The constant threats from North Korea to nuke the United States is giving many baby boomers a very uneasy feeling. That’s why it is always so important for the United States never to let its guard down. We can’t let 9/11 happen again.
Click here for one of the silliest apps ever. It’s called “Singing Carl” and all it does is sing a few words you record into the mic.
Singing Carl repeats anything you say with a funny voice. He can also be poked or pinched and tickle him to make him laugh out loud.
There are days in our mature life that we should just get a little silly. Mix it up. Regain your youth by acting like a carefree teenager. You can fool yourself for a few minutes.
One of the big topics on social media this past weekend was Walgreens’ move into primary care. I am happy about it. As an upwardly-mobile person who is becoming a full-fledged member of the senior citizen generation, it comforts me to know that if I don’t feel well help is just a few blocks away, no matter where I am in the United States.
Walgreens will have nurse practitioners and physician assistants at more than 300 “Take Care Clinics” in 18 states. They will write prescriptions, refer patients for additional tests and help manage chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and high cholesterol.
Learn more about the Walgreens program here
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’.
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).
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