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Empower women by purchasing this beautiful smartphone stand

This beautiful, hand-carved smartphone stand helps empower women while you power your phone.  The stand is carved with a tree design from brown mango wood and stands 3.25″ wide x 5.75″ deep x 8″ tall.  Two holes route charging cables, and you can disassemble or fold the stand flat for easy carrying.

A group called Matr Boomie in India brings this beautiful stand to Levenger, who says: “Guided by a deep respect for Mother Nature, Matr Boomie is committed to using eco-friendly and ethically sourced materials. Each product is handcrafted to honor the traditional Indian art forms. Their efforts have provided sustainable employment and ongoing education for over 1,000 artisans throughout India.  They hope to empower women and those in marginalized communities by connecting them to global markets, alleviating poverty and promoting sustainability. They also invest in development projects, skills training, healthcare, and more. ”

The Carved Mango Wood Smart Phone Stand is $49.00 at Levenger.

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The iFootage Cobra 2 C180 Carbon Fiber Monopod is a nice addition to your photo/video gear


Staying on the subject of monopods, I found another interesting one that I think is worth mentioning, and has its own place in the photo/video gear box.

The iFootage Cobra 2 C180 Carbon Fiber Monopod is not necessarily considered a small footprint monopod for traveling or for easily attaching to a backpack, but its features are great, and it would work well on location. It does come in two sizes, but for this news story, I will be focusing on the larger one that when fully extended reaches a height of 70.9 inches, and when collapsed is still reasonably small at 27.8 inches. The leg has 4 sections and uses “buckle-like” leg locks. It can support a load up to 22 pounds, and the mounting plate includes both ¼”-20 and 3/8”-16 threaded studs to accommodate just about any tripod head. At the base of the monopod there are 3 feet that provide stability. The base has a lock, and includes a knob that allows you to adjust and apply the correct amount of friction to accommodate the weight of your camera. The base is also completely removable. The feet have a button release that either allows them to fold up completely, or at specific angles of 20, 50 or 78 degrees. Despite its size, this monopod weighs only 3 pounds. If necessary, the entire base-foot section can be removed, and the monopod can be used as low-angle minipod.

If you would like to take a closer look at the iFootage Cobra 2 C180 Carbon Fiber Monopod, you can head over to B&H photo video and check it out. You can also purchase it there for $179.

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Easily clean pet hair off of carpet with the OXO Good Grips Furlifter Carpet Rake

Pets shed a lot. Enough to make you think you could make a completely new Fido with all that fur, right? And cleaning up all that fur is the pits. It’s worse if your home has a lot of carpeting because that means you have to pull out the vacuum. If you dread this torturous task, you may want to try the Oxo Good Grips Furlifter Carpet Rake.

The Furlifter Carpet Rake is a double-sided microfiber brush that you pull across your carpet to pick up pet hair. To clean it, you pull the brush into its bin then push it out. No refills required! It stores in an upright position when retracted into its bin. Reviewers on Amazon have said that it works really well, but needs to be cleaned often, has a short handle, and you have to scoop the fur out of the bin instead of being able to just dump it out. The Oxo Good Grips Furlifter Carpet Rake is available through Amazon for $32.59.

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Give Mom a challenge for Mother’s Day

This double-sided puzzle is a great gift for people who love Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture, jigsaw puzzles, or who just love a challenge.  The puzzle features a photo of Wright’s Fallingwater as it soars over the waterfall on one side and the building’s blueprint on the other side.  To help make it a little easier to sort the pieces before assembling, the photo side has a glossy finish, while the blueprint side is matte.

The 500-piece puzzle is 20-inches square when completed.  It’s made of cardboard and paper, and it’s suitable for ages 13+.  The Frank Lloyd Wright Double-Sided Puzzle is only $16.00 at UncommonGoods.

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The Nokia 6.1 is here and you can buy one on May 6th

Featuring ZEISS optics, the Nokia 6.1 has a 16MP back camera and an 8MP front camera. The enhanced Dual-Sight feature allows you to take two images at the same time aka a bothie instead of a selfie. The phone will also let you stream to social media from both cameras at the same time with Nokia spatial high fidelity audio surround sound.

The Nokia 6.1 has been updated with a faster processor (Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 630) that is a 60% speed boost over the previous model. More features and faster performance doesn’t mean a bulky device though. The Nokia 6.1 is housed in a sleek and compact two-tone anodized aluminum unibody shell.

Unlike some Android phone makers, the new Nokia 6.1 is powered by pure Android Oreo. That means you get all the stock Android goodness with none of the OS overlay junk that you don’t need or want.

The Nokia 6.1 joins the Android One family, offering a high-quality software experience designed by Google. The Nokia 6.1 will stay fresh over time with the latest Google innovations and regular security updates. Since it runs pure Android, the Nokia 6.1 comes with no unnecessary UI changes or hidden processes that would eat up your battery life or slow it down so you can enjoy your phone for longer. As with all Nokia smartphones on the Android One platform, the Nokia 6.1 will come with a limited number of pre-installed apps so that you’ll get more storage space.

The Nokia 6.1 will be available to purchase from Best Buy and Amazon for $269.99 starting Sunday, May 6, 2018.

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