Author Archives: Stewart Wolpin

About Stewart Wolpin

I have been writing about consumer electronics for four decades, including news, reviews, analysis and history for a wide variety of consumer, niche and trade outlets. For the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), I annually update the industry's history and write the official biographies of the CTA Hall of Fame inductees. Aside from writing about consumer technology for a variety of consumer, tech and trade publications, I write a blog and do market research for Digital Technology Consulting. In the non-tech world, I have written "Bums No More: The Championship Season of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers" and "The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle." Check out my work at www.stewartwolpin.com.

Review of the Apple HomePod

Posted on 19 February 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

Is it the best-sounding and most beautiful smart speaker extant with a lot of potential or an overpriced smart speaker with limited functionality? The ‘net has been bubbling over with one or the other of these wildly divergent assessments of … Continue reading →

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I Saw the Integrated Future at CES

Posted on 29 January 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

  CES is traditionally a wonderland of new devices and new technologies, some frivolous and some functional, some ready-for-prime-time and some preparing for a hopeful or eventual future. Also, traditionally, most of these new devices and technologies exist by-and-large in … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Gadgets From CES

Posted on 17 January 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

A list of the gadgets I found at CES that are more practical than future fanciful, more useless than cool, that’d I’d actually buy; from the Huffington Post, which you can read here.

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How Net Neutrality Is Like Game Of Thrones

Posted on 12 January 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

A more expansive exploration of the real reasons behind the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality rules from a version originally published in the CES 208 Show Daily.

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My CES 2018 Coverage For TWICE Show Daily

Posted on 11 January 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

For the (at least) 30th time, I helped TWICE, the leading trade magazine in the consumer electronics business and publisher of the official CES Show Daily, cover CES.  Here’s some of my coverage: What Does ‘Google Assistant Compatible’ Mean? Pai, … Continue reading →

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Hedy Lamarr Finally Gets Her Spread Spectrum Due in ‘Bombshell’

Posted on 6 January 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

A review of a new documentary on Hedy Lamarr, movie star and inventor of frequency hopping, aka spread spectrum, the technology that makes all wireless communication possible.

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Are There Killer Apps for AR and VR?

Posted on 26 December 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

Restless grumblings are rocking the virtual reality (VR) world. Previous rose-colored projections are undergoing hasty revisions as disappointing VR hardware sales reports trickle in. We’re shocked that folks don’t like putting stuff on their heads that completely blind them, forcing … Continue reading →

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How The Vision-Impaired Are Being Gouged By Aid Device Makers

Posted on 8 December 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

We’re about to see some great new products to aid the vision-impaired, but some companies are still insanely and hypocritically over-pricing their products. Here’s a story on one such company gouging the vision-impaired.

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VR’s Rocky Road to the Mainstream

Posted on 3 December 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

VR suffers multiple format, ergonomic and technical issues that could delay or even permanently impede its path to the radio-TV-web mainstream. Read more about VR’s Rocky Road to the Mainstream in this blog post.

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Guardzilla 360 Wi-Fi Security Camera review

Posted on 22 November 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

Here’s my review of the Guardzilla 360-degree Wi-Fi security camera from Gear Brain.

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