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Digital health certification while protecting privacy: MIT's Alex Pentland in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  If you have a dog in the household…you already know how happy and content they are when everyone is home.  Every day. Schooling at home, working from home.  And many other people…with more time on their hands…have been adopting or fostering pets.  At the Paw Prints in the Sand Animal Rescue in Newport Beach, California, co-founder and President Kelly Reeves cautions that while many potential pets desperately need homes.. families should think long term…

“So it’s important to realize that just because you have a little bit of a break now time wise, that this is a life long commitment.  And it’s not a pair of shoes that you just return because you got to busy, back to work.”

So it is a good idea to think things through…and if it does work out…find the right animal for you, your home and family.   Visit www.pawprintsinthesand.org for more info.

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

Lief Therapeutics launches telehealth mental health services: CEO Rohan Dixit in Techstination interview.

The entrepreneur behind Shine automated, connected toilet cleaning: Chris Herbert chats with Techstination.

Internet communications pioneer Jeff Pulver tackling video chat security with Debrief.  Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Helm Audio is showing its appreciation to first responders by offering a steep fifty percent discount on its True Wireless 5 earphones…featuring great sound and battery life and a distinctive diamond cut design.  The company is using the ID.me platform for verification of first responder status.  You can find information at www.helmaudio.com.  CEO Eric Johnson has also announced a triple driver sports band…with 25 hours of battery life…

“It rests right on your shoulders you can just pop them up into your ears and if you don’t want them to be wearing them you can take them down, they clasp together.”

Also arriving soon the DB 12 Amp…the world’s smallest THX linear amplifier…and a new MQA DAC digital to analog converter.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  For high school students preparing to hopefully enter college in the fall…making decisions about which school to attend has been complicated by Covid-19.  They would typically be visiting campuses and talking with student ambassadors during the process.  A company called Unibuddy has been working with schools around the world to enable virtual visits.  CEO Diego Fanara says that student to student contact is vital…

“So I can ask all my questions that potentially I wouldn’t be comfortable asking to an administrator.  And I can also read blogs, see pictures and then through my app I can have back and forth conversation.  Or the institution can set up group chats.”

You can find more about the schools offering the service at www.unibuddy.com.

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

Cars & the Coronavirus. Autotrader assists dealers, buyers, car owners.  Executive Editor Brian Moody chats with Techstination.

IBM offers free tech skills education platform for students, workers: Cliff Archey, Senior Program Manager of Education, chats with Techstination.