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The Last Disconnected Summer

Aug 14 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

Why an admitted tech addict mourns the loss of her kids’ tech free summers.   Every summer, for the past six years, my kids have been disconnected from the digital world for seven weeks straight while they swim and bike and canoe and do every land sport imaginable at sleepaway camp. But this Continue Reading

5 THINGS I LEARNED about PINTEREST from PINTEREST

Jun 29 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

The secrets of maximizing Pinterest from the #5 employee at Pinterest herself. As a blogger, I'm invited to a lot of events.  And each of those events comes with an unspoken contract:  the sponsor will provide you with information or an experience of some kind, or some swag,  in exchange for you Continue Reading

CE WEEKin NYC: Some of my Faves

Jul 9 Posted by nancyjrab 1 Comment

CES is a massive, miles long, completely insane, totally exhausting labyrinth from which it feels you may never escape.  CE WEEK, however, held each week in smaller venues across  the country, is an interesting, manageable look at the latest in tech. In my case, it even comes with a fab lunch, Continue Reading

My #2013CES Kitchen Obsession

Feb 28 Posted by nancyjrab 3 Comments

It's been more than a month since I returned from Las Vegas and the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. And while many a techno geek is still probably fantasizing about the cool new super thin, super crisp TV's (and the booth babes who displayed them), I can't get my mind off something else.  Though I Continue Reading

A Windows Phone Phanatic Reviews the HTC Droid DNA

Feb 26 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

Yes, it's true. I am a Windows Phone geek.  the HTC Windows Phone 8X is my all -time favorite.  I love that operating system. I love an operating system. How weird and geeky and sad. But geekdom has it's benefits:  HTC recently sent me its new Droid DNA to review, and while it doesn't turn me away Continue Reading

Why I Really Really Don’t Want to Give Back my loaner HTC WindowPhone 8X

Feb 6 Posted by nancyjrab 2 Comments

I love my HTC Windows Phone 8X.  Only it's not mine.  It's a loaner, given (lent) to me by HTC so I could review it. Only I don't want to give it back. Really, I don't. It's no surprise that I love Windows Phone.  I love it so much that even though the only model Sprint carried with the operating Continue Reading

Planning Your Bar Mitzvah at #2013CES

Feb 1 Posted by nancyjrab 1 Comment

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What Free WiFi Might Cost You (and what you can do about it)

Jan 28 Posted by nancyjrab 1 Comment

We've all done it.  Signed in to the WiFi at Starbucks, at the bookstore, even in public parks.  We want our online access, and we don't want to give up our minutes to get it. But  there is a risk.  And every time you sign onto a public WiFi network you take it.  Here's how the FTC describes Continue Reading

The KidzVuz App: My New Baby Has Arrived!

Dec 12 Posted by nancyjrab 2 Comments

Drum roll please!!! Today we are officially announcing the launch of the KidzVuz app, the only video submission app designed especially for tweens. I’m beyond excited.  Why?  So glad you asked! Continue Reading

I’m SO Connected: Western Digital and Me

Dec 7 Posted by nancyjrab 1 Comment

Oh, the life of a blogger -- you have to go to press junkets where Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway answer your questions.  You're forced to check out hip salons like Blow (thanks MomTrends) where they absolutely make you get your hair done, fix your makeup, and serve you cocktails. And you have to be Continue Reading

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