Holiday Gift Guides for CBS News Tech Talk Listeners (& anyone else)

One-Minute Tech Talk segments

Low cost gifts for special people

Smartphone gifts for the budget minded and well healed

Amazon announces portable and BYO speakers versions of its voice activated Echo

Amazon’s Echo brings to mind Star Trek and Hal

Seven things you should know before buying your first drone (from CNET)

MIT Technology Review “Ultimate Holiday Wish List

CNET’s Best Products of 2016

PC Mag’s Best Home Automation Devices of 2016

Tech Radar’s guide to “Best cheap phones in the US for 2016

Best Bluetooth Speakers (Tech Radar)

The Best USB Battery Packs (from Wirecutter)

Amazon’s best selling portable power banks

USB-C battery packs: MacWorld reviews portable batteries for the MacBook and iOS devices