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The Expain heated neck & shoulder massager looks as good as it feels

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NEWS – The holiday shopping season is upon us and so is the tension and stress that can come from a long day at the mall. This Christmas give your sore muscles the gift they deserve with the Expain heated neck & shoulder massager. Inspired by Nordic design, the massager not only soothes your sore […]

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Black Friday Deals – Choetech and Aukey power accessories, Honor phones, and more

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NEWS – Choetech is a great one-stop-shop for mobile device charging gifts.  They have some great Black Friday deals on wireless chargers, cables, power supplies, and HDMI adapters.  Please note that you’ll need to enter the special code listed with each of the following products to receive the deal pricing.  All Black Friday codes expire

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Black Friday Deals – Staples and Office Depot

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NEWS – Staples is a great place to shop, both for the tech lover and the school supplies lover.  And Black Friday specials only make it better!  Some deals of interest are found in the following list, but you can check out all the special deals in Staple’s 14-page Black Friday brochure. Amazon Fire 7 Tablet

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Black Friday Deals – Bosch tools for the handyman

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NEWS – Looking for gifts for the handyman in your life?  Bosch is offering some great Black Friday pricing on their tools at Lowes.  Check out the following! POWER TOOLS GXL18V-237 CORE18V 2-Tool Kit with Hammer Drill & Freak 2-in-1 Impact Driver: $199.00 GDX18V-1600 18V Freak 2-in-1 Impact Driver: $79.00 CLPK22-120 12V 2-Tool Lithium-Ion Combo

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Black Friday Deals – Ravpower hubs, chargers, and wireless earbuds

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NEWS – This Friday is the official beginning of the gifts-for-the-holidays shopping season.  To help you find perfect gifts at a reasonable price, here are some offerings from Ravpower. TaoTronics True Wireless Earbuds Regular Price: $59.99   Deal Price:$39.99    34%OFF Code: BIW9ZCON Time: 11/16/20184:00 am PST – 12/01/201811:59 pm PST HooToo USB C Hub 100W Gray

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Black Friday Deals – Devices at Amazon

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NEWS – Since Amazon is an online retailer, you might think they do only Cyber Monday deals – but you’d be wrong.  They are offering tons of Black Friday deals in many categories.  Let’s start with some deals on tablets and devices for your home. Set of two All-New Fire HD 8 Kids Edition Tablets 8″

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Black Friday Deals – Fitbit fitness trackers

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NEWS – Many folks start the new year with the resolution that they will be working to improve their health.  Fitbit is here to help with some great deals on the fitness trackers that people want! Fitbit Versa (Black Friday Price: $149.95): The Versa is a personalized daily health and fitness companion.  Its intuitive design,

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Turbo defrost your frozen meats with this premium defrosting tray

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NEWS – Tired of using drippy plastic bags and warm water or even worse a microwave to thaw out meats or fish. The THAT! Inventions defrosting tray takes the hassle out of defrosting frozen meats. No heating, batteries, or electricity required. The tray is made of highly conductive food-grade aluminum with a proprietary thermal liquid

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Bookends made by Fender are the perfect gift for fans of Fender guitars and basses

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NEWS – I’ve thought about finding the perfect guitar gift for my husband, but I know I could actually never do that.    Despite having a guitar tech guy he uses to fine tune his guitars, Butch can spend ages staring down the neck of a guitar, adjusting tuning, checking out the finish, trying out

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Here’s a remote for your Christmas tree!

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NEWS – Have you put up your Christmas tree or other holiday lights yet? Many times, the outlet that controls the lights is located an inconvenient place that requires stooping, bending, and/or crawling to access it every time you want to turn the lights off or back on. The Treemote solves that problem with a

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Adagio Teas simplifies making a pot of tea with the VelociTEA kettle

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NEWS – I thought we had our tea-making process under control here, but Adagio Teas can streamline the process even more with their new VelociTEA kettle.  You just add water to the kettle, choose the perfect temperature for brewing the variety of tea, put the leaves in the dishwasher-safe brew basket, then press the button

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Forget about Qi, soon you’ll be able to charge your devices with light

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NEWS – I remember being excited the first time I learned about the ability to charge a device without having to physically plug in a power cable and I jumped on the wireless charging (Qi) bandwagon as soon as I could. These days wireless charging is commonplace, but soon a new wireless charging tech is

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Night Sight is available now for Pixel phones and I love it

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NEWS – Just in case you didn’t already know, the Night Sight feature on the Google Camera app is now available for Pixel phones. This feature allows you to take better photos under dark lighting conditions. I have been eagerly awaiting this feature since it was announced in October. I’m an amateur photographer and anything that

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Monowear Apple watch bands, TicPods Free earbuds, Kensington Expert Mouse, and more – Weekly roundup

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NEWS – Another week has come and gone which means it’s time to make sure that you didn’t miss any news or reviews for your favorite gadget topics. Here’s a list of everything we posted in the last seven days. Enjoy! ARTICLES 6 Gadgets you should have in your car for winter emergencies on November 11,

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Fossil’s new Sport Smartwatch is colorful and packed with features

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NEWS – Fossil’s smartwatches have come a long way since Judie and I posted our joint review of their Palm and Pocket PC wrist PDAs over 16 years ago! Those bulky monochrome monstrosities are nothing like the smartwatches of today and are definitely not like Fossil’s latest Sport Smartwatch which runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear

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