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VAUX sets the Amazon Echo Dot free from its power cord shackles

The Amazon Echo Dot is a gadget that really makes you feel like you have a true digital assistant in your home that is always waiting to do your bidding. The only downside to the Echo Dot is that it’s always tethered to a wall outlet because it’s not battery powered – till now. VAUX from Ninety7Life adds two much-needed features to the 2nd generation Echo Dot: battery power for portability and a larger speaker.

The VAUX is a speaker with a storage compartment on top that has been designed to hold the second generation version of the Amazon Echo Dot.

The Echo Dot rests in the top of the VAUX and a micro USB connector and a 3.5mm headphone style jack plug directly into the Echo Dot for power and audio.

The rechargeable 5000 mAH Lithium-ion battery inside the VAUX has enough capacity to power the Echo Dot for up to 6 hours and it can be used while it’s charging.

The VAUX will be available in black and white versions so it will blend in with any decor.

One slight bummer is that the VAUX is not weather or water resistant. It’s been designed for indoor use only. Of course, there’s no one that will stop you from taking it outdoors on a nice day. You’ll just have to make sure you’re in range of your WiFi router.

You can pre-order a VAUX for $49.95 with free shipping due early next month (April 2017). Visit Ninety7Life for more info.

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Did you know that Amazon can clean your house, paint a room and more?

Amazon Home Services offer customers in select locations over a thousand different services from quality, hand-picked professionals and is backed by the Amazon Happiness Guarantee.

Need your house spruced up for a family event and don’t have the time or don’t want to do it yourself? No problem, just book a 3-hour cleaning session on Amazon and a professional cleaner will arrive clean your bedrooms, bathrooms, empty the trash, mopping, and more. A typical cleaning session in Indianapolis Indiana has an estimate of around $90 for 3hrs. A super duper spring cleaning that includes washing interior windows is a little over twice that price at $212 for a 6-7 hour session.

Once you book the session and select 3 preferred dates and times, the Amazon Home Services professional will contact you via email or by phone to confirm the appointment. Payment for the service is billed to the card you have on file in your Amazon account.

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Amazon gives the world over one million reasons to smile

Three things I love – Amazon, smiling and shopping!  (:  If you love to shop and you have an account at Amazon, you can do some good while you shop by helping to support a charitable organization of your choice.  It’s absolutely free to you.  The most difficult part will be deciding which of the almost 1 million 501(c)(3) charities you’d like to support.  You just need to visit smile.amazon.com, pick a charity, and make sure you are at the AmazonSmile page each time you buy so that $0.5 of your eligible purchases goes to your charity.  You are free to switch your charity each time you purchase if you’d like so you can spread the wealth around a little bit.  Every time you log in to shop, you will see your impact on the Amazon homepage which makes you feel good about being the informed consumer that you are!  That oughta make you smile.  For more information visit AmazonSmile.  (If you’re having trouble picking a group to support, there is a cat and dog foster care network called Up-Cycled Pets you could choose which is the one I support.)

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