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.

Where’s That Everywhere Wi-Fi You Promised?!

My latest rant on DVICE.com on the slow development of Passpoint Wi-Fi, which is supposed to give us automatic Wi-Fi connectivity wherever we are. You can read it here.

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How The Beatles Rocked Technology

Yes, we all know how The Beatles influenced music, fashion and culture in general and kick-started “The Sixties.” But in my latest column for the Huffington Post, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the band’s landing in the U.S., I describe the … Continue reading

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I’m now on Huffington Post

I am now bloviating weekly on the Huffington Post in the Tech section. You can find and read all my columns here, but I’ll them in individually from now on.

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My TWICE CES 2014 Coverage

For the just ended CES in Las Vegas, I covered the show for the TWICE show daily. Here are the things I reported on: Huawei Sets Sights On U.S. With Ascend Mate2 Phablet T-Mobile’s Legere Lets Loose On Rivals Valeo … Continue reading

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Techlicious: Trends for TVs in 2014

What’ll be new in TVs in 2014? 4K UHD, curved 4K UHD, 21:9 UHD – in other words, UHD. Here are more details for this CES piece I wrote for Techlicious: Trends for TVs in 2014

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10 Best Photo and Video Apps

Here’s a round-up of the best (IMHO) photo/video smartphone/tablet apps I wrote for Digital Photo Industry, a trade magazine: 10 Best Photo and Video Apps

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DVICE: Prepare to pay for premium Internet

The D.C. Circuit Court just ruled that Verizon pretty much is free to create basic and premium access for the Internet like they do for cable TV, to throttle competitive sites and keep sites they don’t like from being available … Continue reading

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DVICE: The (unnecessary?) smartphone wireless charging war

Why are there so many different, incompatible yet infuriatingly similar smartphone wireless charging schemes? Patent royalty money, of course. Read all about this greedy stupidity in this DVICE column: DVICE: The (unnecessary?) smartphone wireless charging war

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Laptop: Best Gifts for Less Than $25/$50/$100

A trio of gift guides I assembled for the 2013 holiday season for Laptop Magazine: Best Tech Gifts for Less Than $25 Best Tech Gifts for Less Than $50 Best Tech Gifts for Less Than $100

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DVICE: Smartphone scoliosis

LG and Samsung both announced curved smartphones. Why? Who knows. But here’s my take on these bent devices from DVICE: Opinion: Smartphone scoliosis

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