Smartphones in summer are far from perfect. The screens are hard to see when you’re out of doors, they tend to run out of batteries at inopportune moments, and it seems you’re always in a no-cell area when you need one. Still, your smartphone can be your summer companion on the road or in your [...]

A recent study from NPD shows that one in five consumers want a fitness device that they can hook up to their PC. Today’s question is “will people have more incentive to actually buy these devices if they can use them with friends”. Striiv, a smart pedometer that caters to casual exercisers who like rewards, [...]

Arianna Huffington gets stressed out too! I don’t know why, but I take great comfort when people who look pressed and pretty all the time confess that they need to deal with stress just like the rest of us. But unlike the rest of us who keep our stress to teeth grinding or lip biting, [...]

There was a time when the only tax time jitter you had was getting things done in time and coughing up your dough.  Now, the problems are compounded digitally. Between now and April 15, approximately 155 million people are filing tax form, making identity theft  a larger concern, if only by the numbers.  Add to [...]

As a teen my mom gave me one wall to stick up those torn out pages from teen mags like Tiger Beat, pin up my “I love George” button, and build my wall of aspiration. Fast forward a few decades and meet Pinterest—a collective wall where people share photos of whatever gets them through the day. [...]

These days I found myself lost in Thomas Hardy’s opening poem by Thomas Gray (thank you Wikipedia). Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strifeTheir sober wishes never learn’d to stray;Along the cool sequester’d vale of lifeThey kept the noiseless tenor of their way. The poem is a bittersweet lament at the new industrial world invading [...]

I know it’s geeky, and my brothers and sister are convinced that geeks create these “inventions” to give you the illusion of some control in your life.  But I’m determined to put tech on my side and have my parents start wearing personal information response system (PERS). Of course my parents are already walking/talking Personal Emergency Response [...]

Clinically tested Dakim BrainFitness has been awarded a U.S. patent for its breakthrough NuroLogic Technology. According to Dakim, the technology optimizes the benefits of brain training by employing a highly complex series of sophisticated algorithms. It selects the appropriate exercise from among thousands, in each of six essential cognitive domains, while simultaneously self-adjusting the difficulty, [...]

According to a Canadian site, The Spec, some of the biggest opportunities that await the boomer population are a bit, unorthodox, but quite obvious.

I am not a newbie – I’ve been at CES for an eternity, as the emcee and creative force behind the Last Gadget Standing and the Mobile Apps Showdown – two events at CES that both rely heavily on the people’s vote to decide on a winner. There was a time when the people’s vote [...]

    The GrandCare System is connected to any dedicated Internet Connection and communicates with “wireless” sensors throughout the residence. Designated caregivers can log into the GrandCare Website to send communications to the Loved One, view Activity & Tele-wellness sensor information, and customize the automatic caregiver alerts. A caregiver may choose to receive a call, [...]

        Thanks for making AutoVerbal the #1 iPad & #2 iPhone Medical app!* AutoVerbal is the Elegant & Affordable AAC alternative! Now even better! You asked, we answered! CUSTOM PHOTOS, Male & Female voices & 3 ways to speak: (1) 100′s of built-in phrases in over a dozen categories (2) Program several [...]

        The GrandCare System is connected to any dedicated Internet Connection and communicates with “wireless” sensors throughout the residence. Designated caregivers can log into the GrandCare Website to send communications to the Loved One, view Activity & Tele-wellness sensor information, and customize the automatic caregiver alerts. A caregiver may choose to receive [...]

      Reliable easy to use product + excellent customer service = COMPUTING SUCCESS MyGait creates simple, failure-free computing experiences for senior citizens. With over 10 years of senior computing experience, we understand the senior computer user. Our software has grown with the needs of our senior users and will continue to be current, [...]

      The Story of Great Grabz“I would rather fall than have my friends think I have a grab bar!” Those words changed the world of Abbie Sladick, sending her on a fantastic journey of creativity and innovation in a seemingly dull industry. For over eight years, Abbie had been making dreams come true by [...]

      Livemocha is the world’s largest online language learning community, offering free and paid online language courses in 35 languages to more than 11 million members from 196 countries around the world. Global interest in language learning is exploding. Trade, immigration and travel are conducted across countries and continents like never before in [...]

Celebrity Alert: Gary “Baba Booey” Dell’Abate and Jon Hein to co-host Last Gadget Standing and Mobile Apps Showdown at CES 2012.

Industry watchers like nothing better than to observe as trends come and go. A site that I love, The Crystal Ball Society, started by Jesse Schell, lets you record these predictions for posterity. A good thing,  since most of us will forget our own predictions  in matter of days. Sometimes predications are a matter of [...]

Arnet offers up a nice gift list of digital health gadgets for the holidays. You’ll see many of them at the Sports & Fitness Tech Summit at CES this January.

As you age exercise takes it’s toll on the body. Many turn to non-weight bearing exercises, swimming being the most popular. But listening to the voice in your head can get tedious after a dozen laps. And quite a few older adults would rather not spend their days DJing their playlists for the pool. That’s where Fitness [...]

It’s not easy to get excited about a thermostat. But when you get an eyeful of Nest, billed as the first learning thermostat, your blood will warm. Thermostats, says the company, control about half of your homes’ energy – more than your fridge, electronics and lighting combined. The Nest will learn your preferred temperature routines [...]

They used to say “be careful what you wish for”. Now it’s be careful what you “tap” for. Shopping is quickly becoming as easy as tapping your phone at the checkout counter. Imagine this scenario:  You’re walking past Bloomingdales.  They know you love DKNY because of your previous purchases at the store; they know you’re [...]

  Company: ADT Security Services, Inc.URL: http://www.adtpulse.comCategory: Relationship & Caregiving Description: ADT Pulse(SM) Interactive Solutions is a smart home solution that goes beyond traditional home security to provide Seniors, Family members, and Caregivers a new level of control and connection with their home and loved ones.  The system can be accessed from any web-enabled computer, [...]

Company: Sonic AlertURL: http://sonicalert.com/products-amplified-phones-Ampli455.htmlCategory: Relationship & Caregiving Description: Sonic Alert Ampli455 Full-Feature Amplified Telephone Provides All-in-one Communication Package for Hearing and Visually Challenged Sonic Alert’s Geemarc Ampli455 next generation digital amplified telephone features crystal clear TrueSound™, which guarantees amplification capability up to 40 decibels and adjustable receiving tone control +/-10 decibels. The Ampli455 is a [...]