Author: Ray Gruenfelder

The building known as 5Pointz (45–46 Davis Street) was an American outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City in Queens, New York, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti mecca”, where aerosol artists from around the globe painted colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot. Writers from Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, and all over the United States have painted on the building walls, including Stay High 149, Tracy 168, Cope2, Part, SPE, and TATS CRU.

The Rollick is a portable Bluetooth stereo speaker with a rounded design similar to the Beats Pill, which makes it easy to pick up and carry for on-the-go use.  Rollick’s powerful dual speakers produce rich, high fidelity stereo sound that remains clear even at higher volumes. Rollick also comes with a lithium-ion rechargeable battery so you can enjoy music for hours whether you are out at the beach or just in your backyard.

iCloud Photo Library. Apple Pay, Camera Roll, Continuity, SMS from any device, Instant Hotspot, Apple, iOS 8.1, If you are an iPhone, iPod or iPad user, by now you probably know the biggest hype during the release of iOS 8.1 was Apple Pay –  but that is not the only feature recently released.  Let’s take a quick look at some other new features of iPhone 6.  Apple iOS 8.1 includes bug fixes, functionality for several Continuity features, the iCloud Photo Library, Apple Pay and the return of the Camera Roll, along with other minor improvements. Continuity With the new Continuity…

Look all over NYC and you will still see a pay phone on many corners that have for the most part been unused for quite some time. Well NYC, you may be in for some good news. Google was among more than 50 attendees at an informational meeting in May for a project that could turn roughly 7,300 relics on NYC corners into free (yes I said free) Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the city. Cisco Systems Inc., International Business Machines Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. were also in attendance. Bids for the proposal were due this past Monday.

Photos by John Milovcic In case you didn’t know, CE Week happened June 23-27 in NYC where I had the opportunity to join in the festivities, as well as take a look at some of the futuristic technology electronics buffs might have on their holiday lists this year.  Below is a run down of some of my favorite stops through the showroom floor last week. Unfortunately, I was unable to make a stop at every booth but hey, there’s always next year.