Limpert Tech on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 12/1/18 Tech if you are Entertaining

Sully is back!

The Thanksgiving week is over, but you and your family may still be doing some entertaining over the holidays. Whether it be a holiday party or a small family gathering, Rick has some useful tech for those throwing a party.

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Gadgets and items if you will be entertaining over the holidays

1. Intex Airbeds - if you have visitors coming...

www.intexcorp.com

Whether visiting family or traveling to your favorite theme park, rest assured Intex luxury airbeds provide the features you need for a restful sleep in a compact and easy-to-inflate format.

Each Intex airbed is manufactured with Fiber-Tech® Technology, constructed with thousands of high-strength polyester fibers across the internal structures, providing durability for years of lasting comfort. Built with 110-120V internal air pumps and stylish carry bags for easy transport, Intex airbeds are uniquely crafted to cater to your needs.

Intex provides a wide array of convenient, compact and comfortable airbeds that are available at retailers nationwide, including:

·         20” PremAire® ThermaLux™ Airbed – Engineered to maintain comfort regardless of external temperature, the PremAire ThermaLux airbed adapts to hot and cold temperatures wherever you are staying. The airbed features a Microcell™ Contour Top, an extra soft tri-layer weave that insulates in cold weather and wicks moisture in warm, humid weather providing true four season comfort. Equipped with a newly modeled pump panel with a firmness control button and USB port, the PremAire ThermaLux Airbed will become a staple for any traveler that desires versatility. (MSRP $145.00)  Available only at WalMart

 

2. Ullo Wine Purifier

www.ullowine.com

Üllo Wine Purifier ($79.99) – Available at Ullowine.com, Amazon.com, CrateandBarrel.com, Bloomingdales.com, Goop.com and more

This stylish wine purifier improves the taste of wine by removing sulfites via Selective Sulfite Capture technology as well as separating out sediment. To purify wine simply place the aerator on top of a wine glass or carafe and pour through. The handsome design features a display base that captures drips and stores neatly.

·         Offers a patented adjustable on/off aerator

·         Dishwasher safe and make from BPA-free materials

·         Comes with Üllo Wine Purifier, Travel Bag, and Soft-touch display base

·         6 Selective Sulfite Capture™ full bottle filters

o   Üllo filters are made in the USA

Üllo is a revolutionary tool for red and white wine drinkers alike. Suffer from wine headaches? Turns out, the loads of preservatives in that glass of wine are causing you pain. Üllo brings the natural flavors out of every glass of wine, providing the ultimate wine experience while allowing consumption without the headaches.

Acting as both a sulfite filter and an aerator, Üllo can conveniently travel with you to happy hour with your friends or date night with your partner. Whether you’re pouring a glass for yourself or a bottle for a group, Üllo is the perfect gift for any food and wine lover!

 

3. Bokksu - Japanese snack boxes

www.bokksu.com

Treat your party guests to some authentic Japanese snacks with an assortment from Bokksu

-We make it our mission to deliver authentic Japanese gourmet experiences worldwide through our curated Japanese snack boxes.

Or these make great party favors to give guests.

From Hokkaido milk cookies to Kyoto hand-ground matcha, Classic Bokksu gives you the experience of tasting authentic Japanese snacks, candies, and teas delivered to your door directly from Japan. 

Treat yourself to a new Bokksu Bento Box just in time for the holidays. This two-tiered bento box in our signature orange is the perfect gift for anyone who loves Japanese food. With plenty of room for your favorite dishes, it’s great for any on-the-go meal.

 

4. iHome Color Changing Portable Speaker Dock for Echo Dot

https://www.ihomeaudio.com/iAV5B/

Bring the party anywhere with your Amazon Echo Dot through this compact portable stereo speaker with bright LEDs and 6 fun color-changing modes for fun, fabulous color effects. Wirelessly stream Bluetooth audio from compatible devices and enjoy enhanced audio from your Amazon Echo Dot anywhere in your home!

- Color Changing

5 color modes to set the mood:

Glow (slow fade), fast, favorite color, pulse to music, and preset pulsing mode

- Bluetooth

Bluetooth wireless audio

Stream digital audio wirelessly from your Bluetooth-enabled audio device

 

5. DetoxWater - something you might need after your party

www.detoxwater.com

Every bottle contains 350mg of  clinically proven to promote:

Digestive Health

Nutrient Absorption

Skin Elasticity

Immune Health

Great taste and good for you!

 

6. YANTRA skin products can give you body a much needed 'Holiday Boost'

www.yantrabeauty.com

Here's how to have your skin look its best this winter and over the holidays.

Upscale personal care products are hot this holiday season! 82 percent of female U.S. consumers reported using skin care products at least several times a week, while 64 percent of male respondents reported the same. One of my favorite companies, YANTRA is not only following this trend, but helping set the trend now and into the future. YANTRA products make great holiday gifts.

YANTRA selections are the ultimate product for travel as products have multiple uses. "The Bomb" hair balm is a beard moisturizer, cuticle cream, chapstick and hair texturize that can fit in any bag. "Reign Supreme" hair serum is used to moisturize hair, give it shine, great for hair that maybe hasn't been washed in a couple days to make it smell amazing and give it a boost!

"The Bomb" utilizes 3 major moisturizers: Shea butter, Coconut Oil and Beeswax. Shea butter and coconut oil give you the immediate moisture that dry skin, hair and cuticles require. The beeswax creates a barrier that will help to not only absorb moisture from the atmosphere but will help "The Bomb" to remain in place and give you the moisture that you need for just $40.

Alexandrian Laurel oil is used in the serum and is full of lipids. Lipids are fatty acids that have normally only been used in skin care, and for the first time hair in "Reign Supreme". Taking advantage of the Alexandrian Laurel oils natural benefits, this is a serum that not only helps with immediate results but long term hydration the more you use it, and the price point is only $60.

 

My Appearance on WGST's "The Sully Show" 7/18/14 Wintergreen Resort and Tech

Rick joins Sully this week from Wintergreen Resort in Virginia to talk about what a great family, golf and ski resort this is, right in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They also discuss the tech issues of the week.

You can find out more about Wintergreen Resort at www.wintergreenresort.com.

Have a listen and you can read the show notes below:

listen to ‘The Sully Show July 18, 2014’ on Audioboo

Android Data Wipe Leaves Personal Data   - be careful when wiping data off smartphone

Factory reset tool on Android smartphones does not remove all photos, emails, chats, and other personal data, says security firm.

When Android users choose to reset their smartphones, they generally believe their personal data is deleted. But Avast Software, which makes and markets device-side security apps, says that's not necessarily the case. The company was able to recover vast stores of personal data from wiped smartphones using off-the-shelf software. Time to rethink your selfies?

Avast purchased 20 different Android smartphones from eBay, which typically has tens of thousands of such devices for sale at any given time. The previous owners performed a factory reset, deleting all the content from the phones, before selling them. The factory reset option is buried in the settings menu, but it claims to erase everything from the phone and memory card.

"The amount of personal data we retrieved from the phones was astounding. We found everything from a filled-out loan form [to] selfies of what appear to be the previous owner,” said Avast's Jude McColgan.

Avast restored 40,000 photos -- including 1,500 of children, 750 of women in various stages of undress, and 250 male nudes -- from just 20 phones. Avast also recovered 1,000 Google searches, 750 emails and text messages, and 250 contact names and email addresses. Amazingly, Avast managed to identify only four of the 20 previous owners, but an identity ratio of one-in-five should be alarming to most smartphone users.

So how do you protect yourself? Obviously Avast wants you to download and install its Android app, which overwrites everything on the device and then deletes it. Avast's app is free. There are innumerable other options in the Play Store that provide similar services, including apps from Trend Micro, Norton, McAfee, Kaspersky, BitDefender, and LookOut Mobile. Another option is to encrypt the device. All Android smartphones support encryption, which must be enabled by the user.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is coming....  already?

Seems like we just got the Galaxy Note 3

Fans of the niche device series have been throwing out concept images of the new phone for months. Rumor and speculation continue to fly as fans eagerly await announcements from Samsung detailing the ins and outs of their plans at the Internationale Funkausstellung, or IFA, in Berlin, Germany. Directly translated, the title means International Radio Exhibition Berlin (sometimes called the Berlin Radio Show), which has been a springboard for the newest technologies for years, and this year, on September 5th through the 10th, some companies will jump farther than ever.

The history of the IFA in Germany is very rich, indeed. 2014 marks the 54th IFA conference since the first conference held in 1924. Some 180,000 people attended the inaugural conference, then called the “Great German Radio Exhibition,” to seek out the newest technology of the day -vacuum tube  and early detector radio receivers. In 1930, Albert Einstein gave the keynote speech, emphasizing the importance of such events. The peak attendance of the IFA occurred in 1991 with just over 500,000 people coming to see technology presented by approximately 1,000 exhibitors.


IT Salaries Going Up

Looking for a good salary that keeps going up and job stability?

Look for a career in IT

For many positions, 2014 IT salaries are up a robust 5 percent over last year. Paychecks for Project Managers have risen an impressive 6 percent. Even better: Network Architects are up 6.8 percent, Developer/Programmer Analysts have jumped 7.1 percent, mobile app developers are getting 7.8 percent more. This in a period when core inflation is tame (or so the government numbers tell us).
Even Technical Writers are seeing a 3.2 percent boost.

For IT salaries, companies now need to compete for tech talent. My favorite part of this year’s Robert Half Salary Guide – the source for these IT salary numbers – is the section advising companies on how to hire tech talent. The tone is decidedly aggressive.

Retaining top tech talent is just as serious about being supportive toward IT staff. It lists seven perks that firms use to keep tech pros on board. The list includes some standards, like professional development and family leave; it goes up a few notches with on-site health services and fresh food. And then – incredibly – notes that some employers offer housecleaning and a stipend for vacation travel.
Free housecleaning? Cash for vacation trips? Tech talent, are you feeling loved yet? Suffice it to say, these terms of endearment were nowhere to be found in the dark days of 2008-2009.


Apple Patent Hints The 'iPhone 6' Will Be Made Of Indestructible Glass

Good news for those of you that keep dropping your iPhones

A new Apple patent gives more weight to rumors that the next iPhone will be made of a nearly indestructible type of glass.

Apple won a patent this week for “fused glass device housings," a new method of fusing together pieces of glass, which could be used to make casings for devices like the iPhone and iPad, Apple Insider reports.

The patent award comes amid rumors that the front panel of Apple's next phone, which may or may not be called the "iPhone 6," will be built with a super-durable substance known as sapphire glass.

 

The Comcast Cable Canceling Fiasco

A tech writer in San Francisco tried to cancel his cable service last week, but spent almost 20 minutes onthe line trying to make headway.  He taped the call.

Rick had a similar experience.

Comcast says it’s "embarrassed" by the recording of a customer service rep desperately refusing to cancel a subscriber’s account that had the entire Internet gawking in horror yesterday. However, the company would like to assure us all that this was simply a case of a single, misguided employee leaping over the edge.