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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Ford has revamped the best selling Maverick Hybrid mid-sized truck offering hybrid four wheel drive, increased towing capacity and a standard 13.2 inch screen. Brand Manager James Gilpin…

“Now standard, 13.2 inch, landscape center screen, which is the largest standard screen in the mid-sized pickup segment. We’re also pairing that with standard Sync 4, which includes wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, something customers really asked for.”

Also new…the Lobo model of the Maverick..

“We’ve expanded the lineup so we have have more Mavericks for every type of customer available. We’re introducing the new Lobo Performance street truck version.”

The new trucks are due to arrive later this year. There’s more info at www.ford.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.

Ford is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chicago Assembly Plant. A look back in this Techstination interview with Ford Heritage Brand Manager Ted Ryan.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Have you had a falling out with your ear buds? HP Poly has designed the Voyager Free 20 ear buds to stay in place considerably better than most of the competition. And there are other impressive features..helping to deliver immersive audio and all day comfort. A welcome move by the brand better known for business oriented conferencing technology. Product Marketing Manager Alec Turowski says for those on the go…say in a coffee shop…the noise cancellation can work wonders…

“The noise cancelling algorithm in these earbuds has actually been tuned to cancel out some of the ambient chatter that you might find in a coffee shop. What you’ll find is you actually won’t know that I’m in that coffee shop. You’ll just hear my voice, you won’t hear that background noise around me.”

Well done. You can find the Poly Voyager Free 20 earbuds for under 130 dollars.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.

The mid summer arrival of new toys with tech? The highlights? The Toy Insider's Charlene DeLoach chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

As her exploration of black holes continues, Princeton astrophysicist Lia Medeiros finds joy in giving back. She fascinated inner city students taking part in the Summer of a Lifetime program at the university...and sat down with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Ford brings a new standard big center screen to the updated Maverick Hybrid pickup and adds Lobo models. The features? Brand Manager James Gilpin chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.    The latest smart phone watch for kids from Tick Talk is out….and what the device delivers is the ability for parents to video chat with their child anywhere, know their location and more.   The Tick Talk 5 aims to give parents peace of mind…while opening communication for kids with full parental controls.    Eddie Washington is Creative and Strategic Marketing Manager..

“You’re able to have reminders set up, you’re able to voice and video call with family and approved contacts.  You’re able to track your steps with an activity tracker.  From a parent’s standpoint you’re able to track their location, you can view their history route so you can see their previous locations.”

Service pricing starts at ten dollars a month.  Find more at myticktalk.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com.   I’m Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Hard to believe that it has been three decades since the word Roomba entered into our vocabulary. Now, iRobot, the pioneering company behind the robotic vacuum is out with the Combo 10 Max Robot Plus. It mops and vacuums with Enhanced Dirt Detect, will be Matter smart home compatible and the mop auto-retracts to the top to keep carpets dry. The new AutoWash Dock has antimicrobial technology. IRobot’s Warren Fernandez..

“Having a dock that is smart enough to know when it needs to be kept clean, when the robot pad should be cleaned. These are thoughtful features that we at iRobot really think about deeply.”

As with other flagship robotic vacuums…all of this capability doesn’t come cheap. The Combo 10 Max Robot Plus is priced at about 14 hundred dollars.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Some tech help for travel with little ones. Tiny Traveler is a great system that uses a camera that straps on the back of the front seat of a vehicle and a monitor for the front dash that allows a driver to keep an eye on baby in the back without having to turn around. And it is quick and easy to take along for monitoring around the house or wherever you are visiting. Smart. The Web site is mytinytraveler.com. We’ve been fans of the Toniebox screen free story telling speaker for kids and now comes the Listen and Play Bag. Education Director Drew Vernon…

“It’s going to allow you to play the Toniebox from the bag. And you’ve got pouches for the figures and you’ve got some extra storage for the charging cable.”

And like the Toniebox, it is built to last and sells for about fifty dollars.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. The 2024 Summer Olympics are creating lots of excitement. And what it takes for the elite athletes to compete …can provide lessons to us all. Achieve Institute Founder and CEO Mark Cunningham was an elite decathlon athlete turned entrepreneur…sharing those lessons he learned in sports…

“In today’s world, more than ever, you need to be thinking and working in the best way possible to get the most out of yourself, to get the most out of your talent, to drive the results that you need to. And what we have is a scalable system that we bring to organizations. So it isn’t just a one to one. But it’s how do you get large groups working effectively together.”

To reach those high performance levels while supporting individuals and their needs. Find more at achieveinst.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.