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Ventev Battery Packs and Chargers

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Ventev LogoVentev offers innovative combined battery packs and chargers for smartphones and tablets. Scott Franklin, Director, chats with Todd and Don about Ventev’s latest mobile accessories at CES.

External battery backs for smart phones and tablet are very common these days, but the benefit of Ventev’s unit is that the charger is integrated into the pack itself; there’s no need for additional external charger. Scott shows off three different packs in the interview;

  1. the powercell 6000+, a 6000 mAh unit ($74.99) that plugs directly into the mains electricity socket. Two USB ports, rated at 1 A and 2.1 A.
  2. the powerdash r900, a cylindrical 900 mAh unit ($39.99) which charges from a car cigarette lighter. One USB port rated at 2.1 A when plugged in and 1 A when running from the battery.
  3. the utilitycharger 2100, a charger only ($39.99) but powers from both from the mains and from a car lighter. Two USB ports rated at 1 A each.

For more information on availability, visit Ventev’s website at www.ventev.com.

Interview by Don Baine, the Gadget Professor and Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network.

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IonAudio unveils Bluetooth cassette adapter and more

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ionaudioYes, you read the headline correctly. The cassette may be gone from today’s market, but it certainly is not gone from a number of cars that are still on the road. The company rep points out, correctly, that millions of these vehicles are still on the road and something needs to be done for all of those drivers.

So, IonAudio has designed a cassette with Bluetooth connectivity to play your music and also allow for hands-free calls through your car’s audio system. That wasn’t all the company showed off. There was also Flashcube, another Bluetooth device, but this one is an all-in-one sound system. It can even be controlled via a mini remote control. You can control the color of the lights coming out of it and even link two together for stereo sound.

The Cassette adapter will retail for $39, while the speaker will set you back $129. Both devices will be available this spring.

Interview by: Don Baine, the Gadget Professor and Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network

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CES Video Interview Segments

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The team will start posting all the individual segments from CES shortly. Getting them produced takes some time as you can imagine with 250 segments to produce we have a lot of work to do.

Unlike Engadget or The Verge who have large teams on location @ CES the TPN team that does the interviews also post produces the spots….

We will reach out to vendors as your spots come online. Do not forget to review your reverse press kits or as we sometimes refer to it the propaganda in the orange packet we gave you following your interview at CES.

Todd..

Don Baine – Gadget Professor CES 2014 Introduction

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Hello everyone, this is Don Baine, The Gadget Professor. I am very excited about going back to cover CES 2014 with the Tech Podcast Network. Without question the “Live  Broadcast” produced by the TPN.tv team is the best overall coverage out there. No one else will provide you with 24/7 news, interviews, and the latest and greatest from CES 2014!

Not only will we be providing you with a new product interview every 10 minutes, we will also have several experienced media crews walking the show room floor and doing on the spot interviews with the product specialists right at their booth.  We also will be broadcasting up to date coverage after the show closes daily.

This will all be available FREE of charge and streamed “Live” on the TPN.tv LiveStream Channel!

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Todd Cochrane – CES 2014 Host Introduction

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I’m Todd Cochane of Geek News Central. I am also the CEO of RawVoice the parent company of TPN.tv and the Tech Podcast Network. This will be my 9th year covering International CES and as always I am excited to be at the show. Take a few minutes and watch the video to get some background on me and the team that will be coming to cover CES.

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Announcing TPN Picks Awards @ International CES

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Each year the TPN team has had a pick of the day for the best product or service that we discovered during that days coverage. Competition was always hot and heavy. This year we are formalizing the Award! We will pick 10 products, and service and award them with a TPN Picks trophy and special coverage during the show.

What will separate our Award is that we will independently choose what we consider will be a major win for the consumer and what’s cool. The type of product or service that you add to your gotta have list.

Look for more information as we get closer to CES.

TPN.tv Seeking Partner Relationships

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The TPN.tv team in conjunction with our 140 content creators at TechPodcasts.com has been working steadily on a plan to cover as many a dozen events in 2014 starting with CES, SXSW, NAB, Streaming Media and a large number of other shows. This type of commitment by the TPN team is a huge undertaking. We are seeking partners that will work hand in hand with us throughout 2014, to cover all of these events.

If your company is looking for unique opportunities and feel a partnership with TPN.tv is worth exploring contact ceo@rawvoice.com for more info.

CES 2014 Planning

CES 2014 Team

Several weeks ago the TPN team had their first planning meeting for coverage of the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show. We have a great team already on the roster for our coverage and we will be back in the same great live location. So we are marching forward in our show coverage planning.

At the 2013 show we published over 247 interviews on each of our participating host sites racking up some serious Google juice. Those interviews utilized or standard distribution methods have racked up 32 million  views over 100+ media devices, including Google TV, Roku, Samsung Smart Tv, Tablets of all makes and just about every other media device with a screen.

As you know those spots covered every cool and note worthy gadget and consumer product that CES had to offer. Our viewer numbers are already hitting record numbers for us, and will continue to accumulate views as Google drives traffic to all of that content on our host sites and Tpn.tv.

If you appreciated our coverage over these past 8 years, we are on the hunt for our 2014 sponsors for the show, and will be launching a very fun crowd funding alternative promotion in the coming weeks.  Lots more to share in the coming weeks.