Not all gadgets have to be electronic to be perfect for seniors. I find the older I get, the more I like order in my life.
The three gadgets that really help me the most are: a suction-mounted sponge holder, a suction-mounted waterproof memo pad for the shower, and a suction-mounted tablet holder called iSucker.
I have to admit I love the sponge holder the most because I never knew where to place the sponge after using it. I love the holder and how smart it looks in my sink.
Samsung is not a pioneer. From the minute they reached these shores, all they have done is copy product and marketing plans from American companies they envy.
This guy Brian X. Chen, who wrote the New York Times story that Samsung is going to give Apple some of its own medicine by setting up mini-stores inside Best Buy across the United States this summer, can’t be serious.
First of all, Best Buy is going out of business. There is no way they can sustain themselves, not even with Samsung’s money. And if Samsung becomes financially responsible for them, they, too, will go out of business.
Electronic stores are passé. No one goes into traditional stores to buy anything anymore. People will shop, price compare, and then go online to the biggest discounter to make their purchases. The term they use for that process is called “show-rooming.”
Traditional retailers are so upset about being used for “show-rooming” purposes that many of them refuse to sell brands that sell to exclusive online retailers.
As I mentioned the other day, there isn’t a consistent top Korean executive at Samsung that is smart enough to know that putting a store within a store is not the same thing as the Apple retail environment. The Apple store is a formula that Steve Jobs created. It cannot be replicated unless you have the right product, the right design, the right sales people, the right inventory, and the right set of groupies that are willing to follow you anywhere.
Who wants to bet me right now that Samsung won’t fall flat on its face? Other than the first week when the departments open, I am predicting this concept will have tumbleweed running through it. Ghost City.
By the way, the geniuses at Samsung probably don’t know it, but they tried this concept already 15 years ago in the Miami branch of Comp USA stores. Back then you had to be pretty pathetic not to succeed because everything was selling off the shelves. Yet they failed big time.
The company knows nothing about retail and is not in the service business. If Apple had to start over again at this point in time, I don’t think even they would do as well as they did.
The Times They Are A-Changin’.
The tech industry is slowly but surely appreciating the senior market. It is the fastest growing audience in consumer electronics according to The Aging Technology Alliance, AgeTek.
If anyone thinks that Jay Leno is going to leave the Tonight Show quietly, they have another thing coming.
Let me repeat what I just said in the headline. Samsung is no Apple. In fact, Apple may not even be Apple anymore. I am so tired of reading financial and tech stories about Samsung trying to be Apple.
The story in The New York Times about the digital industry not buying art is a non-story. Having worked in journalism for many years, I can just smell what took place before this story was created. Some section editor was thinking of how much copy he or she needed to fill a section and then told the writer exactly what to deliver.
I have several friends who used to live in Los Angeles but have moved elsewhere because they couldn’t stand the traffic. For New Yorkers, that is difficult to understand. We are one big traffic jam.
Apple is supposedly going to change the TV viewing experience forever. If Apple does it, then everyone else will join in.
The Apple TV has a 60-inch screen. Most manufacturers are referring to the new category as iTVs (Interactive TV).
In today’s previous post, I talked about the tech industry getting more involved in the study of the brain. I also mentioned that the tech industry will be starting a lot of projects involving the ocean. There is so much to learn.
For the last few days I was beginning to believe that the tech industry was getting a little boring. I was on gadget overload. As I combed through the tech sites and blogs for new innovative products and services, I was beginning to believe I had seen it all. There was no more “wow factor,” at least for me. After 47 years of being in the business, I just couldn’t be impressed.
Not so fast. I was just tipped off that I will be able to get my jollies by working for clients who are involved in brain and ocean technologies. Apparently, these are the areas the tech industry feels it must explore. I must say, I am thrilled.
President Barack Obama announced a $100 million initiative for a more advanced understanding of the mind. We all learned in grade school that the brain is the most complex structure in the universe.
Watch the video below. Ann Curry of the Today Show did an interview with a nine-year-old girl who had half her brain removed at the tender age of three. See how she is doing today. Remarkable is an understatement.
I want to get involved in tech companies who want to help expand, cure, and alter brain activities. I feel the same way about the ocean. This may be a great opportunity to feel renewed again.
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