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Techstination Week is a compilation of this week's Techstination reports with tech journalist and host Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Olive Union is one of a growing list of companies  that are helping consumers who need hearing assistance …but are reluctant to spend thousands on hearing aids.  The Olive Smart Ear…looks identical to a wireless earbud…but is designed to let you hear better. An app lets you tune the device to your needs.  Founder and CEO Owen Song…says the app starts with a hearing test..

“We kind of mimic how real audiologists test their patients and we kind of bring that idea to the application.  Now we’re gathering a lot of information and data from hearing tests and keep optimizing the system.”

It can be a big help when having a conversation, watching TV and more.  You can find more info at OliveUnion.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The summer time is a great time for taking pictures….even close to home.  The birds in my yard are getting used to seeing me with the camera….and I’m not alone in looking for subjects nearby.  Well known author and photographer Rick Sammon’s Photo Therapy group on Facebook has some great examples.  And the folks at Kingston Technology are out with great new memory cards in their Canvas line.  Kingston’s David Leong..

“What we did is we increased the speeds and the capacity for our Canvas card line…that would be SD and Micro SD.  So we have solutions basically from  just your standard, if you need an SD card for recording full HD all the way up to 4K drones, that type of thing.”

Where you need lots of storage…with fast speeds.  Computer upgrades have also been popular lately at the www.kingston.com site.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  It’s really open and free for anyone to take advantage of ….but during the summer months…high school and college students can really get a jump on things with the free online courses IBM offers through Open P-Tech.  And badges are offered for certification in a range of subjects…including artificial intelligence and Python.  Guillermo Miranda is the Global Head of IBM Corporate Social Responsibility…

“Some of the key contents in one area..workplace learning…how to interact in the new workplace and on the other side..how to have the foundation and skills about AI, blockchain, Internet of things.”

Again..the courses are free and you can learn more at www.ibm.com/skills.

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

Hudl offers tech to help school sports teams and fans: VP Greg Nelson in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Keeping kids safe online…and regulating screen time are issues parents struggle with all of the time.   The second generation of Circle Home Plus is a solution that plugs into your home router and works with a parental app…to provide control inside and outside the home.  VP of Marketing Gwen Smith…

“Screen time can increasingly be tied to depression and almost a new kind of addiction.  So this is where Circle comes in to really help parents set  what are the right time limits and filters that they want for their family.  And that may be different for a teenager versus an eight year old online.”

You can find Circle Home Plus for under one hundred thirty dollars…and that includes one year of premium service that lets parents easily pause Internet access and track locations of family members.

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

Anker's latest Nebula projector is the family friendly Astro.   Anker's Bryan Saxton chats with Techstination.

Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box brings lighting to entertainment/gaming. Head of Technology George Yianni.