Allison describes the Z-Wave Consortium and collection of compatible home automation products. The Z-Wave protocol is an interoperable, wireless, RF-based communications technology designed specifically for control, monitoring and status reading applications in residential and light commercial environments. The setting is the CES 2015 show room floor. Learn more at http://http://z-wavealliance.org Using a Screen Reader? click […]
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Lowes Innovation Labs Brings Us Helpful Robots and Virtual Reality Bathrooms
Allison interviews Amanda Manna from Lowes Innovation Labs about two new services being developed for use in Lowes and Orchard Supply Hardware stores. The first is their OSHbot: an autonomous retail service robot that simplifies the shopping experience for customers and employees. The second is the Lowe’s Holoroom: a home improvement simulator which applies augmented […]
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Allison interviews Jerry Underhill from Mophie about their new Juice Pack battery cases for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and their new Power Stations with integrated cables. Mophie announced their recharging solutions at CES. You can find out more at http://mophie.com. Using a Screen Reader? click here
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Tom and I talk about the new Google reCATPCHA and how it affects accessibility. Using a Screen Reader? click here
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Yesterday I got an urgent, last minute request from Jason Howell to join MacBreak Weekly in progress as Leo had called in sick. I come on about 22 minutes into the show. I had a great time with Mike Elgan hosting along with regular Andy Ihnatko and iMore’s Serenity Caldwell. Using a Screen Reader? click […]
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On Saturday 11 October, I had the pleasure of presenting to the Dallas Apple Corps on the subject “Digital Disaster – Life After Death”. This was original presented at Macworld in early 2014 but I took the show on the road after I got such a great reception for the topic. The audio got weird […]
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Tom Merritt and I discuss they daily news, along with the HP breakup and what it means.
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Kirschen Seah interviews John Brewer from Jera Design about their new ResistorVision software for the iPhone. ResistorVision allows the user to image a discrete resistor, decode the resistor’s color bands and automatically determine the resistor’s value. The setting is the Macworld 2014 show room floor. Learn more at http://jera.com. Check out the Kirschen’s activities at […]
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Allison interviews David Duncan from TAPPD about their new discovery software for iOS applications. TAPPD allows the user to search for apps through social networking and feedback from friends who have similar interests. Users and developers can rate and make comments on the applications with TAPPD. The setting is the Macworld 2014 show room floor. […]
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Allison interviews Denys Zhadanov from Readdle about their Scanner Pro and Documents 5 iOS applications. Scanner Pro converts your iPhone into a scanner, eliminating the need to align the document with your phone when you take the photo. Documents 5 is a file manager for you all of your data on your iOS device and […]
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