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MacVoices #25081: CES 2025 Wrap-Up with Norbert Frassa

Feb 27, 2025 | CES

Chuck Joiner and Norbert Frassa wrap up the MacVoices coverage of CES 2025. Chuck highlights the 51 interviews conducted during the event, discussing the challenges of navigating the show floor, press events, and exhibitor booths. Norbert, usually behind the camera, shares insights into the gear used for interviews, as well as the strategies for managing audio and video quality amid the chaos of CES. The discussion provides a behind-the-scenes look at the planning and effort required, including pre-show research, strategic scheduling, and on-the-ground adaptability.

MacVoices #25076: CES – PhoneCam

Feb 20, 2025 | CES

In Eureka Park at CES in Las Vegas, PhoneCam was showing off their body cam-like device that can offer video and communications for safety and security. Applicable in a variety of situations, Wouter Konigs, Founder & CTO, explains the concept, how they utilize the phone for features like AI, GPS, connectivity, and more, and why they expect to have iPhone support soon.

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MacVoices #25074: CES – Elephant Robotics

Feb 19, 2025 | CES

Robotics are becoming both more accepted and advanced in a variety of areas, especially companionship for all ages. At CES in Las Vegas, Lisha Qui, Head of International Marketing for Elephant Robotics, showed off some of their robotic pets. metaCat, metaDog, and metaPanda were all on display and the crowed was interacting with the just like real pets. Lisha explains how their deep learning AI training creates realistic head and tail movements, its use of USB charging vs. batteries, and their choice of pet models.

MacVoices #25073: Live! – Super Bowl Streaming Winners, Ad Losers, and Apple’s Halftime Show

Feb 18, 2025 | CES

The Super Bowl as the topic of discussion for the MacVoices Live! panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jeff Butts, Marty Jencius, Ben Roethig, Web Bixby, and Eric Bolden…but not for the football. How successful the streaming distribution part was will affect the streaming landscape, which ads worked and which didn’t, and thoughts on the Apple-supported halftime show were on the panel’s minds.

MacVoices #25072: CES – j5create

Feb 18, 2025 | CES

In a very orange booth at CES in Las Vegas, Brandon Thweatt, Systems Analyst for j5create, shows us off their video switcher devices that let you create sophisticated video streams for your show, game, or whatever you want to show off on the internet. Brandon talks about the two models, one with a screen, one without.

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MacVoices #25068: CES – FlowBeams

Feb 13, 2025 | CES

In Eureka Park at CES in Las Vegas we talked to Lea Milovich, CEO and Co-Founder of Flowbeams, a Dutch start-up that has developed a needle-free injection technology. Lea talked about the incredible number of needles in use each day and how their option could reduce or eliminate that waste, not to mention improving the experience for everything from vaccines to tattoos. If you hate needles, you need to see this interview.

MacVoices #25066: CES – WearableDevices (Mudra)

Feb 12, 2025 | CES

In the WearableDevices booth at CES we got to see the new Mudra Band that provides gesture control via Bluetooth and brain-computer synchronicity. Ariel Amar, Product Specialist, shows us how it works, the kinds of control that you can achieve, and the devices it can control.

MacVoices #25265: CES – Shokz

Feb 12, 2025 | CES

At CES in Las Vegas, Piyou (Ray) Cheng, Product Line Manager for Shokz, introduced their OpenMeet headphones that were inspired by the work-from-home trend. Much easier to wear for extended periods of time because of both the bone conduction aspect as well as the extremely light weight, they are perfect for being able to hear what is going on around you while participating in online meetings on an extended basis.

MacVoices #25064: CES – STM Goods

Feb 11, 2025 | CES

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MacVoices #25062: CES – Buddie

Feb 11, 2025 | CES

At CES in Las Vegas, Dr. Robert Dick was in the Buddie booth to discuss their project that will bring contact access to ChatGPT via their earbuds. You can imagine how that could change things. Dr. Dick talks about how it will work, privacy issues, and their Kickstarter campaign.

MacVoices #25061: CES – MacPaw

Feb 10, 2025 | CES

At CES in Las Vegas we stopped at the booth of first-time exhibitor MacPaw to talk to Garrett Krivicich, Head of Global PR about their new move into the enterprise market with CleanMyMac Business. Delivering remote Mac maintenance such as device cleaning, malware protection, and more, it simplifies keeping your company’s Macs delivering optimum performance while being protected from the bad guys. Garrett also gives us an introduction to Eney, their new smart assistant LLM that will operate on-device and integrate with a variety of third-party apps.

MacVoices #25060: CES – MyRadar

Feb 10, 2025 | CES

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MacVoices #25057: CES – Nextbase

Feb 7, 2025 | CES

Every year Nextbase introduces something new and value-added to the dashcam market, which is why they are a permanent stop for MacVoices at CES in Las Vegas. This time, Jeff Chuh Senior Vice President of Marketing introduced their new Piqo model that brings many of their advanced features to a consumer-friendly price point. Nextbase isn’t just focusing on safety and security, but also introducing a more fun and functional aspect by allowing optional overlays to the recordings to display telemetry, speedometers, and more. Jeff gives us a demo.

MacVoices #25057: ShowStoppers – OWC

Feb 6, 2025 | CES

Our last stop at the ShowStoppers event at CES in Las Vegas was one we look forward to every year. Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO of Other World Computing (OWC) talked about all things Thunderbolt 5. OWC just introduced their new Thunderbolt 5 cable capable of 40 GB data transfer and has complete backward compatibility with earlier versions of Thunderbolt. Larry gave us an education about why the order and types of devices could actually slow them down in pre-Thunderbolt 5 configurations, and how to avoid the problem with their recently-released Thunderbolt 5 hub.

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