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Dragon Dictate For Mac Version 4
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Dragon Dictate for Mac

The latest version of Dragon Dictate features a faster, more accurate voice recognition system, making it easier than ever to dictate text and control Mac applications like as Gmail in Safari and Firefox. It combines both voice recognition and powerful transcription into one offering.
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Britax Safe N Sound Tourer Booster Seat
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Tourer – the Ultra Light Booster Seat 

Britax Safe-n-Sound Tourer is a seriously light portable car seat for children aged 4-8 years, from Britax, the manufacturer of the largest range of child car seats, strollers, baby carriers and nursery accessories from leading Australian brands. This seat has a new design with all the essential safety features yet weighs under 2 kg. This is the tallest untethered booster seat and is perfect for fast-growing children.
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Nexus 5

This phone has been called the phone for Android lovers, and the best Android phone around. So what makes people fall in love with this phone from Google and LG? After having the opportunity to trial and test many phones, I would have to say that the race of the smart phones have been won by the Nexus 5. The design is minimalist, simple and clean. While there’s nothing flashy about the phone, the matte backing makes it easy to hold and operate. The rubberised back and Gorilla Glass 3 screen also ensure that that it won’t shatter, even when dropped from a height.
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Yurbuds, earphones for the sporty 1
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Yurbuds, earphones for the sporty

Do you listen to music while playing sports, running or gymming? Then you understand the importance of comfortable earbuds, ones that stay put! If you’ve been annoyed by interruptions from earphones that fall off during activity, yurbuds are what you need. Developed by athletes, these sport earphones are locked into the ear using Twistlock™ technology. This means that they will not be pulled out or fall out until you’re ready to pull them out of your ears even in the midst of an intense, sweaty workout.
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LG G Flex

The smartphone industry is exploding with the ever-growing demand for what’s next in the long line of new innovative mobile technology. Well, what’s next is here. LG, collaborating with LG Chem, introduces the G FLEX. The G FLEX, which runs on Android, follows what seems to be the trend of the moment with one of the first ever smartphone’s to have a curved surface. The curved format is an ongoing signature style from LG, last year they launched the EA9800 Curved 3D OLED Television which was the first of its kind in the technological sphere, and now which LG have implemented with their smartphones. The curved design may sound like a small feature, compared to all the other phones on the market, but the curved design adds to the phone, creating a more hands on approach, which helps enhance the smooth display of the phone’s outline and format. The touch screen is wide and has a tremendously smooth service, which makes navigating around the phone so easy and readily available for use.
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Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10.1

Lenovo presents it’s new vision in the world of tablets, the Lenovo yoga 10.1. The structure of the tablet is quite different to any of the other tablets on the market, with its 10.1 inch screen with laser-etched casing prevents the tablet from scratches, and its wide 178 degree viewing angle, as well as its sharp design and structure of the tablet which is made up of polly carbon which forms around the frame of the device, while the base handle is constructed of aluminum and also has rubber stops at the edges of the base which creates a sturdy hold for the user. The other great thing about the base is that  there’s a latch which flips open and be used as a stand so that you’re able to hold and tilt the screen.
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LAMY Pico

If you’re on the market for a luxury, compact ballpoint pen, the LAMY Pico is impossible to pass up. The Pico has a telescoping body, thats 9.4cm long when retracted and 12.6cm when expanded to write. The pens chrome finish gives it a metallic appearance, however  in reality, the Pico is made from moulded plastic; a material which LAMY has been pioneering with since the companies birth in 1966. The pens compact and sturdy body with a telescopic barrel and anti-roll device makes it perfect for use on-the-go, and this chic and functional design has won the Pico awards from Red Dot Design, and the Design Center Stuttgart. The Pico comes in chrome, red, blue and black finishes, and is priced at around $70AUD, although prices vary between retailers.
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ZBoard Electric Skateboard

Like all great innovation, the ZBoard was created to cater to a genuine and specific need – in this case, the need for a faster, easier, and more portable way to get around Los Angeles. The designers of the ZBoard were students at the University of Southern California, who grew weary of having bikes stolen, and pushing their skateboards up the notorious hills of LA. The creators, unable to get the project off the ground without sufficient funding, setup a Kickstarter in March of 2012, which quickly raised $US278,767, far more than their initial goal of $US10,000. Their creation is the latest in electric skateboard technology; rather than using a remote control, the ZBoard has front and rear foot pads, which use sensors to evaluate the pressure applied and hence dictate the speed of the boards electric motor. This design allows the user to simply lean forward to go forward, and lean back to stop, and this system creates a feeling of independence, and authenticity, that other electric skateboards don’t provide. The board can travel up to 30km on one charge of 5 – 7 hours, and reaches speeds of close to 30km/h.
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The Tile

When was the last time you put down your keys, and promptly forgot their location? How about your wallet? Your laptop? Well, the age old problem of misplacing your essentials is about to be solved. The Tile is a matchbook sized bluetooth device, which can be attached to your laptop, keys, wallet, even your bike, and works in conjunction with an iOS application to allow you to find your misplaced items. If your item is within earshot, it can be found by activating the Tile’s inbuilt speaker which will sound an alert when triggered. The application also has a radar-like function, which uses the strength of the bluetooth connection as an indicator of how close you are to the device as you search. The Tile also allows for the tracking stolen of items; if an item is tagged as ‘lost’ within the app, it will be automatically detected by other Tile users devices. If your device is detected within up to 150 ft of another user, you will be notified of its GPS location through the application. Although this feature may not be particularly useful in the products early days, the more users the application has, the more productive it will be.
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Wacom Cintiq Companion

Produced by Wacom, creators of drawing-specific digital interfaces, the Cintiq Companion is a portable and powerful Windows 8 tablet. The Cintiq Companion is separated from other pressure sensitive, stylus friendly devices such as the Windows Surface by its focus on artistry over versatility. Rather than being an accessory to your regular desktop or laptop, as other Wacom products are, the Companion is completely self-contained, portable and light-weight. Despite donning a familiar Windows 8 interface, the Companion is deceptively powerful, running on an Intel Core i7 chip, with 8GB of RAM. Its matte 13.3” screen has full HD resolution, and the accompanying stylus is precise in its functionality and aesthetically comfortable, making the drawing experience unprecedentedly natural. Due to its size, the device is less practical as a multi-purpose tablet than the iPad or Surface, however it remains an exceptional tool for artistry and design.
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