Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Google wants to bring you into the Pixel family and thinks you’ll want to stay.  The tech giant is offering Pixel Pass…which for as little as 45 dollars a month…will get you Google’s latest and greatest phone every two years..  along with repairs or replacements…Google One with 200 gigabytes of cloud storage, YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium and Google Play Pass for games.  Product Manager Chris Breithaupt..

“Depending on which device you buy and whether you buy from Google Store or Google Fi, you can save upward of four hundred dollars over 24 months.”

Google Fi subscribers can save  five dollars a month off their service plan as well.  If the math makes sense to you….and it does sound like a pretty good deal for many…there’s more info at store.google.com.

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

Fakespot is an app and browser plug in that can warn you which reviews are likely to be fake...and which are not.   CEO Saoud Khalifah turned his personal experienced, getting burned, into a cause.  How does it work?   He chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

From showing family or friends what time you'll arrive to helping you find the best time shop and even how to take a route that will save on gas...Google Maps has features to make the holidays less stressful.   Google's Justin Burr chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Zoner Photo Studio X is an affordably priced package of software designed for photo editing and organization. The company’s Thomas Urban..

“We have a module known as the Manager module and that focuses on digital asset management  Another module called the Develop module is  focused more on your raw images and editing, playing with colors.  We have another module called the Editor module which focuses more on manipulating reality.  This is where we lightly touch into the real of a Photoshop if you will where you can play with layers and masks.”

And the pricing is just five dollars a month or fifty dollars a year.  Now there’s video editing too.  You get a lot of capability for the money.  Find more at www.zoner.com.

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

The 4th annual Call for Code Global Challenge focused on climate change on solutions.   The winner?  IBM's Call for Code Chief Technology Officer Daniel Krook chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Some fun use of augmented reality for kids.  Wall Stories is a company that has created wall decals with different themes…that come to life when a phone using the app…is pointed at them.  Company President Elaine Paquin says beyond that..

“It’s a story book.  So the imagery you have on your wall has a whole story to it.  And you can read it on our app as well as play some games…and there’s also an interactive creative tool.  So it’s basically four products into one.”

There are original creations and also licensed content from  Peppa Pig and Sesame Street.  Fun for kids…who love to play with your phone anyway…and the price is about forty dollars.  Find more at www.wallstories.com.

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

With President Biden and CEO Mary Barra there to open the doors, GM's Factory ZERO is officially coming online today.   For Assistant Plant Director Cathy Staelgraeve...it's personal.  The plant...formerly the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant...has long been a part of her family.  She chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

The Worx Nitro 40 Volt LeafJet Blower arrives just in time for fall clean up...and yes, it will blow you away.  Good-bye cords and gasoline.   The company's Meg Butterly chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.