The Oral-B Triumph With SmartGuide Technology: The Best Toothbrush I've Ever Used
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
This morning I brushed my teeth with the best toothbrush I've ever used in my life. It's the Oral-B Triumph 9900 Toothbrush with Smart Guide
and I personally think it would make a great gift for the holidays. First, the Triumph 9900 has four modes that you can use to brush your teeth: clean, sensitive, massage, and polish, and promises that you will see whiter results in 21 days. After one cleaning I can already see a difference. The Triumph will also alert you if you are applying too much pressure on your gums in order to prevent from causing gum recession.
What makes the Triumph extraordinary, however, is its Smart Guide Technology. Along with your toothbrush comes a timer that shows not only the current time, but also acts as a wireless remote that detects when you begin brushing your teeth and starts a two-minute countdown to make sure you do a sufficient brushing job. The timer also breaks the two minutes into 30-seconds for each quadrant of your mouth and when the two minutes are up it flashes a huge smiley face telling you you're done.
The Oral-B Triumph retails for $169.99. Click here to see a short commercial about how the Oral-B Triumph 9900 works.
-- Jennifer James, Editor
On the Net: OralB.com
Buy the Oral-B Triumph 9900 Toothbrush with Smart Guide
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McAfee's Teen/ Mom Internet Safety Survey
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Yesterday I had an amazing conversation with McAfee's Chief Cyber Security Mom, Tracy Mooney, and Family Internet Safety Advisor, Parry Aftab. McAfee has just released a comprehensive study about teen's Net use and it has many people concerned. Of note, here are a few statistics I found particularly troubling: - 18% of teens have been stalked or approached by a stranger or someone they don't know and 28% report that this has happened to a friend or someone they know
- 20% say their friends have been cyberpranked
- 34% of teen girls have given out personal information online to someone they don't know offline, including one if four (24%) who have shared personal photos and/ or physical descriptions of themselves (2x as many as boys)
s if they can connect with others or if they have Internet access.Parry Aftab stressed that all parents should use the 3Cs approach to new technology: content, contact and cost.
From her McAfee blog she writes:
Content includes things our children can see, access and do online. It might include false information, sexually-explicit graphics, or hate-based material. It also might include fun and entertaining activities for our children.
Contact involves ways that our children can communicate online with others or that others can reach out and communicate with our children.
Cost may encompass commercial risks and abuses, such as data collection; advertising, marketing and promotional online activities; or things you can buy on Amazon.com. It may also involve piracy and our children, and possibly being sued by the music or motion picture industry for illegal downloads. (Source)
And to read expert advice, check out Parry Aftab's McAfee blog.
As the holiday season races full steam ahead, Tracy and Parry will offer more information and quick tips for moms on how to best keep your children safe online and how you can determine the types of tech devices you would like your kids to own.
- Jennifer James, Editor
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