnered with Brittany Mahomes…who with her Super Bowl champion husband…has two young children with the condition as well.
You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. With the filing deadline drawing near, H & R Block has a variety of options designed to make the season less taxing. Chief Tax Officer Kathy Pickering says in addition to the H&R Block offices around the country, you can simply go online to get started. You can get help from a professional….or get assistance from AI..
“Based on our almost 70 years of experience, we have this huge database of information about taxes and common questions and those kinds of things and so we’ve used that in conjunction with an AI tool which, for us, we just call the AI Tax Assist and that’s a generative AI tool that allows tax clients to ask questions.”
And get info to help streamline getting your taxes done. Find more at www.HRBlock.com.
You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Some new tech toys on the way from Vtech and Leap Frog…which is bringing an addition to its Magic Adventures line…binoculars for kids with a camera and other features built in..
“It does have a flip up screen which is really, really nice because it will have three hundred videos and images from BBC. We partner with a credible source on all of our Magic Adventures products so that we can get some really cool footage that really is intriguing for kiddos.”
Vtech’s Tiffany Lavery. The binoculars arrive this summer. Out now…in time for Easter fun…are Gabbers…little electronic characters that talk and react and can sit on a child’s shoulder…
“It will repeat whatever you say in a silly bird voice, it kind of does a little tweety bird voice.”
There’s music and motion sensing too…and the Gabbers sell for about fifteen dollars.
You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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When an octopus chooses to befriend you, it can lead to some pretty remarkable discoveries. Author Sy Montgomery's latest book, Secrets of the Octopus, is a companion to an upcoming National Geographic series coming to Disney for Earth Day 2024. Sy chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin about the octopuses she has come to know, on their terms, and why she feels a "sameness" with these mysterious, alien-like creatures.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. It is crunch time for taxes again…and TurboTax can help to ease the panic and stress. For years, Intuit has offered live help online….and this year…something new. An in-person tax help option. CPA and Tax Expert at TurboTax, Lisa Greene-Lewis…
“With TurboTax we want to be able to serve all tax filers, no matter what their situation is, no matter how they want to get their taxes done. And so, some people prefer to meet someone in person and build relationships with them.”
There are several levels available…TurboTax Free, Deluxe and Premium….and online live assistance is available for all…including the free version…through the end of March. The site for more is www.TurboTax.com.
You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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The filing deadline is getting closer. How to make the season less taxing? H&R Block chief Tax Officer Kathy Pickering chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.
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Thinking about an EV? What are the pros and cons? Kia America Director of Corporate Communications James Bell chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin about the issues and Kia's EV9 SUV.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Scientists at NASA…like many of the rest of us, are pretty enthused about the April 8th total solar eclipse across North America. NASA Mission Scientist Nicholeen Viall says solar activity may make the eclipse an even greater show…than the one seven years ago.
“The corona is going to be more complex and we might even get a chance to see a magnetic explosion, because the sun is more active right now, magnetically, than it was in 2017.”
And if you are in the path for totality, it will last longer too. About four minutes. And for those not in the path…the eclipse will still be visible….it just won’t be total. Don’t forget you can watch our full interview online. For more …head to go.nasa.gov/Eclipse2024.
You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. The Sony Honda Mobility partnership is showing off the AFEELA electric vehicle …getting input from consumers initially at shopping venues in California. You can check out a video of our remote tour on the Techstination Web site. The outside design features customized lighting …but otherwise has a pretty standard look. Inside is another story…
“We have the panoramic screen that we have here spanning from the left to the right, helps to reduce driver eye distraction by making it easy to see all important information by just looking left and right. The rear seat entertainment, you can watch a variety of TV, movies, you can play games, listen to music.”
Product Specialist Raisu Williams. There are some high end driver assist capabilities planned as well. Sony Honda Mobility plans to open pre-orders next year and begin deliveries in 2026.
You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.
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NeurosyncVR's C-Finity was created to ease nausea and bring comfort to VR gaming. How? Co-founder Dr. Slobodan Paesseler chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.
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Memory Station Stories from Vivid-Pix is designed to help families capture, preserve and share their stories and histories. How does the combination of hardware and software make it easy? CEO Rick Voight chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.
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