Tech It Out

Why spend more on gifts than you need to? Brand new to the App Store is Save Genie. I catch up with Peter Dalton, Co-founder and CEO at the company, who explains how the app worksSpeaking of the holidays, we need to be extra vigilant against cybercriminals this time of the year. For some handy tips, we’re joined by Shubh Jagani, Innovation Lead at Gen AI Foundry -- part of the Norton family.Amazon unveiled 5 new products this week, all powered by Alexa, and so I’ll share my thoughts on what these can doThank you to Visa, Norton, and SanDisk for your incredible support. Get a huge discount on Norton anti-malware at norton.com/techitout

I share my favorite features of the just-released iPhone Duo, which is Apple’s first foldable phone. I walk through the pros and cons of the deviceI attended two GM events last week – one in New Jersey and one in Manhattan, and so we’ve got two special guests. One is racecar driver Earl Bamber, who talks to us about automotive tech, including what innovations you can take advantage of in today’s vehicles. Earl is a driver for Cadillac Racing, a World Endurance champ and IMSA champion, as wellI also sit down with Brett Muller, whose title is Director of Product, Active Safety, Assisted Drive and Super Cruise, at General Motors. We talk about hands-free Super Cruise driving, and what’s coming nextThank you to Visa, Norton, and SanDisk for your incredible support. Get a huge discount on Norton anti-malware at norton.com/techitout

If you love tech and are on TikTok or Instagram, no doubt you follow brett.tech. To talk about the latest from Apple, I catch up with him at New York’s ‘Welcome Home’ event. This includes HomeView, HomePod mini 2, Apple TV 4K and Apple Home Collection smart devicesIon a related note, I also share a handful of smart home devices, including some picks from Kidde, Tapo, Breville, and Kobo – plus cybersafety tips to remaining protectedLove F1? I interview Ruth Buscombe, Formula 1 Race Strategist & Presenter for F1 TV, about the importance of capturing and analyzing data from each vehicle on the track, and the role AWS plays in all of thisThank you to Visa, Norton, and SanDisk for your incredible support. Get a huge discount on Norton anti-malware at norton.com/techitout

TextNow has hit a very impressive milestone. Last week in NYC I catch up with Derek Ting, Founder and President, who shares the news. TextNow is an app that gives you a free phone number and if you like, even free phone service!School, as we know it, may be underdoing a radical change -- as we will hear from Adam Mangana, President and Chief Executive Officer of a company called OptimaEd, to talk with us about Optima Academy Online. It’s an application for the metaverse (no, it’s not dead).We talk new displays – monitors and televisions, primarily -- with tech creator Baris Alkis. In his partnership with LG, he breaks down the latest pre-holiday ideasThank you to Visa, Norton, and SanDisk for your incredible support. Get a huge discount on Norton anti-malware at norton.com/techitout

We’re paying a lot more to heat and cool our homes these days – and so, is “heat pump” technology a better alternative to traditional furnaces and air conditioners? On the show we’ve got David Rames, Senior Manager at Midea Residential Air Conditioning.Is there a better way to track – or even predict – falling? Our population is aging and falling is a huge risk at home and in long-term care facilities. We’re going to hear about one such innovation called SmartRoom, with a company called AI Matrix. I’ll interview David Cauthron, Chief Technical Officer.I’ve talked about Booking.com on this show before. It’s a popular online platform for finding deals for flights, hotels and car rentals – but we have a little bit of a different spin on the topic of travel today. Vacationing with someone can reveal a lot about a relationship and compatibility, as we’ll hear from relationship expert and sociologist Dr. Jess CarbinoThank you to Visa, Norton, and SanDisk for your incredible support. Get a huge discount on Norton anti-malware at norton.com/techitout