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 T-Mobile creates T-Mobile Money with no minimum, no fee checking.  Marketing Dir. Tiffany Minor in Techstination interview.

 Upgrade that Mac with new SSD storage options from OWC.  Product Marketing Mgr. AJ Gerth chats with Techstination.

 EyeQ acquires Athentech to grow AI in image editing

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With the acquisition of Athentech…a software company best known for making it easy to improve photos with Perfectly Clear…EyeQ is poised to bring more artificial intelligence into the picture.  Chief Revenue Officer Ziv Gillat..

“The pictures that come out of the cameras and smartphones are good, but often they need to have some corrections.  So for example, if you want to go and print a book from Shutterfly or Blurb, you’re going to want to have the best quality possible because you’re spending money on this.  And so all those companies have been using us for years to correct images behind the scenes.”

In fact, the company’s software corrects about 11 billion photos a year.  And there’s more to come.  Head to www.EyeQ.photos for more. 

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

 GoSun Stove coming Hybrid Solar & Electric Oven & more

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   The innovations at GoSun Stove are continuing.  Founder Patrick Sherwin has built a company around the concept of using the sun’s energy to cook meals completely off grid…using reflectors that focus on an evacuated tube that surround a cooking tray.  The largest model, the GoSun Grill, does an amazing job…has enough capacity for food for a typical family…and even keeps the food warm once you are done cooking.  Now, Sherwin’s Hybrid Solar and Electric Oven is being manufactured to arrive this summer…and can cook indoors or out and even on the road.   And a Solar Cooler is on the way too..

“We’re able to store enough energy and keep the compressor, that’s highly efficient and well insulated, keep the compressor running all day with just a little two pound lithium ion battery.”

Stay tuned and follow along at GoSun.co.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Giving credit where it is due.  In August of last year, T-Mobile CEO John Legere unveiled his latest so called Un-carrier move.  He called it the company’s new Team of Experts…

“We find a pain point.  Where do you find it?  Customers tell you what hurts.  What they want solved.  And then the Un-carrier solves them.  Forever.”

And I’ve put that promise to the test with T-Mobile’s new team of experts…without having to wait forever on hold…team members, many apparently at a call center based in Maine, are personable, tenacious about solving problems and follow up with their direct contact info just in case.  T-Mobile really has taken away the pain points when it comes to customer service.  And I really do hope it is forever.

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

 How does Jeff Bezos touch your world?    

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  How is the richest man in the world…Jeff Bezos affecting your life?  Not saying it’s necessarily a bad thing….just that it is a thing.  Say…you wake up in the morning and check your email and read the newspaper on an Amazon Kindle.  Perhaps that newspaper is the Washington Post.  Time for breakfast…and maybe those eggs, that banana and the bread you are about to toast came from Whole Foods.  And you bought that toaster on Amazon too.  Same goes for the coffee maker.  Time for work?  An Amazon warehouse is the biggest new employer in the neighborhood.  Then home for dinner…with more from Whole Foods…or maybe there’s an order waiting from Amazon Pantry.  Then you might an enjoy an evening watching that TV…purchased on Amazon…watching a movie on that Fire TV Stick. Don’t forget to turn on the Ring security system before bed.  

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.   Think you burn a lot of energy at the gym?  Fitness equipment maker SportsArt is helping to make all of that energy useful…by  turning it into electricity.   That’s the concept behind the company’s Eco-Power line of fitness equipment.  The company’s chief technology officer Ruben Mejia..

“If you think of a hamster running on a hamster wheel we kind of have that same concept where the equipment is the hamster wheel and you are the hamster.  So as your motion is turning a belt or a stride on an elliptical or a wheel on a cycle, it’s actually powering a generator which is producing electricity.”

Which in turn can help power the gym.  They’re planning Eco-Power equipment for high end home gyms as well.  Find more at GoSportsArt.com.

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

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  Whether you love to bike or hike or camp….the need to see where you are going…and sometimes allow others to see you…can be crucial.  The folks at BioLite…best known for their innovative stoves and Firepit….are out with a HeadLamp that is rechargeable, comfortable and versatile.   Director of Marketing Erica Rosen…

“We’re making a brand new, handsfree light.  It is the HeadLamp 330 and it is a 330 lumen USB rechargeable headlamp.  And what really sets it apart is that it is designed to be so comfortable that you’ll actually forget that you are wearing it.”

The battery placement on the back is key to that comfort and it can power the light for up to 40 hours on the low setting.  It also features red night vision and strobe settings.  The price…about fifty dollars.  Find more at www.BioLiteEnergy.com. 

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