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Top 10 Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gifts for Tech Savvy Mom
It’s not yet too late for last-minute Mother’s Day shopping for your tech-savvy mom. The greatest woman in your life deserves the best. If you’re struggling on what to give for her special day, take a look at our Top 10 Mother’s Day gift ideas.
A recent study from the Consumer Electronic Association shows that women’s interest on technology has increased within the last five years. Eight out of ten women show a strong desire to consumer electronics.
Mothers know best and imagine your grandmother surfing the web while interacting with the infamous Siri – priceless and captivating.
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Top 10 Mother’s Day Gifts
1. NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight – bookworms and e-news lovers
Photo credit: Barnes and Nobles
For bookworms and e-news junkie, the Nook is a no brainer for your mom. This nifty gadget is perfect for bed-time reading with breakthrough technology that creates soft glow for optimized reading.
2. Motactv Fitness Tracker – for the fitness junkie
Photo credit: Motorola
The Motactv Fitness is the world’s first fitness all-in-one tracker. Your mom’s workout program will never be the same again. The next level fitness is on her way.
3. Corkcicle – relax and enjoy
Photo credit: Corkcicle
Your mother will love this wine chiller that keeps her white wines chilled and bring the red wines to a more suitable cellar temperature. Definitely, a must-have for “wine mothers.”
4. iPod Touch – music and entertainment beats
Photo credit: Apple
Your mother will have everything from FaceTime video to HD video recording with the iPod Touch. It’s a perfect companion for music and entertainment player that comes in 8GB, 16GB and 32 GB storage space.
5. Garmin Nuvi 40 GPS – drive and paint the town red
Photo credit: Newtricks.net.au
This is a budget personal GPS navigation device for your mother who loves to travel – a must-have for drivers.
6. Nikon Coolpix L20 10MP – share those captivating moments
Photo credit: Nikon
Take photos of captivating moments with your mom and grandmother. A decent camera like Nikon can document the lives of her growing children and print them for her scrapbook.
7. HP 7″ Digital Picture Frame – display the wonderful shoot
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For printed photos, your mother will rejoice with a functional digital frame that comes with remote slide show and calendar.
8. TV DVD Series – for sitcom and pop culture addict
Photo credit: Amazon
Spend the night with your mom watching DVD series. Laugh and cherish the fun times together in front of the TV set.
9. Sony Speaker Dock – perfect with the iPod Touch
Photo credit: PCMag
Tell your mom to “Dock and Load” with her new iPod Touch. Let the Mother’s Day party begin with an impressive speaker from Sony. It’s compatible with iPad and iPhone too.
10. Powermat – wire-free technology
Photo credit: Engadget
Engage with wireless technology with your mom. A tech-savvy mother will appreciate the Powermat that comes with wire-free charging mats attached to home furniture, in cars, and in public places. She can even charge up to three devices at a time with this gadget.
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iPad 3 Coated in 24-Carat Gold
Feast your eyes on this one! This is not the usual iPad 3. This is the world’s first 24-carat gold iPad 3 that will soon be available is selected stores in Dubai, London and Hong Kong.
Yes, the golden tablet will be available in London, coated in luxurious 24-carat gold.
Do you want to make your friends pretty envious of your culture gadget?
If you want to stand out among the crowd and enjoy the extravagant lifestyle of owning a golden tablet, this will totally rock your world and your pocket. The auction of iPad 2 was impressively successful last year. Now here comes the iPad 3.
UK-based manufacturer, Gold & Co. London unveiled the priceless 24-carat pure gold iPad 3 at a special event in United Arab Emirates.
What’s more, after the international unveiling, the Damas jewelers store in Dubai Mall started accepting orders. Proceeds of the first unit auctioned will be donated to charity.
Obviously, the shiny shimmering golden iPad 3 will be on the hands of the extremely wealthy gentlemen. Buying this gold iPad 3 is a status symbol, a luxury at its best.
Probably, you’re wondering how much does it cost– well… it’s tagged with a stunning price of £3,453 ($5,499) for the 64 GB 4G model. Considering there are only 250 units of these 24-ct gold iPads – rarely will you find such items, classified as limited edition.
If you’re not interested on iPad 3, you can get a golden iPhone 4S tagged at £2,686 ($4,349.)
They also unveiled a limited edition of Blackberry 9900 for £1,513 ($2,449.)
If you’re serious buying your own unit from any Gold & Co.’s products, please consider sharing your experience here on Love Culture. Probably, you won’t shine and shimmer on grandiose events, but you’ll get some traffic to your website.
This golden iPad 3 is a dream for me. Unless one of those wealthy gents accidentally bumps his head, diagnosed with amnesia and cares to give his unit for free.
What do you think about the 24-carat-pure gold iPad 3?
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LG bendy plastic e-reader display coming in May
If you can fold your magazine and newspaper after reading some tidbits on the latest news and updates, why not fold your e-reader too? That would be impossible since most of the e-readers available are made up of glass.
But not this one! I’m so excited to share this upcoming gadget from LG. This bendy plastic e-reader will be released next month. LG Display made it again with a punch against other competitors with this new gadget. I guess this will be the future of e-readers in the coming months. Unlike the tablet PCs and laptops – obviously they can’t be folded. The future of bendy-gadgets is close to customers.
The screen is made up of EPD (electronic paper display). It supports 1024×728 resolution with a display of 6 inches. Reading on this e-reader will never be the same again. According to TechSoft.org, “LG claims that the screen provides users a paper like reading experience with plastic substrate.”
The plastic e-reader is sleek, similar to a mobile screen protector film with a thickness of 0.7 mm. It’s flexible, and it can be folded in 40 degrees angle from the center of the screen, 1/3 sleeker as compared to a traditional e-reader screen you have seen.
Considering the materials used, plastic displays are cheaper than glass displays. What’s more, you don’t have to worry about dropping it.
LG attempted several drop-offs to test the waters. From nearly five-feet off the ground, they found out that these plastic displays are durable and more resistant to damages than the glass. LG also tried a break test by hitting the display with a small urethane hammer and there was no ill effect.
LG’s new screens are off to ODM companies in China. With the finished products, they will be available in Europe this early May.
Are you going to get yourself this cool bendy plastic e-reader? Tell us what you think.
[Images via Techsoft, Depcall and Caribbean Book Blog]
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Vizio All-in-One PC and laptops coming this spring
We’ve seen many PC’s laptops and tablet in the market with loads of software packages and specifications.
It’s obvious that the competition is quite unbelievable because each brand wants to get a share of the pie. However, is it all about the products and profits? How about innovation and aesthetics?
I recently read a post from CNBC, and it featured the Top 10 Coolest Gadgets at CES 2012. I’ve mentioned in my previous post one of the featured gadgets like the Invoxia AudiOffice Speaker Dock. And today, my eyes were all glued to this brand called Vizio.
The company is known for their premier HDTVs and I’m really impressed by the quality and design of the products. The aesthetics are foremost with a touch of minimalism. Recently, Vizio jumped in PC bandwagon. Apparently, they threw their nets to the other side of the boat by entering the PC market.
They unveiled their plans on two all-in-one desktop PCs and three notebooks in the CES 2012 event. Vizio is keeping it low in terms of the specifications and price. We can actually see that they promised a ‘thin + light’ model, especially on the Vizio Notebook. All packages are destined to arrive this spring. Vizio’s slogan, “Inspired by joy. Designed to perform” the company is focusing on aesthetics and experience.
The company promises affordable prices on their forefront products. Super-sleek premium, thin and light, this is a preference for minimalists and for those who enjoy the ranks of hot ultra slim notebooks running in Windows operating system.
It’s admirable to see a company combine experience and entertainment in desktop PCs and laptops. I’m also tempted to get myself an All-in-one-PC when it hit the stores.
The desktop is perfect in your home and office. You’ll save a good amount of computer space with these kinds of aesthetics.
All the products – desktop PCs and laptops are part of the company’s Entertainment EcoSystem. You can start watching in one device and continue on another one. The interconnectivity of the devices, premier design and affordable prices would surely make them promising lineup in the coming months.
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Invoxia AudiOffice Speaker Dock for iDevices
A fancy experience with Invoxia AudiOffice as your office speaker phone will blow your mind.
For Apple users, check out this innovative speaker dock perfect for office and home.
I thought it was a car in the office, but it has nothing to do with Audi. I recently checked out the coolest gadgets unveiled in CES 2012, and I found this gem on their list of Elegant Gadgets Abound featured in Information Week.
I thought this was just another fancy fax machine in all its sleek aesthetics and glorious design. However, it’s not a fax machine. It’s not even a printer.
It’s crazy to have a desk phone twist in your office table with tons of paper works and appointments. However, this is not just an ordinary desk phone. This speaker dock VoIP works with premier iDevices such as iPhone and iPad.
What’s in the box? Well, it’s fully optimized with VoIP and video call apps perfect for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The whole package is attractive. Businessmen, professionals and entrepreneurs can use AudiOffice in their companies.
Roll calls, sounds and videos. The gadget’s main purpose is simply to boost the quality of audio when you’re making a VoIP and regular cell phone calls.
The AudiOffice is not limited to iOS devices. Two USB ports are cranked up behind the gadget. Thanks to wireless technology, you can connect a non-iOS device using built-in Bluetooth Radio.
The sound quality is credited to Vivo Acoustic Technology. 8 broadband speakers, and 8 digital microphones are inside the hood. You can connect your PC, laptop using the USB port and audio jack for soothing and relaxing sounds in the comfort of your home or office. You can push that big grey button to turn the speaker on when there’s an ongoing call.
The thrill with Skype using the video call apps gives you another dimension when talking to the other party. Basically, the gadget is simply made to be a speaker and dock for iOS devices. Nothing more, nothing less. The big catch? The AudiOffice is tagged at $299 (227 EUR).
The AudiOffice is featured Engadget. They made a hands-on review of the AudiOffice. They traveled all the way to the Mobile World Congress last February to get a dose of pros and cons of this innovative speaker dock.
As for me, I like to have one in my office too.
And you? Tell me what you think about this gadget? Practically speaking, would you spend your money for this?
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We Stopped Dreaming
Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the importance of advancing the space frontier. You can think about him as the Carl Sagan of the 21st century or the US version of Bryan Cox bringing science to the masses. How many of us ever think about space travel? If the Cold War hadn’t ended, we might have been flying regularly to Mars by now. Watching this video felt like day dreaming.
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Vertu Constellation Quest Inspired by Ferrari 458 Italia
In this generation of technology, smartphones are considered necessities for work and business. Gone are the days when phones were treated as a luxury. The mobile companies leveraged in this opportunity and introduced different sizes, features and brands of smartphones.
Apple, Samsung, Blackberry, Nokia, you name it, pack their operating systems with all the little things we think we need to get through the day and all the other bits we don’t, but want anyway. Some brands focus on performance rather than aesthetic features. Some consider both. However, with Vertu, the luxury smartphone maker, it’s a different ball game.
Known for its super luxurious, ultra-premium styling Vertu leads the way if we’re talking about diamonds and blings on your smartphones. The brand is a favourite among the big spenders who like to show it. The phone for the Bentley and Ferrari drivers of this world.
So it was only natural the company got round to collaborating with Ferrari on a smartphone… one that’s naturally more expensive than the new iPhone and surprisingly better… I give you the world-rocking Vertu Constellation Quest Ferrari…
Inspired by the Ferrari 458, this luxurious smartphone has everything you need. In partnership with Ferrari, the device was originally a Blackberry smartphone which was redesigned with polished stainless steel and embedded in a titanium cover so dropping it won’t be your biggest worry.
The Constellation Quest Ferrari is coated by the same stuff that is used to coat Ferrari engines. Yes! It’s made up of your favorite car’s engine. Its unique coating is incredibly resilient and it is on every inch of the handset that is exposed to scratches. Even more amazing is that the coating is as thin as 1/50 of a human hair, and ten times harder than steel!
The handmade leather is handcrafted in the very same place where Ferrari GT cars are produced. The keypad is sapphire crystal. Yes that’s sapphire crystal, and it takes two weeks to make one keypad! Each individual key can take up to 25 hours to make!
The Constellation Quest Ferrari features a Ferrari logo on the back of the case. Well-crafted with full QWERTY keypad, it is also loaded with 2.46-inch screen and five mega-pixels camera. The ring tones come with the set, and so does a bespoke leather case emblazoned with the Ferrari logo. Now the price is yet to be confirmed, but it is expected to retail for more than $8400 (£5300), which is the asking price of the standard Constellation Quest. Those 25 hours a key add up on the old cost sheet!
Would you ever spend that much on a phone? Even if it looked like so and was practically a Ferrari without the wheels??
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Find A Way
Beautiful boxing montage… backed by the amazing eight-minute opus that is I’ll Find A Way by Zack Hemsey…
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The New iPad Unveiled
It’s here! It’s finally unveiled, and this is not the iPad 3or iPad HD. Its official name is, “the new iPad.” Yes, you got that right. I’m not kidding. So, if this third generation of iPad’s moniker is “the new iPad,” is it possible that iPhone 5 will be called “the new iPhone?” Well, I can’t tell you that. However, this new gadget is rich retina display with quad-core graphics and ultrafast 4G, perfect for your browsing experience, photo and video streams and more. “The new iPad” is glowing with reviews and feedbacks since its launch on 7th March.
Apple has finally unleashed their third gen iPad with enhancements of the previous model. Apple has revolutionized the tablet experience, and it has set high standards on hardware specs. However, this time, it’s not just about the revolution. “The new iPad” is about the resolution. Apple beat it with “resolutionize” gadget that will change your tablet experience from browsing through the web, photo streams, movies and games. The new iPad is a stunner when it comes to graphics (2048 x 1536 pixels with 1.3 million more pixels), live and razor-sharp graphics, you will never be able to use a non-retina display again once you taste its glorious display.
In addition to the upgraded high-screen resolution, “the new iPad” carries:
A dual-core processor A5X chip set which is twice faster than the A5 chip found in the iPad 2. Apple always surprises us with what’s inside the hood.
For those fun shoots, make way for this 5MP sensor with a rear iSight camera which is packed with state of the art optics, auto focus, face detection and white balance.
Enjoy long HD video recording with 1080 resolution that you can even make your own movie, with spectacular and rich graphics.
Are you thinking about Siri? Well, although it’s not included in the hood, Apple integrated voice dictation. It’s accessible via a dedicated button on the virtual keyboard. You can command your iPad to type and send text message, search the web and write notes for you. It works well with third party apps, which allows users to update status and tweets just by dictating.
3G is outdated for “the new iPad,” here comes a new elevated network experience using 4G LTE. It supports HSPA + for up to 21 Mpbs, for dual carrier HSDPA for 42 mbps, or LTE for a maximum of 72 Mbps connectivity. Connect like never before using the 4G LTE.
The battery life lasts 10 hours, and for +4G models about 9 hours.
Lightweight and slim, weighing only 1.5 pound with 9.44 mm-thin. You can grab yours, starting at $499 for the 16 GB Wi-Fi model. “The new iPad” is available in black and white.
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Olympic logo a day
So here’s a cool blog/online art project for you to bookmark. Having been stirred by the release of the official 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games posters, artist Sarah Hyndman created her own offering of alternative posters.
Depicting everyday life in London, Sarah took everyday items and arranged them to look like the Olympic rings. Then she thought ‘this is cool, I should do this for the next 366 (remember this is a leap year) days leading up to the start of the Games!’
So here we are: Olympiclogoaday.com. Check it out. Here are some of our favourites from the site…
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Must Have Funky Gadgets You’ll Love
Check out these funky gadgets I’ve compiled. Nothing beats a nice, funky, creative gadget to make your life more fun and easier. Brilliant, witty and stylish, these gadgets totally rock! I’m not talking about phones or tablets. I’m talking about practical gadgets that you can use every day or maybe for sense of style and expediency.
Imagine your iPhone with a tail of its own. Yes! The mouse is unleashed. This cute tail is not just an ordinary tail. And, oh by the way, I didn’t kill a mouse to get that tail. This mobile tail can hold a device horizontally, or vertically. You can watch your movies or view lectures and shows. It can be easily attached, removed, and attached again. It’s a cute stand for any mobile lover out there. The tail is made up of liquid silicone rubber.
Do you want to see magic? Honestly, I don’t know why it’s called the magic cube, but this gadget is one of my favorites. It’s a virtual laser keyboard that operates in the dark. It feels like you’re in a sci-fi movie typing on your virtual “dock.” If that’s the magic, I might as well call it glowing keyboard in the dark. It’s compatible for the iPhone, iPad, Smartphone, PDA, MAC and table PC. You can use it on a flat surface, by connecting it to your device using Bluetooth HID.
For iPhone lovers out there, you shouldn’t miss this cool gadget that is perfectly designed for your device. It’s a megaphone made of ceramic to amplify and optimise the best sounds right in the comfort of your home. The base is made from wooden frame. It’s perfect for listening to music without your headphones. The gadget was designed by En&is. What’s more exciting on this ceramic amplifier is that when you have audio conference, you hear the person on the phone as live voice.
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