With the 70D you can have your cake and eat it too: you get the benefit of interchangeable lenses for that nice DSLR style look, plus you can follow a subject around and maintain focus without having to struggle to do it manually.

Soundfreaq opted to install one large driver in the SFQ-07. That's a smart choice. Sound is a notch or two better than what you might find on smaller units with two smaller speakers.

Now that Google has made Play Music available for iOS my mobile music universe is coming together.

Dynamic range, in particular, is startling for such a small box. Bass is rumble-icious.

Seven years ago, when the PS3 and Xbox were released, there was markedly less competition. The iPhone had not been invented. That would happen in 2007. And the iPad, and modern tablet market, was also non-existent.

It takes only a few seconds--milliseconds rather--to realize this is a Ferrari F12... or, better yet, a Lambo Aventador, when it comes to performance. Blazes!

So, now at the end of 2013, we find ourselves at the beginning of the great tablet expansion. Expect a major proliferation of tablet sizes, prices, designs.

Conversation has shifted. Increasingly it takes place in public on social networks. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr are just the start of the places we use to build rapport, get feedback, and strike up new relationships.

At the Nexus 5 to my list of 2013 drool-worthy tech that includes: the Nexus 7, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, Sony PlayStation 4, and Ferrari F12. At least one of those is a total dream.

Tesla notes that "more than 99 percent of Californians and 87 percent of Oregon and Washington owners are now within 200 miles of a Supercharger."