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Go Hawks Verizon Power House Activities #VZWBuzz #MoreSeattle #GoHawks

January 29, 2015 by Momstart Leave a Comment

At Super Bowl XLIX, one million fans are taking the trip to Phoenix. For a story on the fan technology experience at the Super Bowl, the Verizon Power House, conveniently located in Verizon Super Bowl Central near downtown Phoenix attractions, is offering Seahawks fans an interactive experience to get into the game.

Activities at the Verizon Power House include:

· “Suit Up,” an augmented reality experience that allows fans to suit up in their favorite team’s uniforms, including detailed 3D movement.

· At “Player Chat,” fans will be able to interact with their favorite players through a cutting edge technology glass projection platform. The die-cut digital players look almost alive as they blink and respond to fans questions from the Power House app.

· Through “Power Touch,” visitors can interact with live avatars, who will guide them through the personalized content-driven experience. Fans will be able to receive a virtual autograph from Drew Brees, feel like a newly drafted NFL player, and learn more about NFL Mobile.

· “Game Time,” a platform with 360 virtual reality, provides fans with a once-in-a-lifetime point-of-view experience as an NFL player in University of Phoenix Stadium.

· The “WOW Wall” provides an amazing display of more than 250 tablets and smartphones that act as a single screen where fans can choose to play videos from the 2014-15 NFL season and see some of the best plays from all 32 NFL teams.

Don’t forget to download the Super Bowl Stadium App presented by Verizon, which includes stadium seating charts and concession maps, Super Bowl commercials, replays and the option to receive game day notifications. Hawks fans traveling south should also download Verizon’s NFL Mobile app to get alerts all week on autograph sessions, player appearances, photo opportunities and where to find Super Bowl gear.

New PBS & Disney Apps For Windows Phone Or iOS #VZWBuzz

July 2, 2014 by Momstart Leave a Comment

Looking for some backseat fun for your little ones this upcoming weekend? Don’t forget to check out some fun summer apps featuring Disney Villains, Dusty Crophopper, and the re-imagined Seven Dwarfs! And a few PBS kids characters.

The hugely popular PBS KIDS Video App just launched on Windows phone for the first time! Windows users can now stream thousands of videos of their favorite PBS KIDS programs anytime, anywhere. http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pbs-kids-video/c845651d-062a-4d45-a628-b1ea183f64fe?signin=true

The free PBS KIDS Video App features thousands of videos from top PBS KIDS television series, including Curious George, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Wild Kratts, Peg + Cat, and Sesame Street, and also includes resources just for parents. The app also launched this week on Android and Chromecast.

Planes Fire & Rescue App is launching just in time for the long weekend, families can enjoy the all-new interactive retelling of the upcoming feature film, Planes Fire & Rescue! In this exciting sequel, Dusty shifts gears from racing to join forces with a courageous team to battle a massive wildfire. Read-along (or enjoy the audio narration) with this interactive story, filled with tappables and fun-filled games and activities that keep you in the middle of the action.

Disney Villains Challenge will race against evil through 18 mini-games! Tap, drag, swipe, and shake as fast as you can to bring light to the darkness within the villainous worlds of Maleficent, Cruella de Vil and Captain Hook. And level your way up through 5 levels per mini-games as you thwart evil in each Villain’s world!

The 7D Mine Train is now available with five of the seven dwarfs, young travelers can play this hilariously fun adventure game and get a sneak peek into the re-imagined world of the Seven Dwarfs that will unveil in “The 7D,” a new show premiering Monday, July 7 on Disney XD at 10A/9C! Pilot your favorite dwarf on their special cart through twisting, turning mine train tracks before hurtling through the coveted jewel mine, awesome different locations, and earning special gems along the way that help you buy cool new cars and power ups.

“The 7D Mine Train” and “Disney Villains Challenge” are available for download in the App Store today!

New HTC ONE Exclusive at Verizon BOGO For 16 Days #VZWBuzz

March 25, 2014 by Momstart Leave a Comment

HTC is updating its flagship HTC One smartphone by giving it a larger screen, better software and a camera that’s easier to use. It’s an amazing phone and it’s exclusive to Verizon Stores for 16 Days starting today at 1PM Eastern. That’s really soon!

The new phone has a screen measuring 5 inches diagonally, up from 4.7 inches in last year’s model. It will help software improvements designed to anticipate your needs, such as offering lunch recommendations when it’s time for lunch. That will come through HTC’s hub for personalized content, known as BlinkFeed. BlinkFeed itself will be more colorful and will continue to present news, social media updates and other items of interest.

The new HTC One has a 4 megapixel rear camera, which is low for high-end smartphones. Instead, HTC focuses on making the individual pixel sensors larger, so that they can capture more light and offer better shots in low-light settings. The front camera, for selfies, is improved, though at 5 megapixels, compared with 2.1 megapixels before. Plus the features like being able to change the depth of your photo sounds really cool. I mean this camera is going to take amazing photos. The new phone also makes it easier to use the camera’s Zoe assistant, which takes several shots over a few seconds and lets you pick the best ones. It also lets you save frequently used combinations of manual settings, so that you don’t miss the shot trying to set it each time.

HTC BoomSound^™ offers really big sound. Bring your music and movies to life with two stereo speakers cleverly placed on the front of the phone that combine with dedicated amplifiers to deliver clear, balanced, powerful sound.

HTC has given the user experience a stylish new overhaul with HTC Sense 6. It’s bolder, cleaner, and more colorful. Enhanced gesture recognition makes access to your phone faster and easier, and it allows you to interact with your phone in ways you never thought possible using Motion Launch^™ gestures.

It will be offered at 199.00 for a buy one Get One Free (bogo) with a contract and using the edge program about 21.00 a month .

Four Educational Math Apps #VZWBuzz #VZBuzz

February 18, 2014 by Momstart 1 Comment

My daughter is a math whiz and I want to continue to help her math knowledge and love of math grow exponentially. We have math books and she takes them around but every now and then she wants a video game break. Which means, I want to have games available on my phone, the Verizon Samsung Galaxy 4 and her devices to enjoy. She has a PlayMG and it runs on the Google Android software. So I can load it up with educational games like these games from Evanced Games’ educational apps. Video Games can be educational.

1. Champs of Numeria: Kids ages four and up can customize difficulty levels to compete against the computer, peers and adults on a level playing field to test their math mettle.

A whimsical world where math skills are put to the test. Play against Zill the alien, Digby the dragon, and other crazy characters. Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to beat others in this Connect Four-style game. From simple counting to division, different game skill levels let kids four and up compete with the computer, each other, and adults in a fair fight.
For extra fun, kids competing against the computer can decide how the characters they play against behave. (From careless to super-strategic and friendly to kind of mean!) Champs of Numeria is based on the award-winning Edupress game “Math Dash.” It blends strategic gameplay and math concepts to build players’ numeracy and critical thinking skills.
Features:
• 1-4 players
• 4 math subjects: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division
• Difficulty levels from beginner to advanced
• Problems presented as fact-families or equations
• Young champs count dots and identify the correct numbers
• 9 quirky characters both boys and girls will love
• Fun for players ages 4+

If you like Champs of Numeria, you might also like Evanced’s other games: Froggy Phonics, Tic-Tac Bananas, and That’s Baloney!

2. Froggy Phonics: Froggy Phonics combines multiple aspects of the relationships between letters and their sounds as froggy hops through outdoor surroundings. For ages 4-8.

Leaping from lily pad to lily pad, Froggy uses simple phonics patterns to gulp down fireflies! The more fireflies Froggy collects, the more rewards earned for the Fascinating Firefly Festival! Based on a popular, award-winning Edupress™ board game, Froggy Phonics combines multiple aspects the relationships between letters and their sounds as he hops through delightful outdoor surroundings.

Features:

Based on an award-winning Edupress™ board game
Parent and teacher approved
Ranging from age 4 to 8
Associates letters and letter groups with their sounds
Nearly 900 different words for Froggy to discover
Reveal levels and characters through hopping good play

3. Tic-Tac Bananas: Using letter patterns, decoding skills, and word recognition, players merge with the original Tic-Tac-Toe enjoyment. For ages 4-8.

Using letter patterns, decoding skills, and word recognition, players merge with the original Tic-Tac-Toe enjoyment. Players select an entertaining monkey portrait, revealing a partial word for participants to complete. The player marks a spot on the grid with an accurate word match. Tic-Tac-Toe, earn three in a row!

Features:

Parent and teacher approved Edupress™ content
Crafted to improve player literacy
Ranging from age 4 to 8
Focus on word recognition, phonics and decoding
Over 100 original illustrations and words to choose from
Single and multiplayer, featuring pass-and-play capabilities

4. That’s Baloney!: A delicious trivia game that challenges your brain. Devour multiple game modes spanning grades 2 through 6 and five compelling categories–language arts, math, science, social studies and mystery meat. Now available for free.

Hungry for knowledge? Thatʼs Baloney! is the delicious trivia game that challenges your brain. Devour multiple game modes spanning grades 2 through 6 and five compelling categories – language arts, math, science, social studies, and mystery meat.

Each round players are given statements and they must choose if these statements are true or if theyʼre just a load of Baloney!

“The largest living spider on Earth is the camel spider.”

Thatʼs Baloney! …or is it? You decide!*

Guess correctly and nibble your way closer to a perfect sandwich. Guess wrong and face the dreaded Pickle of Truth! Get enough statements correct and earn Perfect Snack trophies for your awards fridge, but collect enough pickles and your lunch ends early.

Thatʼs Baloney! is based on the bestselling EduPress™ card game by the same name and has been entertaining students, teachers, and parents for years. Hundreds of questions calibrated within common core and state educational standards, presented in a fun and interactive, hand-held experience. Any way you slice it, Thatʼs Baloney! is hours of fun.

*Baloney! The biggest spider is the Goliath bird-eating spider.

Features:

Nearly 2,500 thought-provoking quiz statements that spark conversations between parents and kids!
5 diverse categories to learn about: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, or Mystery Meat
5 Grade levels to choose from: Grades 2 to 6
Parent and teacher approved Edupress™ content
Earn trophies by showing off trivia skills
Statements are compatible with common core and state educational standards

The LG G2 BEAUTIFUL photos of Course! #VZWBuzz

December 31, 2013 by Momstart 2 Comments

I’ve been loving the LG G2 for a few months now. I received it from Verizon to review and share with you how it fits into my lifestyle. It fits in my lifestyle with pictures of my kids, my travels and a few selfies here and there.

Featuring an intuitive rear-key placement and a 2.26 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 800 Quad-Core Processor. LG G2—our most advanced smartphone yet. Life is Good!

I love taking photos.

The birthday girl

Our snow creation

capturing artwork to cherish forever

fun in the classroom together

a silly husband

and a selfie with friends

And my husband!

And that’s just a handful of fun I’ve had with this camera.

Experience the Motox: A Make Your Own Phone #MotoX #VZWBuzz

December 29, 2013 by Momstart Leave a Comment

Have you ever wanted to design your own phone? Motorola knows that’s what everyone wants to do and at only $99. You can design your own phone with colors upon colors with the Motomaker. Make your own Motox.

The Motomaker has been appearing at football games and other events in Seattle and probably other metropolitan areas around the US.

They invite you in with fun swag, like gloves and glasses and koozies. I love the gloves.

I was able to have a little fun inside the van. This is the first time I’ve been able to pick out the colors of a phone, and it’s so much fun and a really great price. I went over to Verizon before Christmas and designed my own phone. Of course you can design your own phone too just by going to the Motomaker webpage.

There are so many colors. I picked Raspberry for the outside and white for the front.

Then on the back you can inscribe up to 20 characters. This phone here says Go Seahawks, my phone says MomStart. It’s great to have my name on my phone. It’s also nice to have a phone that is different from everyone else’s. It seems like everyone I know has an iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy. Then we all look our phones like whose is whose.

SO this is what you do.

Pick the back,

Pick the front

Pick an accent

Pick a Signature (MomStart)

Then you can select memory, what your phone says when you power it on and wallpaper. You can even go ahead and sync up your google account so your phone already comes with your account loaded on it. WOOT. It just saves you a few steps.

The last step you can pick out accessories but they are extra.

The estimated delivery date is 8 days but I got my phone in like three. They might be a little slower right now because it’s so close to Christmas. But you never know.

Have fun making your own phone.

Traveling And Keeping Your House Safe: Belkin Wemo Switch #VZWBuzz

November 18, 2013 by Momstart 1 Comment

The crime rate in our area has been going up. Houses are being broken into as are cars left outside the garage. We even had someone driving around at about 2 am just breaking into cars. So when someone travels it puts us all on alert. On thing I’ve heard of doing is timing your lights to go on and off in different rooms, but I didn’t know how to do that. Verizon sent me a product that will help, the Belkin Wemo Switch.

The Wemo Switch is pretty cool because you can program it with you phone when to go on and off. By placing lamps or other lights into it and changing the time it makes it look like someone is home if you’re away for an extended period of time. I put this particular Wemo switch in my bathroom. How does it work?

The Wi-Fi enabled WeMo Insight Switch connects your home appliances and electronic devices to your Wi-Fi network, allowing you to turn devices on or off, program customized notifications, and change device status–from anywhere. WeMo Insight Switch can monitor your electronics and will send information about the device’s energy usage directly to your smartphone or tablet. Perfect to pair with space heaters, wall A/C units, TVs, washers, dryers, fans, lights and more.

You can even monitor energy usage. My husband loves to know how much energy each appliance is using. Download the free WeMo App to as many smartphones and tablets as you like to create rules and custom schedules. The WeMo App can be as flexible as you need and allows you to create rules that are easy to set up and can easily be changed. You can even receive notifications that are personalized to meet your needs.Download the free WeMo App to as many smartphones and tablets as you like to create rules and custom schedules. The WeMo App can be as flexible as you need and allows you to create rules that are easy to set up and can easily be changed. You can even receive notifications that are personalized to meet your needs.

Father Son Project: Switching Out The Thermostat to the Nest #VZWBuzz

November 3, 2013 by Momstart 2 Comments

The Nest Learning Thermostat learns what temperatures you like, turns itself down when you’re away and can be controlled from anywhere over Wi-Fi. As a Verizon Wireless Ambassador I received a Nest to review and at first it didn’t work. We played with settings for two days and just couldn’t get it to work. My husband even checked the wiring. Then when he was going to switch back to our old thermostat he took a closer look at our old thermostat and noticed that there were codes for heat pump on the outside and harder to read on the inside were codes for the ac/heater combo unit. OOPS. The wiring was wrong. After fixing the wiring, the Nest worked.

We have the Nest programmed to keep the house between 70 and 73 when we are home and that’s a great feature that will help us save money. It’s also really cool being able to control The Nest and our home temperature from the phone. We have friends that have Nests in their homes and all they could do was rave and rave about their nests, so I’m so glad we were able to figure out what we did wrong and get ours going, and I have to agree it’s a pretty cool device.

What was really fun was that my husband used this opportunity as a bonding experience with his son. Miles loves to take things apart and figure out how they work. My husband was the same way as a child and really understands Miles’ need to explore. Together they took the old thermostat off the wall and then installed the Nest. It was fun listening and watching them work together.

Plus Miles really felt like he accomplished something, which is another reason I’m so glad it gets to stay up on the wall. Miles knows he did that, he helped dad put up the new thermostat. So did you notice that above I said the Nest keeps the house at the temperature we want it at when we are home? It has a sensor that lets it know you are there. You don’t have to use that setting but it’s pretty cool, really cool for people like our neighbors who work during the day. It only comes on when they are home and it learns. It’s so cool that it notices your patterns and programs itself. AWESOME.

It also has a lock on it. So let’s say you have a rental home and you don’t want your guests to set the temperature really really low and then leave it that way, or set it really really high and leave it that way. It’s really a smart device created to help home owners save money on heating and cooling costs.

I’m Crushing, Emailing and Organizing Samsung Galaxy S4 #VZWBuzz

August 29, 2013 by Momstart Leave a Comment

WOW, my phone is my central piece, I feel like my hand is naked if it’s not there as I need to have certain information at my fingertips. I have to be able to call my mom and every since my grandmother died we’re quite connected. My whole family on that side is so much closer now and we text each other once a day for some of us and once a month for the rest of us which is much more than it used to be.

My Samsung Galaxy S4 is keeping me organized by allowing me to view my e-mail all the time as everything I do comes at me through an e-mail. I use evite app and the calendar app to keep up with my appointments and invitations and I also use eventbrite. At church I use an app called planning center and I love having it on my phone. I can view the entire lesson that I’m going to teach for that Sunday without having to print anything off. I’m also able to see what the pastor is going to be preaching about and what all the songs are that we’re going to be singing. It’s an amazing app that keeps the whole church from the nursery to big church all on the same page and it’s all in the palm of my Samsung Galaxy S4.

I’m also quite addicted to candy crush. In between using my phone to keep me organized, answering e-mail and checking appointments I’m playing Candy Crush. I’m currently stuck on level 123, I can’t figure out how to beat it. Usually when I get stuck on a level I’ll do an internet search and try to find tips on how to beat the level but with just getting back from vacation I’m sort of A LOT behind on work. You should see how many blog reviews I have stacked up on my kitchen table. Speaking of that, I think I’m going to take a Candy Crush break anyway, bye for now as I go play some more on my Galaxy S4.

Fresh Flowers At The Florist Captured By Samsung Galaxy S4 #VZWBuzz

July 24, 2013 by Momstart Leave a Comment

Last month I was visiting my sister in Austin and she loves fresh flowers. She loves flowers period, I remember when she was a little girl she couldn’t help but pick the flowers in the neighbors yard. She would pick flowers from anywhere and bring them home and put them in a tiny glass of water. Now that she’s all grown up she buys them fresh at the florist. While I was looking at flowers with her, I took these shots with the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Nothing like a flower shows beauty in color, smell and texture. Thanks to Verizon for letting me be a member of the VZWBuzz where I receive promotional items in exchange for posts. My experiences are my own.