Best Robot Vacuums 2015

This is an update of a story by someone else on Tom’s Guide of the best new robot vacuums. Any of these would self-destruct trying to clean my apartment.

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Panasonic Cameras Deliver 4K Photos from Your Videos

Panasonic's new FZ300 4K-capable digital camera

Panasonic’s new FZ300 4K-capable digital camera

A quick news story on new Panasonic 4K video-capable Lumix digital cameras for Techlicious.

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HTC Desire Smartphones Hit All Your Desires at a Sweet Price

The HTC Desire 626s smartphone

The HTC Desire 626s smartphone

A quick news story for Techlicious on new bargain unlocked phones from HTC.

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There’s a New Platform/Content Paradigm in Town

Johannes Gutenberg's printing press, which set the standard for the hardware/content paradigm, which is only now beginning to shift.

Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press, which set the standard for the hardware/content paradigm, which is only now beginning to shift.

Every technology platform from the first one – Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press in the 15th century – has been fed by content. But this dominant platform-sustenance content food chain is beginning to mutate. I explore this evolution in the hardware/content co-dependency paradigm in this blog post for Digital Technology Consulting.

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Picture This: Great Cameras & Camcorders

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A general survey piece on the latest and best digital cameras and camcorders, including action cams, for Consumers Digest magazine.

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Philips Fidelio NC1 Noise-Canceling Headphones Review

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Here are two associated posts from Techlicious concerning the new Philips Fidelio NC1 noise canceling headphones: first, a straight-up review of the new Philips’ phones, and an updated version of my “best noise canceling headphones” roundup in which the Philips replaces the Bose QC25 as my top choice.

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5 Reasons NOT To Buy a 4K UHD TV – Yet

The 4K TV of my drooling dreams: LG's new flat 4K OLED, the 65-inch EF9500 ($7,000)

The 4K TV of my drooling dreams: LG’s new flat 4K OLED, the 65-inch EF9500 ($7,000)

At the time this screed was written for the Huffington Post, the issue of HDR compatibility as well as the lack of flat, an update to HDMI to accommodate HDR technologies, and the lack of flat OLED models had been unresolved. Not any more; a sprinkling of HDR-compatible sets with HDMI 2.0a were announced at IFA in September 2015, and a flood are expected at CES 2016 – then you can buy a mostly future-proof UHD.

And here’s a similar, more recent UHD HDR screed for the Digital Technology Consulting blog.

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The Best Tech Father’s (or Mother’s) Day Gift

A photo of my mother's parents, the original and my PhotoShop fix.

A photo of my mother’s parents, the original and my PhotoShop fix.

While targeted at this Hallmark holidays, this gift idea I wrote about for the Huffington Post is appropriate for any occasion and will give you and your parents and/or grandparents much nachas (or naches).

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Apple Watch/Apple Pay: Not The Disruptor We Were Expecting?

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Apple Watch’s killer app/function may be Apple Pay, the ability to pay simply by tapping your wrist to a compatible POS terminal. But will there be enough retail locations who accept Watch-based Apple Pay to make a difference? I explore the Apple Pay/Apple Watch topic in this blog post for Digital Technology Consulting.

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Sharp Aquos UHD TVs Get Android TV OS

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My Techlicious report on the new Sharp Aquos smart UHDs running Android.

 

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