Tech Tuesday

Review: The Magic School Bus: Oceans for iPad

By on February 14, 2012

Recommended for ages 4 and up. Price: $7.99 My children use our iPad regularly, and whenever possible, I encourage the use of educational apps. So, I am always on the lookout for new and exciting apps that will engage them and they’ll want to keep coming back to! When I was given the opportunity to [...]

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Tech Tuesday: The Snow Ball Book App

By on February 7, 2012

My 4 year old is always using my iPhone as a form of entertainment. What she doesn’t know is that I don’t mind. I have carefully chosen all of the apps based on educational content. Whenever she is reading a book or playing a game on my phone, she is having fun and learning. I [...]

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Tech Tuesday Review & Giveaway (closed): Run 5K App

By on January 10, 2012

I started running in college.  It was the first time in my life that I did it for fun rather than for PE.  It was also the first time I realized that I enjoyed it.  Over the past decade or so, it has become something I enjoy doing.  I love the feeling of accomplishment after [...]

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Tech Tuesday Video Game Review & Giveaway (closed): Victorious for Nintendo DS

By on January 10, 2012

Last year for Christmas, my older two daughters (now 8 and 7) were given Nintendo DS is as their gift from Santa. I was dubious at first, but once we had one peaceful two-hour drive to my in-laws’ house, I was absolutely in love with them! Since then, I’ve tried my best to find fun [...]

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Tech Tuesday Review: Alien Buddies App

By on January 3, 2012

I knew I was in trouble the day Nate picked up my iPod Touch, clicked the button, swiped his little finger across the screen and promptly went into my music and deleted my playlists.  And that was before his second birthday.  He’s now quite the little pro at navigating through my Touch, although he must [...]

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Tech Tuesday: uDraw GameTablet Gift Pack for Wii Holiday IT Guide Review & Giveaway (closed)

By on December 20, 2011

I’m a graphic designer as well as a blogger, who tries to stay up to date with technology, which is evolving at an extremely quick pace. We definitely embrace technology as a fun tool and resource for my daughter. We own a Wii gaming system and always play the games together as a family. Like [...]

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Tech Tuesday Holiday IT Guide: Beacon Universal Remote Control for iOS and Android

By on December 6, 2011

  Set-up was generally straight forward. We didn’t run into any issues using our iPhone 4 to link up our TV, multidisc player and with our cable provider. You can also connect Netflix through this device. Beacon requires 4-AA batteries and you must download the dijit app from the app store. I like having all [...]

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Tech Tuesday: Little Pim App Review

By on December 6, 2011

My family is a huge fan of PBS Kids. It’s are primary destination for educational entertainment for our kids. We are also regular users of their online world at pbskids.org and pbskidsplay.org, as well as frequent players of their apps on our iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. We recently took the opportunity to review their [...]

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Tech Tuesday Holiday IT Guide: The Joy Factory Multicharging Station Review & Giveaway (Closed)

By on November 29, 2011

When it comes to gift giving, my husband is one of the hardest people to shop for. He is also very in to sleek, modern styling and trying to minimize clutter. When I was introduced to the Joy Factory’s new Zip USB Touch-n-go™ Multi-Charging Station, it met all this criteria to a T. It features ports [...]

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Tech Tuesday: iPad Appcessories for Family Game Night AND Giveaway (closed)!

By on November 29, 2011
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Since getting our iPad earlier this year, I was immediately drawn in to its seemingly unending world of apps. But, most of what I initially came across were meant for one user at a time (Angry Birds and the like). I slowly started to find games that I could enjoy with my family, but it [...]

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