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 Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The camera innovations from Sony continue.  Already more than half the smartphones around the world are equipped with Sony image sensors…and the company’s mirrorless cameras have been winning fans among pros and enthusiasts at a remarkable pace. Sony Electronics President Mike Fasullo…

“We have achieved this leadership position by listening to the community and innovating to exceed their expectations.”

The latest camera is the A7r Mark IV arriving in September.  It boasts a 61 megapixel full frame sensor, eye tracking for people and animals and the ability to capture digital audio for 4K video.  The 35 hundred dollar price tag is competitive with the latest from some rivals who are left playing catch up again.

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

 Edoki Academy brings Montessori Pre School learning to apps: COO Valerie Touze chats with Techstination.

 Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   It was the camera chosen by NASA to document the Apollo 11 moon landing.  Attached to Neil Armstrong’s chest was a silver Hasselblad Data Camera fitted with a 60 millimeter Zeiss lens.  A second black Hasselblad Electric Camera was used to shoot from inside the Eagle lunar module and a third camera was aboard the Command Module Columbia in orbit.  To commemorate the 50th anniversary…Hasselblad has launched the 907X Special Edition camera….  Hasselblad’s U.S. Marketing Director Dan Wang…

“Now the special edition is unique in that it is being produced in a limited quantity batch with a very specific black color layer on the exterior of the camera along with an inscription plate that celebrates our fifty years on the moon or.. On the moon since 1969.”

The new special edition Hasselblad is priced at 75 hundred dollars.  It is a large medium format camera with a 50 megapixel sensor. 

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

Techstination Week July 26.   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.  More and more of us are buying smart home technology….whether it is smart speakers,  or home and safety monitoring equipment and that will help to push U.S. consumer technology sales this year past the four hundred billion dollar mark.  That’s according to the Consumer Technology Association, or CTA, where Rick Kowalski is Senior Manager of Industry Analysis.  He says consumer enthusiasm for smart speakers has not been dampened by reports about devices listening in and saving audio…

“No I don’t think so, I think people understand that a lot of the analysis that companies are doing for digital assistants are to help improve the natural language processing skills and to help it become a little more natural at what it does.”

For more on the latest sales projections…check out www.cta.tech.

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

 Rakuten OverDrive brings library audiobooks to Apple CarPlay: Founder Steve Potash in Techstination interview. 

 Google's solutions for better WiFi and family controls: Google's Brianna LaFleur chats with Techstination.

 Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Helping to make those endless charging blocks and cables a bit more manageable is a lofty goal.  A product called Warehouse Box does a nice job of creating an attractive solution.  The wood grain design and subtle lighting on the exterior hide the cables and charging plugs.  It features a touch sensitive nightlight and a wireless charger as well.   The Warehouse Box has been raising funds on Kickstarter with backers able to purchase for 45 dollars with an option to buy two for 69 dollars.  We’re impressed with what we’ve seen…with the Warehouse Box turning what is usually an eyesore in the home…into almost a work of art.  It would look good in the family room, on a night stand…or even in the kitchen.

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