How Skype Makes My Life Easier
If you saw my last post, then you know that I am part of the Skype Ambassador Program. I shared a lot of details about how much I use Skype. I really love how...
Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player Price: $32.49
Stream online video, music, photos and more to your TV using your smartphone, tablet, or laptop
Supports a growing number of apps including Netflix, YouTube, HBO Go, Hulu Plus, Pandora, ESPN, MLB.TV, Google Play Movies and Music, Plex, MLS, crackle, Vevo, Rdio. Allows to cast a Chrome browser tab.
Box includes Chromecast, HDMI extender, USB power cable, and power adapter. No remote needed.
Easy setup: Plug into any HDTV and connect to your home WiFi network
Works with Android phones and tablets, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, and Chromebooks
Amazon Fire TV Price: $84.00
Massive selection—Over 200,000 TV episodes and movies, millions of songs, and hundreds of games Show me
Voice search that actually works—Simply say the name of what you want to watch and start enjoying in seconds
Tiny box, huge specs—3x the processing power of Roku and Apple TV. Fast quad-core processor, 2 GB of memory, and dedicated GPU, plus Dolby Digital Plus surround sound and optical audio out
Easy to set up and use—Pre-registered to your Amazon account so you can enjoy favorite titles and personalized recommendations
Instant streaming—Exclusive new feature ASAP predicts what movies and TV episodes you’ll want to watch and buffers them for playback before you hit play
Connect your small screen to your big screen—Fire TV lets you fling your favorite apps to your TV to free up your small screen for other uses. Or mirror your phone or tablet to your TV. Learn more
Perfect for parents—Amazon FreeTime lets you easily limit screen time and create personalized profiles just for kids
Great for gaming—Play blockbuster titles like Minecraft-Pocket Edition, The Walking Dead, and Monsters University, plus free games and Amazon exclusives. Paid games start from just 99 cents
Kindle Paperwhite, 6″ High-Resolution Display (212 ppi) with Built-in Light, Wi-Fi – Includes Special Offers Price: $119.00
No screen glare in bright sunlight
Read with one hand—over 30% lighter than iPad mini
Battery lasts weeks, not hours
Built-in light—read without eyestrain
Roku 3 Streaming Media Player Price: $93.42
Faster and more powerful. With up to 1080p HD video* and extended-range, dual-band wireless performance for increased speed
Amazing remote with headphone jack. Use the included in-ear headphones to crank up that late-night flick while the kids (or parents) sleep
One-stop search. Find your favorite movies and TV shows all from one place from top TV and Movie services like Netflix, Amazon Instant Video or Hulu Plus.1500+ channels and growing. The best selection of streaming out there.
Free iOS and Android device app. Use it like a remote. Browse and add new channels. Even stream your music and photos from your phone or tablet to your HDTV
A Roku account is free. However, payment information is required during setup to provide the convenience of making purchases from the Roku Channel Store on your TV. You will only be charged if you choose to make a purchase.
TP-LINK TL-WR841N Wireless N300 Home Router, 300Mpbs, IP QoS, WPS Button Price: $19.99
2 fixed Omni directional antennas Supports PPPoE, Dynamic IP, and static IP broadband functions
Standards: IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Interface: 4x 10/100 Auto-Sensing LAN Ports(Auto MDI/MDIX), 1x 10/100 Auto-Sensing WAN Port(Auto MDI/MDIX)
Antenna: 2x 5dBi fixed Omni Directional Antenna Wireless Signal Rates:11n: Up to 300Mbps(dynamic) 11g: Up to 54Mbps(dynamic) 11b: Up to 11Mbps(dynamic)
Frequency Range: 2.4-2.4835GHz Wireless Transmit Power: 20dBm(max. EIRP)
Modulation Technology: DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK, OFDM, 16-QAM, 64-QAM
11M: -85dBm@8% PER 6M: -88dBm@10% PER 1M: -90dBm@8% PER
Power Supply: Input – localized to country of sale; Output – 9VDC /0.6A Switching PSU
Receiver Sensitivity:270M: -68dBm@10% PER 130M: -68dBm@10% PER 108M: -68dBm@10% PER 54M: -68dBm@10% PER
Kindle Fire HDX 7″, HDX Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB – Includes Special Offers Price: $179.00
Exclusive 7″ HDX display (1920×1200), high pixel density (323 PPI), and perfect color accuracy (100% sRGB) for vivid, lifelike images that go beyond standard HD
Ultra-fast 2.2GHz quad-core processor—3x more powerful than previous generation—with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 330 GPU for fast, fluid gaming and video
Introducing the “Mayday” button—revolutionary, on-device tech support, exclusive to Kindle Fire HDX tablets. Connect for free to an Amazon expert 24×7, 365 days a year
Stay productive on the go with ultra-fast web browsing, built-in OfficeSuite, and updated e-mail and calendar support for Gmail, Outlook, and more
Immersive entertainment experience—see trivia and character backgrounds with X-Ray for Movies and TV, follow along with lyrics with new X-Ray for Music, fling videos to your TV with Second Screen, and more
Over 100,000 apps and games available in the Amazon Appstore, including a new paid app for free every day
Kindle, 6″ Glare-Free Touchscreen Display, Wi-Fi – Includes Special Offers Price: $79.00
Touchscreen display that reads like real paper—no screen glare, even in bright sunlight
Exclusive Kindle features—now includes Goodreads integration, Kindle FreeTime, Vocabulary Builder, Word Wise (coming soon), and more
Double the on-device storage—holds thousands of books
Page turns fly with a 20% faster processor
Lighter than a paperback—fits in your pocket
Battery lasts weeks, not hours
Massive book selection, lowest prices—over a million titles less than $4.99
Download books in less than 60 seconds with built-in Wi-Fi
Encourage kids to read even more with Kindle FreeTime
Try Kindle Unlimited for free—choose from over 700,000 titles. Try it free for 30 days.
Kindle Fire HD 6, 6″ HD Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB – Includes Special Offers, Black Price: $99.00
Fast quad-core processor up to 1.5 GHz—2x the speed and over 3x the graphics performance of previous generation Fire HD for quicker apps and smooth videos
Beautiful 6″ HD display—Crisp, vivid HD display (252 ppi / 1280×800) with over a million pixels—perfect for apps, movies, TV, games, photos, and more
Front and rear cameras—Take photos or capture videos in 1080p HD with a rear-facing camera or Skype with a front-facing camera
No more worrying about storage space—Get free, unlimited cloud storage for all Amazon content and photos taken with your Fire devices
Best selection of digital content—Enjoy over 33 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, Android apps and games—including Facebook, Netflix, Minecraft, and more
Great for the whole family—Create unique profiles and set screen time limits for kids with Amazon FreeTime. Coming soon, link two Amazon accounts and share books, games, apps, and Prime Instant Video content across all devices in the household
Stay connected and productive—Fast web browsing, email and calendar support including Gmail and Outlook. Plus, edit and view Office documents
Try Kindle Unlimited for free—Choose from over 700,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks for $9.99/month. Try 30 days for free.
Sabrent 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub with Individual Power Switches and LEDs (HB-UMLS) Price: $6.99
Expand by connecting up to 4 USB 2.0, or 1.1 devices to any USB 2.0 capable computer
Compatible with all Windows/Mac/Linux systems.
Supports USB 2.0 transfer rates up to 480 Mbps. Backwards compatible with 1.1 devices and hosts
Reverse Compatible with USB 1.1
4 per-port LEDs. Sleek black finish. All 4 ports on one side to minimize cable clutter.
Dell Inspiron i3531-1200BK 15.6-Inch Laptop Price: $247.00
Intel Celeron N2830 Processor
4 GB DDR3
500 GB Hard Drive
15.6-Inch Screen, Intel HD Graphics
Windows 8.1
Our D link for the bedroom just broke, we are thinking about replacing it with a roku.