With the holidays just days away, people are thinking about this year’s hottest toys and games. One of the biggest stars of the season, the Fisher-Price® Smart Toy® Bear, has been all over top ten lists. And rightfully so, Smart Toy Bear is the next generation of play! What makes Smart Toy so smart? Revolutionary technology! Smart Toy listens and adapts to your child to figure out their favorite activities. With the help of voice and image recognition, Smart Toy recognizes your … [Read more...]
AN INTERVIEW WITH FISHER-PRICE® SMART TOY BEAR
Stay Connected with Best Buy Mobile
To help you make the most of your August – and as you prep for Fall – Best Buy Mobile wants to help you stay connected. Have you heard of the term “double cohort?” – if not, you’re not alone and I was definitely in that camp as well! According to a recent survey conducted by Best Buy Mobile, only five per cent of Canadians are familiar with this term, and of those five per cent, only 31 per cent know what it actually means! See, I told you, you're not alone! The term double … [Read more...]
GoPro HERO3+ for Family Travel
You may have seen the ads for the GoPro and thought to yourself, "that looks incredibly cool, but I don't do extreme sports like surfing, dirt biking or snowboarding... I'm a parent with young kids, I don't need a camera like that" and you would be so very wrong. While the GoPro is certainly made for, and can handle, any adventurous sport you through at it, families can get just as much use out of the GoPro as the sports enthusiast! Now that the boys are 5, 6 and 8, we are traveling more and … [Read more...]
Back to School with the Nokia Lumia 635 #NokiaBTS
And they're off!! Back to school season is in full swing as kids from across the country head back this week and next! My oldest son is eight and heading into grade three and while, he's not old enough to carry a smartphone just yet, he does have his eye on Mama's new Nokia Lumia 635! If you have a child ready for the responsibility of their first cell phone, check out the features of the Nokia Lumia 635, it's a great little phone at the right price! The Nokia Lumia 635 comes with a … [Read more...]
Life’s Good with the LG G2 Smartphone
I was intriqued with smartphones when they first hit the market, but at the time I wasn't ready for a new phone. Friends raved about being connected allllll the time. But, did I want to be connected all the time? I kind of liked being able to unplug and walk away from the computer. Friends swore that when I got my hands on one, I would never ever want to part with it, I would be carting it off to the bathroom with me. But did I really want to use my phone in the bathroom? hmmm....I just couldn't … [Read more...]
Traveling with the Google Nexus 7 from Staples Canada
My husband has spent a fair bit of time out of the country in the last couple of months and when you leave three little boys back home, it's important to stay connected while you are away. Traveling for business is a little different than traveling for a vacation. Hubs tries to keep his luggage as lightweight and compact as possible while still taking along all the necessary gear for work. Thanks to Staples Canada he can now keep in touch and keep his luggage from weighing a ton with the Google … [Read more...]