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Snoball

Wesley Faulkner is the Digital Strategist of Snoball. He joined us on the TPN CES Live coverage to talk about this great website. Snoball is a great way to get donations to non-profit organizations. Log on to Snoball and set up a trigger to give money to an organization.

Example: You can set a goal, and when you do, you can donate to a cause. So if so many people did this on social network (like on Facebook, checkin on Foursquare, Tweet with a hashtag), I could give X amount of dollars to my charity of choice.

This also works with businesses – after so many Twitter follows, a business could donate to their charity. So many Yelp reviews, they donate. And if a Snoball goes viral, you can place a cap on your donations so you don’t give more than you can afford.

There are over 1.6 million nonprofits to send donations to. These are 501C and 170C non-profits, as registered by the government. Start a Snoball, Share a Snoball and see the good.

For instance, there is a Snoball right now that when Jeremy Lin scores, someone is donating 5 cents to Garden of Dreams Foundation.

They are working on defined categories, but you can definitely search for local charities to give money to. There is no “random” option, but Snoball does feature charities that you could get behind.

This is all tax deductible. You can get a report at the end of the year who you gave money to.

Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine and Andy Smith of Geocaching World

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California Audio Technology

CAT, or California Audio Technology was in the Venetian at CES. California Audio Technology is a high-end consumer audio company, and has been doing it for 22 years. CAT is showing off the best 2-channel listening area. Using Theta Digital amplifiers, CAT speakers can really show their stuff in audio sound.

California Audio Technology uses materials like Corian, Avonite, Stainless Steel, concrete, marble, granite. They use CNC machines to build their speakers to wristwatch quality.  Every component has a Neodymium Magnet driver. They sit in over 120 pounds of MBX 105 material. This can be accurate wherever you stand. That also improves depth quality and ease of hearing.

California Audio Technology, along with Theta Digital – can create awesome home theaters, recording studios, mega yachts, planes and more. They can even hide the speakers in the walls. They are also waterproof, so these speakers could work well around a pool, or on a boat.

If you are a true audiophile, you will want to look at CAT.

Interview by Nicholas DiMeo of F5 Live for the TechPodcast Network.

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Free Dreaming

The Tuesday game is called Terra Noctis: Free Dreaming by Bulky Pix. I know – a lot to say. But it’s a fun game.

You are a cat, you run across the land picking up blue and red fairies. As you progress through the level, you also find the letters S, C, O, R, and E to gain bonus points. You can also get bonus coins, but you have to look for them. Watch out for the monsters – you can either pounce on top, or shoot them by touching the cat on the screen.

The levels get more fun and the more fairies you get, the more you can trade in the store for hats. Top hats, Indiana Jones hats, christmas hats and more. Of course, you can also get upgrades, but who cares? It’s a cat in a hat. Can’t go wrong with that…

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8 Bitty

The one issue I have with games like Free Dreaming is that you have to use the on-screen joystick. iCade my have solved that, though, with a new product called 8-bitty. This is a NES-similar controller pad that allows you to play games on your iPad, iPhone or Android device (although Android users won’t be able to play the iCade game pack).

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The 8-bitty has the plus-style directional joystick, and four buttons on the right side. The controller pad is wireless, so you can have the device resting on a stand while you use the controller.

8-bitty is $24.99 but pre-orders are sold out at this time.

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KidzVuz

Rebecca Levey from KidzVuz joined the TPN CES Live show to talk about Kidzvuz. This is a safe environment for eight to ten year olds.

Rebecca was a mommy blogger. As she reviewed, she thought – why am I reviewing the product? My kids should be doing that.

However, young kids shouldn’t be on Facebook or YouTube like that. Therefore, she helped create KidzVuz. This is a completely moderated site where parents have control over what is sent across the network. Kids can then comment and make videos, just like adults do.

KidzVuz also can teach parents about how they are sending their kids digital footprint across the internet. With KidzVuz, there is no identifyable information. They worked with Badgeville to put a competitive edge to the site.

Kids that love to collect or build get excited about this site. LEGO and other building blocks. Bookworms are also big on Kidz Vuz. Kids on vacation or cooking are also big topics.

KidzVuz is in full compliance with the Child Online Protective Act. The site is completely free and Banner-ad free.

Interview by Andy McCaskey of SDRNews and Don Baine of the Gadget Professor for the TechPodcast Network.

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