Did you hear the following about the current home gadgets things lately?

Once you’ve tried strawberry snow, you may never go back to the old fashioned snowcones again.Gadgets For Your Future Kitchen (Forbes)

Just a few years ago, Japan’s lead in all things digital was easy to see. Japanese consumers could buy new domestic gadgets from companies like Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic, often a year or two before they hit the market in other countries. But now things have changed. With gadgets increasingly coming out at the same time around the world, it’s no longer the hardware that makes something cool, …Only in Japan: The best technologies you can’t buy (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)

True mobile TV. Connected cars. Personal robots. The coolest new gadgets and services are still found in the Land of the Rising Sun.Only in Japan: The Best Technologies You Can’t Buy (PC World via Yahoo! News)

A neighbor’s electric bill shook me up. It was only half of what mine was even though our households and lifestyles are similar. Both homes include three children, pets and lots of appliances in comparable three-bedroom apartments. Her children occasionally sleep with the lights on. But my teen/tween household has lots of high-tech gadgets. Those differences, I figure, cancel each other out.Plugging holes in a home’s energy use (Miami Herald)

MELBOURNE, Feb 12 - Australian home electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi Ltd posted a 60 percent jump in first-half profit, boosted by ravenous demand for flat-panel TVs, and upgraded its outlook but its shares were hit on worries about consumer spending.Australia’s JB Hi-Fi H1 profit surges but shares drop (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

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