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Phil Rosenthal on helping restaurants and others through Covid-19.  Phil chats with Techstination about his million dollar pledge and more.

Stingray offers free karaoke content, concerts & more to help: VP Fred Ranger chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  One of the big impacts of the Coronavirus…has been the need for students to stay home….with schools offering online courses in many instances.  And there is a free site available in many countries around the world…including the U.S….that can help with questions that kids run into.  Brainly.com is available for students from middle school through college.  Chief Business Officer Eric Oldfield…

“All kids have homework and they get stuck.  Brainly is actually there and it’s a community where kids can ask a question and then other teachers and students help kids get through the tougher homework questions.”

Brainly.com is available from any browser…or via apps for iOS and Android.  It is ad supported…with the option for a premium subscription to eliminate that.

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

Nomad Goods making & delivering face masks at cost: CEO Noah Dentzel in Techstination interview.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The online Codecademy site….which has specialized in teaching technology skills to millions of people around the world…has been offering thousands of scholarships to Codecademy Pro to high school and college students in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.  CEO and co-founder Zach Sims says prospective learners can go the Codecademy.com site…

“They then can sign up, as long as they have a  k12 or dot edu email address.  They’ll be granted access to Codecademy Pro for the next 90 days and really from there they can choose what they’re interested to learn.  And that can be Web development, mobile development, data science.  And then they take these interactive courses online.”

The company has seen a lot of response already to the offer which is limited in number.  The site again is www.codecademy.com.

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

Retired teacher invents BlowOut Pal birthday cake germ protector: Brian Donnelly chats with Techstination.

Latest from Austere to clean screens, power and 8K signals: Founder Deena Ghazarian chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Microsoft has seen explosive growth in the number of people using its Teams software to communicate and collaborate in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak.  And some new features arrived this month to make Teams even better….including a feature that can suppress background noise during virtual meetings.  During an online briefing,  the software greatly reduced the sound of a rustling bag of chips..for instance.  For many workers at home now…perhaps it can also help the background sound of kids and pets.  Microsoft also now allows Teams to be used as a phone service for smaller businesses.  Teams can work on Windows..of course…as well as Macs and on mobile devices.   The price is 12.50 a month per user…but you can try it for free.   Check out www.teams.microsoft.com for more.

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

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.  Zoner Photo Studio X is the name of a program designed for organizing and editing your photos….and the company has helped users become better photographers too with a variety of online tutorials.  It is a very capable alternative to more expensive software packages…and much more affordable at just 49 dollars a year.  It can handle all of the basics like manipulating exposure, sharpening, layers and a wide range of effects.  The latest update includes some advanced features like the ability to replace any color in an image easily.  The software is also linked to the Zonerama online gallery that gives you unlimited space for storing and sharing images.   For the price…the package is surprisingly capable…and you can see for yourself with a free thirty day trial at www.zoner.com.

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