Last weekend, my 10-year-old niece came over to spend some time with me. Of course, whenever she comes over, she makes sure to bring along her little messenger bag (which I got for her) filled with her secret dairy, her iPad, and other "special items."

Throughout the day she alternated between writing down everything we were doing in her diary and playing games on her iPad. As the middle child, with a 14-year-old sister and a two-year-old brother, the iPad tends to get "borrowed" quite frequently, even if it might be against her wishes. Being that it gets thrown around (literally), her parents wanted to make sure that the iPad was as padded and protected as much as possible, so they purchased the Griffin Survivor Case.

Good thing they did, because just that day alone she must have dropped, hit and thrown the iPad around at least once an hour. Thinking that just the case might not be enough for these little iPad monsters, I advised my sister-in-law to take a look at our promotional iPad accessories and get as much as she can to protect the poor helpless little iPad being abused by these children!

I recently purchased this small and cute nano speaker, which is probably one of the most amazing promotional products currently on the market. For something this small I cant believe how much sound it gives off and the portability of it is slightly more than AWESOME! I have finally found the perfect way to listen to music on the beach, park, or just hanging out in the backyard with some freinds. The Nano comes in fun colors, such as green, blue, red, yellow..etc. Technology has come along way, this little gadget works with your bluetooth device to give off high definition sound. No more annoying wires!

In a world we live in today, technology has become a major role in our daily lives. Back in my childhood days, there was such thing as cell phones. If you carried a beeper, you were popular. Now a days, pretty much everyone from teenagers to seniors all carry mobile devices. So what happens when all your devices run out of battery. This happened to me where my iPhone, iPod, and iPad all went out of battery at the same time. My custom usb device sure came in handy. It had multiple usb outlets so I can charge my devices simultaneously. It was fabulous. For all the techies out there, these usb charges are a must have item.

This is the week of holiday parties! Everyone I know has to go to at least one holiday party this week, whether it is with work or with friends.  Today is Motivators annual Holiday Party!  I am so excited to hang out with everyone outside of the office.  It will be nice to converse with coworkers face to face and not through the cubicle walls!  This year we are having an auction, a raffle and secret Santa!  I really hope to win the Promotional iPad Case with Bluetooth Keyboard, which is up for grabs in the auction. Even if I don't win anything I am looking forward to spending a night with my Motivators Family!

If you've got an iPod Touch and you love LEGOs, get ready to meet your next iPod case. A new cover designed by TinkerBrick effectively turns your device into a LEGO piece! 

The 'TinkerBrick Case' can be used as the foundation for your next LEGO masterpiece. Design Taxi elaborates: "it lets users attach other pieces of LEGO to it–allowing them to build their own LEGO creations on the cover." How awesome is that?

You've got to love a custom iPod cover that you can play with. But TinkerBrick suggests the case is actually pretty useful, too. (For example, you can build on it to create a steady-cam!)

Know anyone who might get a kick out of this unique iPod cover?

For some, owning a fancy, new iPhone 5 just isn't enough. No, it's got to be covered in gold.

Well, those people are in luck! London's Gold & Co., a company that sells your favorite mobile devices with special gold plating, has added the iPhone 5 to its list of products. The 24-karat gold-plated new iPhone will soon be available at the Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates.

But be warned: It'll probably cost you an arm and a leg. While the shiny new iPhone's price has yet to be disclosed, Mashable reports that the "Gold-plated iPhone 4S devices run as high as $1,224 while a gold-plated iPad from Gold & Co. fetches around $4,600." Yikes -- those are some expensive promotional products!

I'm constantly amazed by how quickly children seem to pick up technology. Even my youngest cousin (just two-years-old) knows exactly what he has to do in order to unlock his parents' iPhones and iPads and open up his favorite apps.

But do you really want your kids playing around with your expensive toys? I don't have any youngsters of my own, but I can't imagine I'd be able to keep calm while watching them smudge up my screen. (I'm clearly not ready for parenthood).

Nevertheless, I think Toys R Us is onto something with a kid-friendly tablet due to release this October. According to Yahoo! News, "the 7-inch, multi-touch table will have wi-fi capability, a 4GB flash memory, and will come with 50 free, preinstalled apps aimed at children." Pretty cool, huh?

Best of all, the tablet, which goes by Tabeo, will be available for a somewhat-affordable $149.99! The price is a lot more manageable than the iPad 2, which starts at $399.

Toys R Us' Tabeo will be available beginning on October 21, making it a great fall giveaway for schools.

Apple has been dominating the Tablet market ever since the first release of the iPad. It currently controls more than two thirds of the tablet market. Since then, smaller 7 inch versions of the Kindle Fire have been selling out. For $199, you can't go wrong with the price. A week before Amazon is set to launch its new Kindle, the current ones can't be produced fast enough for the demand. Google's has also recently released a 7 inch Nexus tablet to compete in the mini market. No wonder Apple is in talks of a smaller iPad. With these smaller tablets on the market, people will be looking to customize their cases. Come check out our vast selection of promotional products to fit any of your tablet needs.

Tablets are the hottest selling commodity right now. No wonder every manufacturer is trying to get a slice of the pie. Microsoft on monday annouced it has developed a windows tablet of its own. It features a 10.6 inch high-definition touchscreen and front and rear facing cameras. The biggest innovation however, is the device cover. It flips open into a full keyboard with a pen that clicks into the tablet. It also has a built-in kickstand which is neat. Let's just see if Microsoft can compete with Apple and Samsung. For people who already own a tablet, protection from scratches should be your top priority. We have some great Promotional Products to help shield your tablet.

When my friend told me about the Logos Quiz Game, I couldn't believe my ears. A game that revolves around guessing which logo belongs to which brand?  That sounds like something only we promotional product junkies would be interested in!

And yet the Logos Quiz Game has become wildly popular (it's currently the top free iPad app, and the #3 free iPhone app).  Is anyone else unclear about why the app is appealing to the average consumer? I mean, where's the fun in guessing pages and pages of logos?

Forbes asserts that a logo is a "kind of imagery that we all know and care about." Plus, many people like (and are good at) solving visual riddles. Those factors combined with the fact that the game has an intergenerational appeal, Forbes reports, makes the Logos Quiz Game a real winner. 

The game showcases 500 of the biggest corporate brands' logos, and asks players to identify as many as they can.  Maybe I've been watching too much Mad Men, but to me the Logos Quiz Game sounds like nothing more than a gigantic focus group!

And it could certainly be used that way -- Forbes reports that with a few minor updates, brands could use the app to "compare recognition rates of their logo by age, by zip code or by 'likes.'" Companies could even study feedback to test out new logos and designs.

It's no surprise that folks within the promotional products industry are already falling in love with the Logos Quiz Game. After all, we have the privilege of working with interesting brand logos all day! But what do you think of the app?