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Bezalel’s Futura X – A Wireless Charging Pad to Make Life Easier #TakeCharge
Bezalel’s Futura X is an ultra thin wireless charging pad that’s also sexy. That’s right. It’s got a drop dead gorgeous sleek design combined with great performance. This wireless charging pad is ideal for those of us who never seem to have charging cords or chargers, and isn’t that pretty much all of us? Don’t try to deny it. You know they are never handy when you want them. Bezalel’s Futura X resolves that problem while looking good. Futura X – Making Charging Sexy I’ve been eyeing up charging pads forever, so when I found Bezalel’s products on line a couple of months ago I was smitten. Not only does Bezalel make…
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Hope and Progress in Zambia – Emerging Cooking Solutions
We are sitting inside a small business with potential to change the landscape dramatically for Zambia. Emerging Cooking Solutions started in 2012 with a goal to make cooking safer. With a loan from the UN Foundation, Marion Peterson and Mattias Ohlson are changing lives for the better in Zambia. This is our first site visit in a five day tour of Zambia. We are here to see the impact of vaccines on the lives of children. I am traveling with a group of journalists who have each received a Shot @ Life fellowship to write about what’s happening in Zambia. The journey was long and the heat in Lusaka is unlike any…
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Keep Tabs on Your Child’s Online Activity With These 5 Programs
Online activity can be a scary proposition for parents. What are your kids seeing? What are they hearing? Who or what are they interacting with? With the ability to open up browser windows that never save data or history, your child’s online activity can be a frightening thing indeed. What if you know very little about social media, or computers? Maybe you have no real clue how to check Snapchat or Instagram Stories to view what they are sharing and doing. Don’t worry, this post is intended to help. There are ways to help keep tabs on your child’s web surfing. Monitoring Online Activity for Safety There’s no end to the…
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Lif3 Smartchip – Keeping Radiation Away from Your Family #GetCellSmart
Disclosure: This post is part of the YummyMummyClub.ca and Lif3 #GetCellSmart sponsored program. I received compensation as a thank you for my participation. This post reflects my personal opinion about the information provided by the sponsors. Lif3 Smartchip is a new way to keep you safe when you use your cell phone. Why is that a concern? Well, cell phones give off radiation. It’s true. That means that every time you or a member of your family uses a cell phone, they are exposed to radiation. The idea of radiation exposure is a scary thought. What’s even scarier is that there is relatively little research on the subject, which means we actually…
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Healthy Home with Netatmo Healthy Home Coach
A healthy home means a healthier life. But how do you get it? Netatmo’s new smart indoor climate monitor can help. Whether you’re looking to get better sleep or help with asthma issues or something else Netatmo’s Healthy Home Coach can help you do it. It’s the next step in indoor home quality monitoring. Healthy Home, Healthy Life So how can you make your home healthier? It starts with knowing what’s out of whack in the first place. That’s where Netatmo comes in. Their smart indoor climate monitor tracks four different aspects of your home environment and gives you tips on how to improve them. This revolutionary climate monitor measures…
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Online Safety and Snapchat
Online safety is a big deal, and Snapchat has become one of the more concerning apps for parents of tweens and teens. Because users of SnapChat can specify a time frame that a picture will stay on the server, online safety is a concern with this app. What is SnapChat ? For those of you who don’t know, SnapChat is a video messaging app which allows users to take photos, videos, and add text or drawings and then send them to other users. This media – known as “Snaps” can be set up with a time limit on how long it can be viewed by the recipient. After that time,…
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Do You Need a Twitter Account to Use Periscope?
Periscope makes it easy to broadcast and watch videos, all from your cell phone. It’s a fun way to connect with your friends and even people you’ve never met before. If you’ve recent found out about it, you may have questions. What is this new platform? How is it used? Do you need a Twitter account to use Periscope? Do You Need a Twitter Account to Use Periscope? What is Periscope? Periscope is a cell phone app that lets you easily livestream videos. Since it is in real time, you can interact directly with your friends and viewers, who can leave comments. It is a fun app with…
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Kid-Friendly Internet with KidsWifi #Giveaway
Creating a Kid-friendly space to use the internet is something most parents are after. The web is a great place full of knowledge, creativity, and new ideas. It can also be a dark place filled with vulgar language, images, and videos. The worst part is that it’s so easy to quickly jump from something benign to something your kids can’t unsee. All it takes is a search for one thing, a click, and suddenly, kid-friendly internet becomes a scary space filling our children’s minds with images and questions that we weren’t prepared to answer just yet. Keeping the Internet Kid-Friendly Of course, safety comes in the form of filtering out unwanted content for…
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New Family Friendly Titles COMING SOON From XBOX One #X16CA
Recently we were invited to the XBOX One Media Showcase in Toronto’s Distillery District. It was the second year I attended and spent some time getting to know which new family friendly XBOX One games are coming soon. There are a few surefire hits on the way to stores soon. You’ll want to put them on your list for the holidays if not before. This year as always there were dozens of exciting new games at the XBOX One Media Showcase. From the Minecraft games set up inside the showcase room to the thrill seeking extreme winter sports game Steep, which is one of my new favourites, XBOX One delivers just…
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Make Back to School Rock with Monster Headphones #BTS
It’s the most musical time of the year. Kidding. Moms and Dads might feel like dancing but tweens and teens, probably not so much. But this year my girls felt like dancing when these Monster headphones arrived for Back to School season here at my house. These beauties landed in my office when the kids were at camp and I was super excited to let them pick which ones they each wanted when they returned. Post contains affiliate links as a service to readers. I receive a small commission via qualifying purchases made. Remarkably they both opted for the opposite ones that I would have chosen for them. My older daughter wanted the…