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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.   The folks at Catalyst Cases continue to design some of the best protective cases on the market for a wide range of devices including Apple Watches, phones and iPads.  There’s also protection available for Samsung’s latest.  Public Relations Manager Chris Herbert says for the new Apple 11 series Catalyst has designed new Impact Proection cases…

“Our Impact Protection cases are 9.9 feet drop proof.  They are one of the most rugged, everyday cases on the market.  They are very slim but extremely highly protective.  And the design for the 11 changed a little bit with the positioning of the camera and the way the camera’s structured, so we fitted for the new 11.”

The idea, says the company, is to let people live their adventures..while keeping their gear safe.  There’s more info at www.CatalystCase.com.

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

T-Mobile announces 15 dollar a month service and more if Sprint deal goes through.   Company announcement in NY.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Casio is out with a feature packed, affordable keyboard…the Casiotone CT-S200 …that gets its inspiration from the original Casiotone electronic keyboard that debuted just about forty years ago.  And the 109 dollar price tag makes it an affordable way for families to bring music into the household.  Director of Marketing Rich Formadoni…says there are three new models in all..adding pressure sensitive keys and even light up keys…

“And they have 400 great sounding tones, 77 fun rhythms and the other really interesting thing about them is how easily you can expand on what you’re able to do with an app.  There’s an app called Chordana Play which you connect to via USB and the app lets you load in your favorite midi file and it will teach you how to play it.”

Check out www.CasioMusicGear.com for more.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  KeySmart is a company that has combined a Tile tracker with a clever key holder to ensure that you will find those keys when you need them.  The smart design takes much of the dangle out and makes key carrying more comfortable.  And now they’ve designed a better flashlight the magnetic NanoTorch Twist…that features a head that can point straight or twist down to point at the side.  Director of Marketing Andy Bedell..

“It’s got 600 lumens, that’s how bright it is.  It’s got a couple different modes, bright, brighter and extremely bright.  It’s just so bright when you have it on the brightest one.  It also has a strobe light and kind of an SOS light function, it will do Morse code for SOS.”

The casing is machined aluminum and it features a removable, rechargeable battery.  Smart, useful and it sells for about 60 dollars.  There’s more info at getkeysmart.com.

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

Spider Camera Holster continues gear carrying innovations: Pres. Shai Eynav in Techstination interview.

Accell unveils AxFAST 3202 portable EV charging solution: Co-founder Tenny Sin chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Wag! Is the name of an app based dog services company…that lets you book a variety of services from dog walking and daycare to sitting and more.  It is available in 43 states.  And the company is also offering Wag! Tags…. QR based tags that you can get for free…to help identify lost pets.  Wag!’s Heather Rothenberg..

“You set up a profile for your dog with information, your contact information as well as as many emergency contacts as you’d like.  So if your dog gets lost and a good Samaritan finds your dog, they can use their smart phone to scan the QR code and get information on how to reunite you and your pup much more easily.”

There’s a premium service available as well for 59 dollars a year.  Find more info at tag.wagwalking.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Whether it is in retirement….or in spare time….finding worthwhile things to do…sometimes working…sometimes volunteering…can make life more fulfilling.  Helping many of us find those types of activities…is the goal of a Web site called Amava.  CEO and co-founder Mark Silverman…

“What we’re really trying to do is help them avoid what’s in essence becoming an isolation epidemic in the United States and abroad.  People are kind of leaving their full time careers or leaving their sense of purpose when their kids move out of the house and they really struggle to find what’s next for them.  And so what we’re trying to do is help them first and foremost to explore the possibilities of what they can do now that they have free time.”

The site is free to join at www.amava.com.

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