
Celebrating the 100th birthday of the consumer technology industry with the story behind how and why our business came to be and of those responsible for creating it, in five parts:
Part 3: A Pittsburgh Radio Sensation
Celebrating the 100th birthday of the consumer technology industry with the story behind how and why our business came to be and of those responsible for creating it, in five parts:
Part 3: A Pittsburgh Radio Sensation
What we now call the consumer technology industry was born November 30, 1920, when the first consumer electronics product, the two-piece RA-DA, the first commercially produced radio designed for the mass market, rolled off the Westinghouse assembly line in East Pittsburgh. After a two-year period of hectic technological, business and legislative/regulatory developments following the end of World War I, the Westinghouse RA-DA and the entire radio industry emerged, becoming the dominant consumer technology product for three decades. On the centennial of our industry, let’s take a look at the events of 1919-1920 that cleared the way for the future.
Part 1: The Day Radio Died
Part 2: How the Consumer Technology Industry Was Almost Never Born
Part 3: How President Wilson Shaped the Airways
Part 4: Happy 100th Birthday To The Consumer Technology Industry
Samsung’s new second-generation Galaxy Buds, the Buds Pro ($199.99), takes a well-deserved place among the upper tier of great-sounding buds with effective noise canceling. But one feature separates the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro from all other true-wireless buds: the best ambient sound mode we’ve encountered. Here’s what you can expect from the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro.
Read the rest of this review here at Techlicious.com.
Here is some of my Show Daily coverage from the virtual CES 2021. Click on each page image to enlarge.
QLED, MicroLED, Mini-LED, OLED: Myriad TVs featuring one or more of these LED technologies are being unveiled this week at CES 2021. Even though they share an acronym, these LED TV technologies are as different from one another as Andrew Jackson, Janet Jackson, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Shirley Jackson, and Jackson Pollock are other than their names.
Read the rest of this report here at Techlicious.com.
Slowly but surely, broadcasters are beginning to adopt 4K TV via the ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV standard, along with an expanded number of TVs at CES.
Read the rest of this report here at TWICE.com.
Here are 11 new small, inexpensive gadgets to help your customers economically fill the stockings of everyone on their gift list this holiday season.
See all of these gadgets here at TWICE.com.
Here are a series of examinations of the available ISPs in a number of disparate cities across the U.S. from U.S. News & World Report:
Best Internet Providers in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Best Internet Providers in Atlanta, Georgia
Best Internet Providers in Augusta, Georgia
Best Internet Providers in Austin, Texas
Best Internet Providers in Bakersfield, California
Best Internet Providers in Baltimore, Maryland
Best Internet Providers in Bellevue, Washington
Best Internet Providers in Blacksburg, Virginia
A tight budget doesn’t mean you need to fill stockings with a funny coffee mug, socks, or an impersonal $25 Amazon gift card. Here are a dozen cool new gadgets for less than 50 bucks each.
Read all about these low-priced gift gadgets here at Techlicious.com.