Opkix innovates with small wearable cameras: VP Christian Scott in Techstination interview.

VTech brings mom and dad's tech to kids with cameras, watches and mobile devices.   The company's Tiffany Lavery chats with Techstination about the holiday line up.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Online shopping this holiday season will be record breaking according to a forecast from Adobe Analytics.  Vivek Padya is senior digital insights manager…

“So we’re looking at 189 billion dollars in spend this holiday season.  And that’s about two years worth of online retail growth compressed into one season.  And what we’re looking at closely is how consumers look to spend when they can’t travel and put some of their disposable income towards activities such as that.  We’re thinking through how people are looking to get gifts and send them to relatives and friends."

Adobe says online sales may reach 3 billion dollars a day from November 22nd to December 3rd.  You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  It’s the kind of toy that some parents will buy for their kids…to revive some of their own childhood memories.  No…not Legos or Lincoln Logs…..think virtual pets.  Bandai is out with Tamagotchi on Wonder Garden.  24 years after the Tamagotchi line first arrived…this latest edition has lots of familiar game play…and some new fun too.  Bandai’s  senior director of brand strategy Tara Badie…says kids actually can learn responsibility, and about the popularity in an age when many kids also play with phones and tablets …

“The kids today might have a mobile device that they can play on, but usually it’s shared.  Not a lot of kids have their own devices.  This is something they can actually own and take care of.”

You can find Tamagotchi on Wonder Garden…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.  A lot of tech companies have been busy during the time of Covid-19…creating products to help provide more safety and security.  Visybl….has created wrist bands called SafeTeam to alert wearers when they aren’t properly distanced.  CEO Arun Nadun..

“If we are within six feet for over a period of five minutes, the wristband will start to vibrate.  It has a red light that blinks…so that indicates that you are in contact and need to walk away.  While doing that it automatically records your ID on my device and my device ID on yours."

So the data can help with contact tracing.   You can find more info at www.Visybl.com.

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

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Yamaha is growing its line of digital music instruments once again.  This time…it has created the YDS-150 Digital Saxophone…. (sound)

“You have here two knobs to control the volume that will come out of the speakers.  And as well you can plug some headphones and you can practice totally quiet without bothering your neighbors or your roommates.

Artist Lucia Sarmiento.   Yamaha wind instruments product manager Jon Goldman…

“This is a saxophone that is designed to help bring music makers, new music makers to the table and bring former music makers back to the table.”

The price…  about eight hundred dollars.  There’s more at www.usa.yamaha.com.  You can check out the full interview…including video…on our site.

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

Netgear saves money & space with Orbi WiFi 6 Tri band with built in cable modem.    Sr. Product Line Manager Max Wu in Techstination interview. 

What's new from Exploding Kittens? Cat & Mouth and more: Mktg. Mgr. Josh Weaver chats with Techstination.

Chapter promises unbiased Medicare choices help: Co-founder Cobi Gantz in Techstination interview.