Check out the new Wine Art map of Paso Robles at my other site, www.wine-maps.com. It’s the third in a series of hand painted and drawn wine maps using watercolor and India ink printed using fade-resistant inks on heavy stock, suitable for framing.  

Waterfield makes some the best business bags and wallets for the price and quality. What’s more, they’re made in San Francisco by hand and not in some distant factory in China. By selling direct, you’re getting a great product at about half of what you’d pay elsewhere. But, you’ll be hard pressed to find a […]

Originally seen at Techpinions While recently shopping at Costco, I strolled by the notebook computer aisle displaying all Windows machines, and stopped in my tracks.  I was struck by how sleek and compact some of the new Windows machines had become, particularly the Lenovo X1 Carbon with its matte black carbon enclosure and the Dell […]

While conventional wisdom says that Marc Zuckerberg held his own in his appearances before the house and senate committees, I have a different opinion. Clearly he was well prepared and didn’t make any really significant errors in his answers. But after listening to him for two days, I thought he came across as evasive, scripted […]

If you own an iPhone X, read on. This is a very clever app that takes advantage of the 3D sensors built into the camera for face recognition. Bellus3D, Inc. a Silicon Valley startup formed by leading computer vision experts, announced today the Bellus3D FaceApp iPhone X application, a remarkable advancement in face scanning technology. […]

As an early adopter, I’ve been trying to find a good to access my phone safely while driving, particularly for one of it’s most important attributes, navigating. Unfortunately, the auto manufacturers, likely driven by their lawyers, don’t want us to even think of our phones while driving, and relegated them to slots and cubbyholes out […]

Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are incapable of showing any understanding or empathy for what they have done to their users. Watching their performance during recent interviews, they looked like programmed robots or deers caught in the headlights, showing little human emotions. After their performance, a survey showed that Facebook is now trusted by only […]

Recode reports: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally responded to the company’s ongoing privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, the data firm with ties to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. In a post to his Facebook page on Wednesday, Zuckerberg reiterated Facebook’s stance on this issue: That the company was hurt by a bad actor that didn’t follow the company’s […]

RapidX has developed a clever new car charger with 5 ports, capable of charging multiple devices at one time (dependent on the total current demands). 5 intelligent USB ports – detects your device and delivers the fastest possible charge (some devices may not support fast charging). It comes with a 5 foot cable to reach all […]

Apple has brought out a new model of its Watch, called Series 3. It replaces Series 2, while Series 1 is still available. The benefits of Series 3 is a longer battery life, faster performance, water resistance, and built in GPS. One version of Series 3 adds cellular capability. The new Series 3 is a […]

I’ve been using a backup external drive for about 6 months from iStorage and have found it to be the best possible solution for local backups. While I was initially put off by its price of about $300 for 500GB, two to three times the cost of other drives, there’s good reason I can recommend […]

First appeared at Techpinions.com When I first discovered Facebook I thought it was so clever and useful. The company created a new way to connect with friends and business associates, something that was less intrusive than a phone call or text and timelier than a holiday card. It enabled me to get an update from […]

If you’ve shopped around for an Apple watch, you likely know that the latest Series 3 models are not discounted and are sold at retail everywhere. But you can get a discount, essentially an effective 20% rebate from Kohl’s during the several times each month they offer Kohl’s Dollars, You will get $10 in Kohl […]

As frequent business travelers, we’re always looking for the ideal business briefcase bag. Many of us have used a wide assortment over the decades; bags and cases from companies such as Coach, Tumi, Targus, Glaser, Briggs & Riley, Samsonite, and Hartmann. Each promised to be the perfect solution, yet they never seemed to be our […]

QUANTITY −+ This inexpensive ($30) tech gadget combines a Bluetooth speaker with an LED lantern-shaped light. While at first it seemed a somewhat odd combination, it’s turns out to be surprisingly useful. Overall, it’s an attractive, lightweight package that radiates a fair amount of light over 360 degrees. But connected to my iPhone, using it’s […]

One of the often ignored issues in the tech community is how the rivalries between the major tech companies impact their customers, and it’s not always for the best. The issue hit home for me this week when I tried to add back my Gmail account to Apple Mail, the application that’s provided on every […]

Apparently, Apple’s new iPhone X is not selling as well as Apple had hoped, based on a new report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo reports that Apple is planning to cancel its latest model due to disappointing sales.  Now this analyst, usually one of the most informed due to his contacts with Apple’s […]

I just returned from an enjoyable eight-day trip to Todos Santos and San Jose del Cabo on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. Served by Southwest, Alaska and a few other airlines, it’s a quick 2 ½ hour trip from my home in San Diego. With 5 adults and two children, 9 and 13, we carried fourteen electronic devices among […]

When I wrote this, “The Unintended Consequences of a Single Design Decision” (https://techpinions.com/the-unintended-consequences-of-a-single-design-decision/48467) on Techpinions almost a year ago, I pointed out “Shorter battery life – Making phones and notebooks as thin as possible and then making them even thinner in each subsequent generation resulted in less volume for batteries. But because the one dimension that […]

Having been in the consumer tech product development business for much of my career, I’ve seen how the industry has developed a methodology for turning an idea into a product. It generally involves using a team of experts with their various engineering specialties: industrial design, mechanical, software, electrical, quality, and manufacturing engineering. By the nature […]