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.

My coverage of the Berlin IFA show

Posted on 15 January 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

IFA is the European version of the Consumer Electronics Show, held every August/September in Berlin. The show’s a lot more fun than CES – half the show is appliances with lots of cooking demos and free coffee, cappuccino, espresso and … Continue reading →

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Your Smartphone in 2018: 15 Futuristic Features

Posted on 15 January 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

Here’s a piece I wrote for Laptop Magazine; the title is self-explanatory. Your Smartphone in 2018: 15 Futuristic Feature

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Your Smartphone in 2018: 15 Futuristic Features

Posted on 11 June 2013 by Stewart Wolpin

In many ways, the evolution of the smartphone since the debut of the original iPhone in 2007 has been a predictable straight line —bigger screen, more powerful processors, longer battery life, faster data connections, higher-resolution cameras and more apps. But … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning: What To Do With Your Old Electronics

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Stewart Wolpin

Did you know H&R Block had a blog? I didn’t. It’s called Block Talk, and posts naturally focus on money-related matters. Well, they reached out to me about a tech post, and I obliged: “Spring Cleaning: What To Do With … Continue reading →

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Nikola Tesla Wardenclyffe Museum

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Stewart Wolpin

Yesterday (May 2), the folks at the Tesla Science Center, with help from a crowd funding campaign at Indiegogo, finally bought Tesla’s Wardenclyffe lab site in Shoreham, NY. Read the whole story here. Here’s a before/artist’s rendering after shot of … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Tech Myths

Posted on 24 February 2013 by Stewart Wolpin

Cellphones cause cancer. The government can track your cellphone when it’s off. I explode these and other tech myths in a piece I did for Laptop magazine recently, which you can read here. Enjoy!  

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An open letter to PR people

Posted on 19 January 2013 by Stewart Wolpin

Public relations folks often ask me the best way to approach the media, which I appreciate because in the lead-up to and during CES, we tech media types get BOMBARDED by “visit our booth” requests – followed up by “we … Continue reading →

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My CES panel on Passpoint (aka Hotspot 2.0, aka Next Generation Hotspot, aka NGH)

Posted on 19 January 2013 by Stewart Wolpin

In the next few years, how you connect to Wi-Fi is going to change radically – it’ll be seamless just like connecting to a cell signal – thanks to a new Wi-Fi standard called Passpoint (sometimes known as Hotspot 2.0 … Continue reading →

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Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame bios

Posted on 19 January 2013 by Stewart Wolpin

I’m sort of the unofficial historian for the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. I’m one of the judges for the Hall of Fame and I’ve written all the bios since 2008. This is a fascinating group of folks, and I’m … Continue reading →

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My history of the invention of video recording

Posted on 19 January 2013 by Stewart Wolpin

One of the least known invention stories of a major technology, in my view, is the invention of video tape recording. And one of my favorite fun facts that a young Ray Dolby, the noise suppression and surround sound guy, … Continue reading →

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