Share Your Videos with Vidku - #Giveaway (5 Winners!)

I love taking short videos of my children and sharing them with friends. Sometimes I'll share them on face book, but since I have so many "friends" who are business associates, I really wanted to find a way to share personal videos with a smaller, more intimate group.  Vidku is a fun social networking app that gives you more control over who sees your videos.   With Vidku,   you can choose to entertain friends, stay connected with family, or spark a conversation with coworkers, each separately in your Vidku groups. 

Starting your Vidku account is easy. The first step is to download it via iTunes.or Google Play  Once it's installed, you can invite friends to join your group. Then you can upload videos that are 17 seconds or less. Create fun themes or start a new discussion. Whatever you do is up to you, because with Vidku, you're the one whose in control.  You can pause, live-flip the camera, and move seamlessly between portrait and landscape modes to create a unique video experience.





Vidku is free to download and a great way way to stay in touch with friends. Check it out now on iTunes or Google Play!  You can also learn more about this fun app on the Vidku website.   Vidku, is a new, more convenient way to share private videos with your friends and family as a group this holiday season, so be sure to check them out today!

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The Giveaway

Five lucky winners are going to win a $10 Visa Gift Card.  To enter, simply fill out the Giveaway Tools form below. Note that downloading the Vidku app is a required entry and will be verified before any prizes are awarded. This giveaway will end on 01/12/2016. Open to the US only. The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to reply. Thanks again to the sponsor for offering this fantastic prize.

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The Tasting Room

Online wine shopping: a privilege of the new millennium. We’ve all
at liquor stores in the past, but the nearest one doesn’t always have the best selection,
or the best prices for that matter. They have limited shelf space, and store employees
don’t always recommend bottles we’ll enjoy. Liquor stores are focused on volume and
margin (it’s not their fault rent is expensive) so many of us pay a premium and still end
up choosing the yellow-labeled bottle with the kangaroo in the front of the store. But
Tasting Room seeks to change that.

I joined Tasting Room, the fastest growing wine club in the nation, after reading about it
on Huff Post. The innovative service provides access to more fine wines, educates
you about the wines you like best, and sends you wine they know you’ll enjoy based on
your experiences with each bottle. It’s kind of like Netflix, i.e. “because you chose light
citrus dry whites, here’s a bottle of Gruner Vetliner you’re likely to enjoy,” and their
recommendations are on point.

To discover which wines are best suited for you, Tasting Room sends over mini tasting-
size bottles of wine, which is when the fun begins. After receiving your tasting kit, log on
to the site and you’re guided through a fun and interactive survey, which pits the wines
against one another. Just select the wines you like best, and Tasting Room will generate
your Wine Profile which acts as a guide to tell you which wines you tend to gravitate
towards (in both red and white categories) as well as the regions they come from and
the foods with which they pair well.

The profiles are fun and packed with useful information, but the best part is the wine that
follows! You’ll receive a 12-bottle case of different wines tailored to match your
preferences every three months for about $12 a bottle. I drink more than 1.5 bottles a
week so I customize the frequency, which you can also do on their site. You can also
customize your shipment size, and contents (all reds, all whites, or just select your
favorite bottles). I just keep rating subsequent shipments, and they automatically send
me a mix of light dry whites and bold earthy reds because that’s what I like according to
my Wine Profile (and my taste buds). I have yet to receive a bottle I did not enjoy.

Not to mention, every bottle comes with a satisfaction guarantee so if you ever receive a
bottle that doesn’t suit your palate, they’ll issue you a wine credit with which you can
purchase another bottle from the extensive (and yummy) collection on their website. Just
under 10 bucks to join (that gets you your tasting kit) and you can cancel at anytime.
UPDATE: The folks at Tasting Room are extending a special discount just for our
readers. Follow this link to get your tasting kit for just $6.95 (originally $39.95)!

DLink Cloud Camera Review

The Cloud Camera is a wireless camera with pan and tilt functionality, allowing you to keep an eye on what's important to you from anywhere you are.

Worried that you forgot to close the door on your way to work?
Feel restless because there's nobody at home when you're traveling or on a business trip?
Curious to know what your pets get up to when you're not there?
Or you're a small business owner, company or shop and want to keep an eye on your premises?

Installing surveillance cameras is an ideal choice for many families, shops or small business owners. 

However, the complex, cumbersome, costly installation and deployment can be daunting.

What is needed is a simple, wireless, low-cost and well designed product that could offer powerful functionality and convenience.

 The answer is the DLink Cloud camera!

Our Thoughts

The setup was easy. I used the WPS connection from my router and I could then see it connected on my network and browsed to the IP and set everything else up from there. I chose to use local storage and configure the camera from the camera login as it has just about everything you would want already built in. I assigned it a static IP and forwarded the port in my router and just like that I could login from anywhere. Make sure you change the default login for security reasons. You can also setup guest accounts that can’t access the admin tools.

The camera spins almost completely around and straight up.  It doesn't go down as far as I hoped it would but I was able to overcome that by adjusting the installation. The controls and functions when logged into the camera work best in Internet Explorer. Firefox and Chrome were both a bit buggy. The picture quality is fantastic in my opinion and the audio works amazingly well. I have this camera on my porch and inside the house in my kitchen it picks up audio through my insulated wall. I even heard leaves as they blew by in the yard.

The night vision works pretty well for what it is. I can see my entire porch which is about 200 square feet in the pitch black. Motion detection is pretty good at picking up my cats. Wifi is great as far as I can tell I have it about 40 feet away from my router and through a couple of walls and have never had a problem with it connecting or staying connected. I’m extremely happy with the performance and functionality of the camera.

The way I'm utilizing the camera is I'm checking in on my animals and my husband. I am currently out of state, but with the camera hooked up I can login and see my land, my animals, and my husband too by pointing the camera through the window. Not just a security thing, but I'm using it as a webcam almost! This is so cool, I love that I can see my animals from miles away and keep an eye on my house. When my husband visits we're able to feel confident that everything is safe because we can see it all at night!

Buy yours here and check them out on Facebook and Twitter!

Reviewed by Jackie

Car Web Camera Review

DBPOWER Multifunction(Car Vehicle Recorder/Mini Handheld Video Camera) Remote Control 360 Degree Rotating DVR Dash Cam H.264 Night Vision Motion Detect G-sensor Automatic Override Loop Video 120° Wide Angle Seamless Shooting With TF Slot(Up to 32GB)

Our Thoughts

This is a good camera for the car. Setup is really easy, but I'm still trying to find the best route for the power cord. Video and audio are good and the field of view is a lot wider then I expected. I put an 8GB card in it and it seems to be enough space for my purposes. The suction mount is pretty strong. At first I was worried about it falling off but it hasn't yet and it gets really hot and humid here. I chose to use the suction mount because I don't like the idea of sticking tape on the windshield.

The manual is a little hard to follow but like anything else you can play with the settings and figure it out pretty easily and quickly. The remote seems to work fine but I haven't found much use for it with the camera being right by the rear view mirror. The only thing I have to do is power it on and off. The unit will power itself on and off if your 12 volt supply shuts off when the car is turned off. Mine does not so the camera wants to stay on all the time. All in all a great product for the price.






Reviewed by Jackie