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What is Qi Wireless Charging?

by Barbara J. Feldman March 13, 2013
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Qi (pronounced “chee”) wireless (or inductive) charging is a new standard in charging mobile devices without plugging them in (hence, it’s wireless.) Instead, the phone or tablet device is laid on a mat, and is charged via induction. Not being an electrical engineer, I’m not sure exactly what induction is, but it does have something [...]

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Amazon Announces Kindle Fire Subscription for Kids

by Barbara J. Feldman December 7, 2012
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I am over-the-moon excited by Amazon’s new Kindle Fire content subscription service for kids 3 to 8. FreeTime Unlimited offers a nearly unlimited supply of apps, videos and ebooks for a low monthly fee of just $2.99 for Prime members. (You already are a Prime member, right?) The service includes Parental Control over content and [...]

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Gmail Tip for Sending Really Big Files

by Barbara J. Feldman November 29, 2012
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Gmail has an attachment size limit of 25 MG, but recently announced a new feature that allows file sharing of up to 10GB using Google Drive. Here’s how it works. First of all, you need to be composing your message in the Gmail’s new compose window, so look for the “Try It Now” button (if [...]

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How to Use Dropbox to Share Family Photos

by Barbara J. Feldman September 20, 2012
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Dropbox is one of my favorite cloud storage platforms because of the variety of tools they offer that make it dead simple. Reasons Why Here’s a rundown of reasons to use Dropbox: 1) They have software for all the major computer platforms (Mac and Windows) that allow you to use Dropbox as a local folder. [...]

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Win a TI Nspire CX Graphing Calculator

by Barbara J. Feldman August 17, 2012
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After reading my post about the TI Nspire CX Graphing Calculator demo at BlogHer ’12, the nice folks at Texas Instruments offered up a calculator to giveaway to a reader in a back-to-school sweepstakes. Let’s kick off this contest by sharing calculator stories. What calculator did you use in high-school or college? What’s your best [...]

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TI Nspire CX Graphing Calculator

by Barbara J. Feldman August 15, 2012
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Wow! Are you nerd enough to get excited about a calculator? Apparently I am. At BlogHer ’12, Texas Instruments invited me to a hands-on demo of their newest graphing calculator, the TI Nspire CX (and gave me one I re-gifted to my college kid.) Now, I have to admit that my college days were PRE-CALCULATOR [...]

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