Year in Review - Most Popular 2011 High Technology Blog Posts on MommyBlogExpert

Technology

Editor's Note: Stay tuned for more breaking tech news coverage as Mommy Blog Expert will be covering International CES 2012

In 2011 two very popular destinations for readers were the stand-alone pages Giveaways & Contests where you can link to and enter all MBE current giveaways and the 2011-12 Women & Mom Blog Conference Master Calendar, a Mommy Blog Expert exclusive.  An analysis of blog traffic from last year also indicates readers were often drawn to the daily posts, too -- many covering the varied ways technology is impacting and enhancing family living. Following are links to just a handful of the year's most popular posts covering tech on this blog. To find additional technology stories on MBE, scroll down the side bar to the right and use the Google search window. 
My Mac Desktop Upon Hearing the News of a Legend Lost
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Top Tech Story of the Year  

Steve Jobs Goes to iHeaven Leaving Us All Behind
 

Trends
Technology Now Surpasses Flowers, Perfume on Mom and Women Gift Wish Lists 

Product Innovations

A New Tech Gadget Category Keeps U Fit While Saving Rainforests

Nancy Drew Classic Books Now a Hit as Interactive Solve the Mystery DVDs

Old Fashioned DIY Gift Crafting Goes Hi Tech

Cool Apps 

Do Good Facebook Games Trending for Kids & Adults
Spring Cleaning Goes Hi Tech – Apps for iPhone & Android to Help With Chores
A Free App to Help Parents Make Decisions When Kids Are Sick 

Internet Safety, Saving Money & Productivity

Shopping Online Safety Never More Important

Bing First to Aggregate 200,000 Deals in One Place

Best, Least Expensive Sources for Buying Student Text Books via the Internet
Extreme Couponing – 6 Ways to Saving Big on Family Grocery Bill

 

Kids, Parenting & Education

Ideas for Plugging the Toddler Summer Brain Drain

Supreme Court Overturns Law Against Selling Violent Video Games to Kids
New Ways for Mommy & Daddy to Use Social Media to Find Employment
Strategies that Work for Parents to Fight Cyber Bullying of Kids
Mommy is Going Away on a Business Trip – Connecting With Kids Back Home
Dove at First Sight Cruise Party San Diego Harbor
The high point of BlogHer '11 for me and an intimate group of other women bloggers
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Just for Women & Moms Who Blog and the Brands Targeting Us
Social Moms Network Gets a Complete Makeover

How 2 Get into Invitation-Only Events & Parties @BlogHer & Other Conferences

Most Coveted Party & Event Tickets @BlogHer 11

An Accident Changes My Perspective: Attending BlogHer w/ Special Needs

Does Google Page Rank Matter to Mom Bloggers & Brands?

Motivating Procrastinating Women Bloggers to Publish Quality Content Often

Mom Blogger Conference Brand Sponsorship 101

5 Mom Blogger Secrets to Posting Quality Content Daily

Happy New Year Readers!
Fireworks and the Moon over San Diego Bay
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Looking forward to bringing you lots more informative family enhancing posts in 2012.


What do you think the biggest tech news stories of the year were? Feel free to comment as well as leave a link to your fave 2011 hi technology stories.

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Dino Dan - Mighty Machines Children's DVD Movie Kidtoons Review & Giveaway - 5 Winners, Ends 2/2/12

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Giveaway details below

Weekends in January Kidtoons Family Matinees presents the children's movie Dino Dan featuring Mighty Machines at select local theaters nationwide. The kid-friendly feature from NCircle Entertainment -- which includes four exciting episodes -- is the story of boy paleontologist-in-training Dan Henderson. Using scientific method to study dinosaurs, this curious and adventurous young man gathers clues to solve mysteries. Also includes Mighty Machines: Ride the Mountain Rails! This is the tale of Work Trail who has the job of keeping the train tracks maintained for the powerful engines and rugged mountain rails.

All images in this post provided by Kidtoon Films

To celebrate the month's quality family entertainment theater program Kidtoon Films is providing Dino Dan Prize Packages for MommyBlogExpert to give away to FIVE lucky readers. 

First, enter to win one of these fun gift packs for kids right here on MBE. For a chance to grab one, all you need to do is leave a comment and your contact info below this post; full contest details below. Then, after you've entered the contest, be sure to see the movie trailer plus download the free Dino Dan coloring page. 

Dino Dan - Mighty Machines

DVD & Movie Poster 

Giveaway

ENDS 2/2/12 

Kidtoons Dino Dan Giveaway includes

• One Dino Dan: Dino Trackers DVD
• One Dino Dan theatrical poster

HOW TO ENTER

Just leave a comment(s) below this post, Contest ends January 2, 2012 at 12 midnite PST and is open to legal residents of the U.S. only. Winners will be selected at random from all entries and will be notified via email.

Required (Mandatory) Entry

Simply leave a comment below this blogpost saying why you want to win this prize. Don't forget to include your email address, Facebook and/or Twitter contact info in the comment section so the winner can be contacted.

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Mommy Blog Expert is excited to be one of the few blogs to hosting Kidtoons family friendly monthly movie giveaways in connection with screenings for children in theaters nationwide. 

Past Kidtoons movie giveaways on MBE include: Spookley Square Pumpkin  Care Bears: Share Bear Shines Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Barbie A Fairy Secret   Little Engine That Could  Strawberry Shortcake: Sky's the Limit Olivia and the Great Outdoors  Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails Babar and the Adventures of Badou: Swing Into Summer Candy Land The Great Lollipop Adventure, Sid the Science Kid Spookley Square Pumpkin 2011, Thomas & Friends Day of Diesels and Olivia Wintertime Cheer.

Each Kidtoons giveaway is unique, based on the monthly movie offering. But, they're always family friendly and wholesome for children, so don't miss out on entering the current giveaway as well as subscribing to MommyBlogExpert, so you'll be the first to know when next month's giveaway is announced.

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Dino Dan Kid Movie Opens in Select Theaters Nationwide Weekends in January

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NEW Dino Dan Children's Movie

Kidtoons GIVEAWAY

Details To Be Posted Saturday