The Best Bluetooth In-Ear Headphones

Posted on 26 February 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

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My sort of annual roundup of the best Bluetooth stereo earphones for Techlicious.

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How To Wire Your House With Sound—Without Wires

Posted on 25 February 2016 by Stewart Wolpin
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Samsung’s three wireless music system speakers

Here’s a general overview of the varying wireless speaker system options available, composed for Homes.com.

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Is There A Universal Cable Converter Solution?

Posted on 14 February 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

If you think the presidential primaries, Cam Newton v. the media, and Superman v. Batman battles are brutal, just wait. Two of the most hated entities in our society—the Federal government and local cable TV providers—are about to butt proverbial heads over one of the most important devices in consumer homes: the cable box.

Read more here.

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Happy Birthday, Thomas Edison (Nikola Tesla Fans Exempted)

Posted on 11 February 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

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February 11 is Thomas Edison’s birthday, and in this year’s commemoration I report on the sudden surge in Edison vs. Nikola Tesla for re/code.

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Should You Lease or Buy Your Next Smartphone?

Posted on 4 February 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

No, not should I stay or should I go, but should you lease or should you buy your smartphone, a topic I explored for Tom’s Guide.

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Top 5 Gadgets to Make Your Life Easier in 2016

Posted on 25 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

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For Quick & Dirty I composed a quick and dirty list of life-easing gadget, which you can read here.

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CES 2016 Coverage for Realty Times

Posted on 19 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

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While reporting on CES 2016 for the TWICE Show Daily, I also churned out a number of stories for Realty Times, which they oddly held until a week or more after the show was over. Ah well. Here’s what I reported for this trade publication.

CES 2016: HOW TO CAMOUFLAGE YOUR IN-HOME WI-FI SECURITY CAMERA

CES 2016: NEW LED BULBS DO MORE THAN LIGHT UP

CES 2016: SMARTER WAYS TO CONTROL YOUR ENVIRONMENT

CES 2016: HOW SMART CAN APPLIANCES BE?

CES 2016: SMART LOCKS MATURING TO MEET MORE NEEDS

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Top 6 Small Office & Home Office Products from CES 2016

Posted on 15 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

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Here’s a report I wrote for Business.com on small office/home office (SOHO) and small business equipment I saw at CES.

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The 10 Game-Changing Innovations I Saw at CES 2016

Posted on 13 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

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Well, this post-CES post I wrote for eBay is pretty much self-exclamatory. And that’s a photo I took of the line snaking around the Oculus booth in the South Hall.

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CES 2016: Tablets Fragment Into Blurring Categories

Posted on 6 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

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Here’s a rundown I did for TWICE magazine on what was on view in varying tablet vendor booths, what little there was.

I also did a more analytic story on the detachable tablet/laptop market for TWICE pre-show:

Detachable Laptops Help Drive ‘Tablet’ Sales

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