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Anticipated Nook Digital Reader Postponed Again

Well at least there’s Amazon’s Kindle! Barnes & Nobel were hoping to have their competitive product (the Nook) on shelves and in cyber space before the holidays but now it doesn’t look like they’re going to swing it. According to the latest rumors, the release date has been pushed back t...

AT&T Announces Voicemail to Text Service

While there’s no denying the convenience of voicemail, dialing in to your account then listening in can be tough in public. AT&T’s got a new service that aims to eliminate such inconveniences. Calling the service Voicemail to Text, AT&T will translate a vocal message into onscreen display....

Acer Looks to Android to Boost Handset Sales

In an era where handset makers are venturing into PC production, we have the opposite effect going on with Acer. Until now the company has relied largely on Microsoft's mobile Windows operating system to power its phones by that may soon change thanks to warm reception their Android-powered...

Nokia's 6700 Has Photogs in Mind

Nokia’s forthcoming 6700 looks to combine stylish form with powerful camera functionality. This mobile handset will be available in six color options - pink, red, petrol, blue, aluminum, lime and purple. Perhaps most appealing to customers will be the equipped 5 megapixel camera with Car...

Carmangi's Official Site Launches

You still can’t buy one yet but that hasn’t stopped Carmangi from launching an official website for its forthcoming Android-based Web Station tablet / MID. The unit will feature a 7-inch glass touchscreen and some of the usual goodies like WiFi and GPS capabilities. Powering the tablet...

New HP iPaq Coming to AT&T

AT&T’s latest smartphone comes from HP and wears the iPaq brand label. Calling it the HP iPAQ Glisten, the Windows Mobile 6.5 touch-screen smartphone will be equipped with 3G world capabilities. The Glisten will feature a large, AMOLED touch screen for brighter, more vivid colors and a...

RIM & Motorola in the Legal Hot Seat

It seems like no matter what innovations come down the pipe these days, there’s someone else claiming to have invented it first. Such is the case with handset giants RIM and Motorola who find themselves on the receiving end of legal action over visual voicemail. Making the allegations of...

Motorola i410 Coming to Boost Mobile

If you need proof of the slow economy, look no further than the cellular phone industry and the recent resurgence of consumer demand in the prepaid sector. To that end, Boost Mobile, the prepaid phone service business of Sprint Nextel, has recently acquired the Motorola i410 to its growing st...

Help Urge Hospitals to Give Breastfeeding Friendly Discharge Bags to New Moms

I'm reposting this entry from the Next Nine Months as I know that many mothers reading this blog are also proactive supporters of breastfeeding. A few months ago, about 200 hospitals across the country started giving new mothers discharge bags called Healthy Baby Bounty Bags that contained b...

A Good Read for the Tech Lover

Well it may not technically be a gadget, it is a book about how gadgets have changed the world we live in. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in a Silicon Valley garage 11 years ago with ambitions of changing the world. Did they succeed? In the opinion of the author, absolutely only t...

Verizon Targets Outdoorsy-Types With Their Latest Phone

Verizon realizes that not all mobile handset users want to simply make and receive phone calls. As such their latest collaborative effort with Casio, a rugged clamshell model will have six operating modes including one tells the user the best time for fishing. Calling the handset the R...

Seen that? - The Wind Report

... other common utilities [...] Read More Chiming in on Wind Chimes at The Parenting Weblog When it comes to the safety of our children, we ca...

Cooking on the Road

People and lawmakers complain that drivers don’t need additional distractions from the task at hand and hence love to crack down on talking on the phone, texting, or even putting a cell near one’s head. As such, as hard as it is top believe, one company believes there will be a market for tho...

Cooking on the Road

People and lawmakers complain that drivers don’t need additional distractions from the task at hand and hence love to crack down on talking on the phone, texting, or even putting a cell near one’s head. As such, as hard as it is top believe, one company believes there will be a market for tho...

T-Mobile to offer Prepaid Blackberry Plans

Like the idea of the business-powerhouse applications of the RIM Blackberry but fearful of getting caught up in a huge monthly bill or long-term commitment? T-Mobile understands where you’re coming from and has announced that it will begin selling a prepaid BlackBerry plan that doesn't requir...

Enter A Picture Of Your Kid At Parenting.com & Win A Prize

Enter A Picture Of Your Kid At “Parenting.com” & Win A Prize

...of your kid that gets him or her started on a career in modeling. Here’s where to enter the Parenting.com Baby & Child Model Search . Take a camera with you whenever possible, and look around,...

Hitachi Offers 2TB Version of its SimpleDrive

Hitachi realizes that there’s no such thing as too much storage space when it comes to external hard drives. The firm has just introduced a 2TB (terabyte) edition of its popular external SimpleDrive, and it also announced that all of its 3.5-inch retail drives are now available in 2TB capaci...

LG's Shine 2 Coming to AT&T

AT&T’s latest handset from LG is set to launch in under a week. The Shine 2, a stainless steel slider with reflective screen and polished round edges, will hit shelves on November 22 for $120. Successor to LG’s original Shine, the Shine 2 makes use of a reflective 2.2-inch screen with "Mul...

A Shopping Fast That Brings Family together

© annia316 With Black Friday just over and Christmas just three weeks away, perhaps it's not the best time to be talking about frugality and saving money. After all, this is the season of spending, spending, spending! But on second thoughts, maybe it is indeed the perfect time to take a...

Hikari to Release Google Android Tablet

Aside from the obvious iPhone – inspired name, Japanese firm Hikari is set to release a new tablet PC running Google’s Android operating system. Calling it the iFrame, this unit is set to feature a 7-inch touchscreen display, SD memory card slot, and WiFi capabilities (802.11 b/g/n). Oth...

AT&T responds to Verizon’s Ad Campaign

You know ad tactics are getting down and dirty when Verizon’s campaign forces AT&T to take action. AT&T (currently the exclusive domestic carrier of the popular Apple iPhone) says that while they typically don't respond to competitors' advertising, Verizon’s recent ads are so blatantly fals...

Plug Your Phone Into My... Coffee Cup?

If you’re like me, you’ve at some point wondered why nobody thought to include “standard” electrical outlets in your car. The bad news is that there’s no solid answer to this question. The good news is that someone out there with more technical knowledge (and motivation) has decided to do ...

Motorola's New Handset Built to Military Spec

Motorola’s latest handset looks to appeal to those users who make a habit out of destroying their phone. Calling it the Quantico, it features an exterior shell forged from chrome, glass, mesh and rubber and designed to survive in up to one meter of water for up to 30 minutes. A rubberize...

RIM Gets Serious With Developer Tools To Edge Out iPhone

Research In Motion and Adobe announced a collaboration to integrate Flash technology into the BlackBerry development platform. This new level of integration will grand developers access to Adobe Flash and Adobe Creative Suite tools to create content and applications for RIM’s BlackBerry device...

Verizon Targets Music Lovers with New Chocolate

Verizon Wireless today launched the LG Chocolate Touch, a touch screen music phone with surround sound Dolby Mobile for a richer and clearer listening experience. The handset comes standard with a 3.0-inch touch screen display, FM radio, stereo Bluetooth, 1GB of internal memory for music ...

Seen that? - What a Sexy Movie!

...ge of [...] Read More Kids meal toys for movies my kid won't see at The Parenting Weblog Bear with me and read this... the Motion Picture As...

H2Organics Moms Nutrient Enhanced Waters with Fenugreek

Fenugreek is a well-known lactagogue (milk producing agent) used by nursing mothers to increase inadequate breast milk supply. Fenugreek supplements are available in most health stores in capsule form or as an ingredient in herbal teas that claim to support healthy lactation. Now, there...

Sprint Reports Losses Despite Improvements

Sometimes it seems like Sprint must be scratching their collective head in effort to figure out what gives with the domestic wireless market. The company reported a large third-quarter loss as subscribers continued to leave for rivals AT&T and Verizon despite an improved selection of phones a...

Verizon Releases $100 Android Handset

In effort to boost publicity of the Android platform, Verizon Wireless plans to sell the HTC Droid Eris, a Google Android equipped wireless device, today for $100. The Droid Eris is nearly identical to HTC's Hero smartphone, which Sprint is currently selling for $180. In fact the Droid E...

Sonos iPhone Music Player Ships

Sonos has confirmed initial shipments of its much-anticipated ZonePlayer S5 all-in-one wireless music system that can be controlled by the iPhone or iPod touch. The Sonos ZonePlayer S5 is a high-performance wireless music system with 5 speakers powered by 5 dedicated digital amplifiers. ...

Sony Hopes to Increase Market Share with Android Phone

Sony may rule the roost in several areas of consumer electronics but the smartphone industry hasn’t been one of them. To potentially remedy this reality, Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 (their first Google phone) will go on sale in 2010. X10 will run Google's Android software and feature a larg...

Feature Packed Motorola Droid Hits Stores this Week

Verizon’s highly-anticipated answer to the iPhone is set to go on sale this week for $200. This new handset, called the Motorola Droid, will run Google's Android 2.0 operating system, offering a new mapping application that has voice-guided turn-by-turn directions, satellite imagery and h...

Flixster Expands Its Reach By A Factor of 8 Million

Flixster, the world’s biggest online movie community, looks like it's going to be bigger still by last week's announcement to release its first Blackberry application and overhaul its successful Android app. The announcement represents the company's simultaneous addition of 8 million mobi...

Seen that? - House Cleaning Business, Cheap Way to Start Earning Big

...arketing will [...] Read More Professional Home Cleaning, Anyone? at The Parenting Weblog I have mentioned numerous times before, I may be a...

Plasmavironments™ Fireplace DVD

I know of some families whose family holiday traditions include having a picnic in front of the fireplace. Sharing a meal together, snuggling up together, perhaps reading a Christmas story until the kids drift off to sleep. But what if you don't have a real fireplace? Well, now you can turn ...

Lansinoh 25 Year Anniversary Gift Basket Giveaway

In celebration of their 25th anniversary, Lansinoh is giving away 25 gift baskets filled with the products that support breastfeeding mothers. Each basket includes the entire line of Lansinoh products, including the Double Electric Breast Pump, Manual Breast Pump, HPA Lanolin, Disposable Nurs...

Seen that? - Soap and Water Eliminate Peanut Allergen

...d snack regularly [...] Read More Peanut Allergies could be fatal at The Parenting Weblog [photo source: The Zous] Little did Christina Disg...

9 月 Twitter 用户访问量 5840 万

comScore 发布的 最新数据显示 ， Twitter 今年 9 月的全球用户访问量较 8 月份增加 6.7%，达到 5840 万。 倘若按照同比数据计算，则增幅高达 949%。其中，2090 万来自美国，但该数据自从今年 6 月以来便没有太大变化。 上述数据不包括通过手机和电脑客户端应用使用 Twitter 的访问量。但业内人士认为，如果 Twitter 希望成为首个获得 10 亿用户的服务，就必须要加快增长速度。即使以百分比计算，Facebook 在美国本土的增长速度也快于 Twitter ，其今年 9 月的全球用户访问量达到 4.11 亿，较 8 月增长 5...

Pink Power Moms and Bright Starts' Pretty in Pink Collection

In the the third annual 2009 Pink Power Mom™ contest, Bright Starts™ honored eight mothers who have survived breast cancer and used their experience to make a difference in the lives of others who are also affected by the disease. Get to know each of these great moms here . To support th...

Seen that? - Pink Panther Cufflinks and many more

... More Pink Power Moms and Bright Starts' Pretty in Pink Collection at The Parenting Weblog In the the third annual 2009 Pink Power Mom™ conte...

Seen that? - What to Expect When You're Expecting, The Book

...te. In the same fashion as the book, the website is an online reference for all your pregnancy- and parenting-related questions and concerns. For me, the best thing about the website is the community ...

Green Halloween: What to Give Out Instead of Candy

Halloween is an occasion that is traditionally associated with candy, lots and lots of candy. But really, does it have to be? I know my kids get more fun out of the the activities like treat o'treating, pumpkin carving, costumes and the like. The candies being just the "necessary evil". So I won...

Seen that? - Baby Phat Emerges with THE Bag

...e of floral embossed [...] Read More Discovery Health's Baby Week at The Parenting Weblog photo Baby Week, discovery health's annual tr...

Seen that? - Can you teach me some board tricks?

...e skateboard wheels can [...] Read More Chiming in on Wind Chimes at The Parenting Weblog When it comes to the safety of our children, we ca...

2009 Gap Casting Call

The search is on for the next faces of babyGap and GapKids! Gap has launched its annual casting call in partnership with Disney Family.com . Enter your babies (ages four and under) and kids (ages 5 to 10) for a chance to be featured in the store windows of babyGap and GapKids in February 2...

Protecting Your Kids Teeth at Halloween

© ninahale Halloween... Trick o' Treat... Candies! Looking for some damage control? Dr. Margaret Mitchell, DDS, owner of Mitchell Dental Spa , a dental spa facility in Chicago’s Water Tower Place, offers the following tips to for protecting your kids teeth at Halloween: Avoid ...

Chalk It To Me Chalkboard Place Mats

Sometimes I wish our dinner times are less harried, but with a 7 yr old who just wants to gobble up his food and have it done with, and an 18month old who starts making a goo of her meal and drink once she's done, one learns to finish dinner within roughly 10 minutes. Entirely unhealthy, I k...

Professional Home Cleaning, Anyone?

© erikogan As I have mentioned numerous times before, I may be a stay-at-home parent but I am by no means a domestic goddess. While I enjoy spending time with my kids, I can't exactly say the same regarding housework. I do it because only I have to. And would gladly delegate it if I could. ...

Toys for Babies on the Go

Sometimes, having a baby in tow make going on errands a tad bit more difficult. Lucky are those who have babies who sit happily in their strollers, look quietly at the scenes around them and simply close their eyes when they get sleepy. If you have such a baby, bless your lucky stars. But for th...

Professional Lawn and Landscape Services

© Janet 59 Now that summer is over, you'll probably need as much time on lawn care to keep that piece of green ready for the coming season change. It involves much more than just clearing the lawn of fallen leaves, y'know. Bushes and trees need to be trimmed, perhaps some plants re-po...

Autumn and Pest Control

© Stewart Temperatures are starting to drop... and well, it's that time of the year when our warm homes become welcoming refuge for bugs, rodents and other pests. For rodents, for example, there are many DIY rodent control strategies, but personally, I don't think I can do it. I'...

How do you deal with school bullies?

© Eddie~S My son has been being picked upon by a bully in school. I'm thinking of talking to the kid's mom. Here's what I wrote : The class bully picked on Raine again. At lunch break, Raine didn't come out of the gate on time…so I went inside to his classroom. I was told th...

Because It's Hard Having Hard Water

© Dan4th I'm a stay at home parent, but sadly, am no domestic diva. I love being able to stay at home and personally take care of my kids, but I am constantly looking for short cuts when it comes to house chores. And sometimes, it's the littlest things that take up so much time and ener...

Are Women Born Like This?

Pardon the totally non-PC title, and if you were a bit miffed, I hope you'll laugh it off upon watching this video: Wish my 18-month daughter was like this... or maybe rather not!

Does Your SIGG Bottle Contain BPA Afterall?

I thought I did well protecting my child from (unnecessary) BPA exposure when I bought him a SIGG stainless steel bottle. After all, isn't bisphenol A something to be found in plastics only? And SIGG is a reputable brand, a Swiss brand. Very trustworthy. Or is it? This month, SIGG CEO Stev...

Easing an Older Sibling's Anxieties

© flash.pro How do you prepare an older child for the arrival of a new baby in the family? Here are some tips from Michelle Duggar, of the The Learning Channel (TLC) reality series 18 Kids and Counting . Yes, 18 kids, so she ought to know a thing or two about preparing older siblings to th...

RIM Ponies Up For New Browser

In the war to becoming the world's top smartphone maker, every little bit helps to gain an edge. Keeping that in mind, Research in Motion (RIM) has acquired Torch Mobile, maker of the Iris browser for Windows Mobile, to improve its own BlackBerry Internet experience. Released in 2008, the...

Slew Of New Forza 3 Screen Shots

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Nokia’s Mini-Laptop A Reality

It's common knowledge that the void between full computers and converged mobile devices is an ever-shrinking one. Leading cell phone manufacturer Nokia has made it official: Their first laptop computer is coming soon. Calling it the Nokia Booklet 3G, this new unit will weigh just 2.76 pounds an...

Raising Mother

© Divine in the Daily Three years ago, my son and I came home to live with my mother. You see my mother is a very loving person. She is woman of few words and if she's angry with somebody she just cries in a corner instead of confronting the person involved. That all changed since my fa...

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...San Francisco Opens The City's Data • Top 7 Sites for Parenting How-To Videos • How to send SMS from Zoho Creator apps • Facebook 3.0 May Be The Most Useful App On The iPhone Yet • It'...

AT&T To Require Data Plans for Smartphones

In an uncharacteristic move in these rough economic times, AT&T has decided that all new customers who plan to use a smartphone have to subscribe to a $30 monthly data plan starting September 6. The company says the new mandate was implemented to increase customer satisfaction by eliminating fl...

Blockbuster to Bring Movies to Motorola

The times are a changing. Movie viewers are doing away with the concept of requiring a piece of media to enjoy a film. As a result, DVD renting is on the decline and rental chains like Blockbuster are feeling the squeeze. Facing competition from Netflix, Redbox to video download services such ...

Samsung's Jitterbug Simplifies the Cellular Experience

Not everyone feels like handsets need the abundance of features manufacturers have been including of late and one company feels like simplification is in order for certain overwhelmed customers. Enter the Jitterbug J from Samsung, a cellular handset that begs the questions why pack cameras, G...

Lessons in Perspective

This past weekend, my son and I watched the movie Horton Hears A Who on cable TV. We had a blast with the said movie and I highly recommend it as a family-entertainment-cum-bonding movie. The movie's storyline is based on a children's book story by Dr Seuss'. Here are the line...

Verizon 4G Coming Soon

When it comes to wireless networks, speed and reliability are constantly being improved upon. Verizon Wireless has completed initial testing of its 4G wireless service and says the commercial roll out is coming in 2010. Making use of a new technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE), Verizon s...

Whole Grain Raspberry Breakfast Bars

Ready for the early morning rush now that kids are back to school? We all know how important breakfast is to give them the jump start they need to perform well in school, but what do you give them when they're almost always rushing out the door for the schoolbus? Here's a a nutritious an...

Microsoft & Nokia Come Together Over Office

The world's top software maker and top handset maker have reached an agreement. Microsoft confirms that it has reached a deal with Nokia to make a mobile version of its Office software that works on devices made by the manufacturer. Microsoft said it will launch the latest version of its ...

Samsung's Ecofriendly Reclaim Coming to Sprint

While the Samsung Reclaim has been in the works for some time, it looks like Sprint will be the U.S. carrier of this, the world's first bio-friendly smartphone. The Reclaim can proudly boast of the fact that it's made from 80 percent recyclable materials and is free of polyvinyl chlor...