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echstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Music is one way families can get through the difficulties everyone is facing with Covid-19….and the folks at Stingray have been providing access to free Karaoke and concert content.  VP Fred Ranger..

“We have a karaoke app, we have a concert app, we have even a classical music fan app.  So we decided to open up those apps.  As a matter of fact, you can now sing fifty thousand songs for free on Stingray Karaoke, you can watch over two thousand shows on Stingray Qello and you can enjoy some very interesting classical content just by downloading our apps.”

In fact…there’s free content from the folks at the Montreux Jazz Festival…at www.stingray.com/freemjf1m

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

IBM Watson AI speeds responses to Covid-19 questions: VP Toby Cappello in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  AudioCardio is the name of a mobile app designed to help improve hearing.  During the initial set up on your device you wear headphones and the app does a quick hearing assessment.  It then tailors the app…which you use for an hour a day…to improve your hearing.  You can be doing other things…while the AudioCardio therapy runs.  CEO Chris Ellis…

“So we have individuals that do this while they work out, while they listen to music or even while they go to bed.  What is going on is that this tiny, inaudible frequency is being played over and over again and what’s happening is that we’re stimulating the cells in such a manner that we cause them to fire again.”

Repairing damage.  Pricing can be as low as a hundred dollars a year.  There is a two week free trial at www.audiocardio.com.

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

Digital Aerolus develops commercial UVC disinfecting drone to combat Covid-19.   Dir. of Product and Business Development Jameson Huckaba in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Phil Rosenthal is best known as the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond… and for his own Netflix series…Somebody Feed Phil…  but he is also doing all he can to help others as we cope with Covid-19.  Phil and his wife Monica are matching contributions…up to a million dollars to support chef Jose Andres and his World Central Kitchen…providing funds for restaurants to prepare and deliver food to those in need…

“To me, I always say whether I’m eating a hot dog that’s delicious or I have something I can share with others,  that’s what we have to do today, those who have must help those who have not.”

Somebody Feed Phil in the meantime returns to Netflix next month.  For more on the World Central Kitchen…head to www.wck.org.

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

Blink delivers portable electric vehicle charger for roadside help: Josh Winkler, head of Technology...chats with Techstination

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Nomad Goods is a company that has focused on making top quality accessories such as leather cases for mobile devices….the latest being beautifully designed leather AirPod Pro cases.  But in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic…the company dramatically moved to help…creating a clean room factory to produce surgical facemasks….where iPhone cases previously were made.  And it did it in less than a week.  CEO and Co-Founder Noah Dentzel says hundreds of thousands of masks are being shipped …at cost…with the priority going to medical personnel and first responders…

“We’re trying to adapt and we’re trying to help out.  So as long as we can help and be actually helping to improve things, helping to fight the spread of the virus, we are going to do our part.”

Including assisting other companies to do the same.  The Web site is www.nomadgoods.com.

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

Being home spurs interest in pets. Get educated first at PawPrintsintheSand.org.  Co-founder Kelly Reeves in Techstination interview.

Photo Therapy needed more than ever: author & photographer Rick Sammon chats with Techstination

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With many more of us working from home these days…Accell has updated the company’s gear to help keep customers charged and connected.  The under forty dollar Accell Power Wireless Block Mini is a compact wireless charging stand that also features two AC outlets with surge protection and three fast charging USB ports.  If you’re including a Google Home Mini or Amazon Echo Dot on your desk…the Power Dot Office  …looks like a little flying saucer with a cut out in the middle to hold that smart speaker.  Surrounding it are four surge protected AC outlets as well as both USB A and C charging ports.  It comes in either black or white for about fifty five dollars.  Find more at www.accellww.com.

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