What to Get Mom for Mother’s Day


I’m very practical. I’ve thanked my husband repeatedly for years after he bought me a printer and, at another time, a bread machine, so I think a tech gadget would appeal to me for Mother’s Day, but apparently I’m not alone in this.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, tech gifts such as smartphones, e-readers and iPads are popular for Mother’s Day. Thirteen percent of Americans are expected to buy electronics totaling $1.5 billion.

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Google Goggles


If you have a mobile phone, you might be interested in downloading the free Google Goggles app, especially (but not necessarily) if you do a lot of traveling. This mobile app allows you to do searches with images.   You take a photo of something and then search: in order to locate information about a book on the internet to identify a landmark to translate an item on a menu to identify products and artwork You can also take a photo of a business card and move the information to the contact list on your phone. How are you using Google … Continue reading Google Goggles