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Lots of old devices? Apple can help with recycling.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Have a drawer or shoebox full of old cell phones or other electronic gadgets? Apple is reminding us all that they should be recycled….if they can’t be put to use by a family member or friend. Lauren Braun, senior manager...
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Another new Google Maps feature- Immersive Navigation

Monday, April 06, 2026

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. They are the biggest upgrades in more than a decade to Google Maps. In our last report we outlined the new Ask Maps feature, which uses Gemini AI to let you converse with Maps…making it easier to find just what you are looking...
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Google rolling out Ask Maps on mobile

Friday, April 03, 2026

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. There is some new magic in Google Maps. Ask Maps is a new feature rolling out on Android and iOS devices…with desktop on the way. It uses Gemini AI to allow you to converse with Maps. Product Director Amanda Leicht Moore...
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Samsung Galaxy S26 devices arriving with new features (Friday, March 06, 2026)
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Healthier habits can begin behind the wheel: State Farm (Wednesday, March 04, 2026)
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Pixel 10a device from Google lands this week (Monday, March 02, 2026)
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Viaim RecDot AI earbuds can record, transcribe and translate (Thursday, February 19, 2026)
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Setting up an iPhone for kids (Wednesday, December 24, 2025)
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Meta Quest VR for gaming and entertainment for the holidays (Tuesday, December 23, 2025)
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iPhone shopping? Today at Apple can assist. (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)
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Here come Apple's new iPhones (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)
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Google offers Pixel fans reasons to upgrade (Thursday, September 11, 2025)
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Alert Live comes to Pebblebee Universal Clip tracker (Tuesday, August 26, 2025)
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Health tech that matters: the AliveCor KardiaMobile story (Friday, May 08, 2026)
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Babs Costello-Brunch With Babs- takes on digital dust bunnies (Thursday, April 23, 2026)
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Drawer full of old devices? Apple helps with recycling. (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)
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Preventing spring break tragedies on the road: State Farm (Saturday, March 28, 2026)
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Google reimagines Maps with Ask Maps and Immersive Navigation (Tuesday, March 24, 2026)
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What you should know about MacBook Neo & more (Friday, March 06, 2026)
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Soundcore Work AI note taker is the size of a coin (Thursday, December 11, 2025)
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New Apple devices for the holidays? How to set up for safety. (Wednesday, December 10, 2025)
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GS1-Google partner to enable easy smartphone medication info (Thursday, November 20, 2025)
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How Apple Watch can help detect hypertension (Wednesday, November 05, 2025)
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Lots of old devices? Apple can help with recycling.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Apple, recycling, device recycling, Techstination, Fred Fishkin, gadgets, tech, gear, Lauren Braun

Another new Google Maps feature- Immersive Navigation

Monday, April 06, 2026

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Google rolling out Ask Maps on mobile

Friday, April 03, 2026

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