This post is sponsored by Aura. What is better than unwrapping that new smartphone or laptop, peeling the protective packaging off the screens and turning a shiny gadget over in your hands? It’s a little bit of holiday happiness, and with everything going on in the world today, I say it’s downright therapeutic. With all that elation and excitement, it can be tough to remember that, with all that speed and connectivity to the internet, comes a lot of dangers, both for your personal data and your kids’ mental health. Identity theft, Credit card fraud, phishing and hacking are an ever-present “ne ..read more

Back with my friends at KTLA News Los Angeles this morning to talk about tech that can help you do your work without strain, pain or injury. I brought everything from a gadget that corrects your posture, to beauty products that protect you from blue light exposure (you know blue light causes wrinkles, right?), to ergonomic screens to keep your neck and eyes more relaxed. We’ll post a video link here when it’s ready. In the meantime, here are the links! Logitech Lift Mouse for Mac $69 Logitech MX Vertical Mouse $99 Logitech K860 Keyboard $129.99 Twelve South Curve Flex $79.99 Espresso Display 1 ..read more

For those of you that have someone with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes in your life, you’re probably familiar with a continuous glucose monitor, or “CGM”. Compared with the finger-prick system, the CGM is an incredible feat of technology: It’s a wearable biosensor that streams real-time blood glucose levels to an app on a patient’s phone, alerting them to life-threatening spikes or dips in blood sugar in real time. Not to mention that it’s so much less invasive: It lives in your arm for two weeks at a time, it’s easy to apply and remove, and there are no finger pricks or blood drops involved. But h ..read more

Back in the mix at the Today Show and it feels so good! Loved being reunited with my Studio 1A family and getting be in studio again, with some back to school tech that will make getting the kids out of summer mode a little easier. Hope you love all the things I brought with me! Click here to watch the segment! use> Slim Smartphone $199Pinwheel Soundform Nano Earbuds $49.99Belkin Vivofit Jr. 3 Smartwatch for Kids $Garmin Blue Light Blocking Screen Protectors $42EyeJust One Sonicare Toothbrush $25Philips Sunrise Alarm Clock $39QiMH Pinwheel Slim: The Healthy Kids Smartphone P ..read more

I’ve always taken a lot of pleasure in tending to my backyard and garden—and I know so many of us have, especially during the past couple of years when home become our main place of solace in a world turned upside down by a global pandemic. Something I’ve learned through years of attention given to my yard? Thoughtful landscaping matters. And if you can get a professional to think about your yard? All the better. Truly, I am a bit hopeless with keeping plants alive. I keep trying to learn what each one needs, but never really retain anything helpful. That and the scorching temperatures in my p ..read more

I look at dozens of tech products a month, and so many are a flash in the pan: Trendy, “me too” products that seem to be borne of the desire to “sell a lot of units” rather than to solve real problems for human beings. So when I was researching my recent segment for KTLA and first saw photos of Dyson’s new revolutionary (and wacky) new product, I stopped dead in my tracks. Not only were the images arresting, but it’s like they predicted the post-COVID world we’d all be living in when they started developing it years ago. The Dyson Zone is a set of headphones that doubles as an air-purifying ma ..read more

These days, my approach to tech resembles that of a digital minimalist. We have enough screens (and pings) already in our lives: When it comes to adding to the tech pile, I’m looking for tech that can help me feel better/calmer… not just more “connected.” So when I noticed several devices hitting the market, claiming to be high tech chill pills… I was intrigued. And curious: In the last couple of years, stress levels have climbed in my household, thanks to the pressures of the pandemic. Could a device on my wrist really help temper that? The Apollo Wearable was at the top of my list, not only ..read more

I was back at KTLA for the first time in a couple years and it was so nice to SEE everyone in the flesh! I brought some cool gadgets that can help you clean up just about everything in your home, including a brainy vacuum mop, a teensy dishwasher, and a phone sanitizer that thinks it’s a toaster, and a lightbulb that thinks it’s a disinfectant! Here’s the segment, if you missed it: And here are the links: Lifx Clean bulbs Simplehuman Cleanstation Roborock S7 Max V Ultra Dupray Neat Steam Cleaner Comfee Portable Dishwasher Dyson Zone Air Purifying Headphones The post KTLA: Spring Cleaning Gadg ..read more

I would say it’s one of the more worrisome aspects of memory documentation: How to keep track of all the photos, videos and audio clips captured over the years. Enter LegacyBox, a service that helps people digitize their memories, specifically outdated media formats like VHS tapes, 8mm films, 35mm slides and hard-copy photo prints. (A full list of what they digitize is available here.) It’s hard to trust a company with things as irreplaceable as your precious memories, but LegacyBox is known for its attention to detail and caretaking when it comes to converting decades worth of non-digital arc ..read more

When it comes to Alexa, we’re quite used to calling on her for tasks ranging from cueing up a favorite music playlist, compiling a grocery list or getting our daily news digest while we brush out teeth. But Amazon recently upped the ante on what Alexa can offer with a subscription service aimed at a whole new audience: Elder care. The service is called Alexa Together and its intention is to assist elderly family members (or anyone with special needs) with access to around the clock urgent response calls via their Amazon Echo or Show. In other words, in the event of an emergency, your relative ..read more