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After a whirlwind weekend of attending BlogHer<\/a>, a mostly woman blogger conference in San Jose, I couldn’t wait to come back and report to you some of the best tech from BlogHer. \u00a0BlogHer is a conference involving lots of speakers to help you utilize social media better, reach further audiences, and hone in on your writing skills. \u00a0But along with the speakers, there’s an brand expo that features everything from diapers to cleaning supplies to Baskin-Robbins (one of my faves) to appliances.<\/p>\n

Here are a few of my favorite finds, the best tech from BlogHer this year…<\/p>\n

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Best Tech from BlogHer ’14<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Nescafe Dolce Gusto<\/span><\/h2>\n

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The Nescafe Dolce Gusto machines are \u00a0little coffee powerhouses that delivers an awesome cup of espresso, macchiato, cappuccino, even ice tea. \u00a0We had the opportunity to try numerous specialty drinks at BlogHer. \u00a0I tried the Caramel Latte Macchiato and it was extremely good. \u00a0The Nescafe Dolce Gusto is a capsule based, single-serving system that delivers cafe quality drinks in mere seconds. \u00a0For the specialty drinks using milk, you first put a milk capsule into the Dolce Gusto machine and press the hot button. \u00a0Next, you remove the capsule and insert the flavored coffee and press the hot button again. \u00a0Now you have a beautiful, frothy looking drink that reminds you of a store-bought specialty coffee.<\/p>\n

There are a number of Nescafe Dolce Gusto coffee machines to choose from, ranging from $99 to $179. \u00a0Boxes of capsules are sold by flavor and contain both the specialty coffee and milk capsules, dependent upon the flavor you choose. \u00a0Flavor boxes (enough to make 8 cups) sell for $9.49 each. \u00a0Right now, Nescafe is having a promotion for their GENIO machine and 5 boxes of flavors<\/a> for $129.99, which is a $45+ savings.<\/p>\n

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Cuisinart Baby Bottle Sterilizer<\/span><\/h2>\n

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I wish the Cuisinart Baby Bottle Sterilizer was around when I had young babies. \u00a0After washing your baby bottles, place them in the Cuisinart Baby Bottle Sterilizer and \u00a0pour in some water to sterilize. \u00a0It can fit up to six half or full-size bottles \u00a0and there’s even room on top to sterilize pacifiers, spoons, and breast feeding supplies.<\/p>\n

Because of its size, you can keep the Cuisinart Baby Bottle Sterilizer anywhere – upstairs or down. \u00a0Cuisinart has a number of helpful baby items in their baby line<\/a> including a Bottle Warmer and a Baby Food Maker\/Bottle Warmer. \u00a0The Cuisinart Baby Bottle Sterilizer sells for $59.95 from Cuisinart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On to larger appliances. \u00a0It’s no secret that I am a Samsung fan. \u00a0My phones and TV’s are Samsung. \u00a0So I had a blast at the Samsung Appliances<\/a>\u00a0both, there were so many fun things to look at and I love the technology that stands behind the products. \u00a0These appliances take care of many of the issues we have around the kitchen and baby’s room…so we don’t have to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Samsung \u00a0had a good number of appliances to see, but I choose only my favorite ones to tell you about…<\/p>\n

Samsung Baby Care Washer<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here’s another great baby appliance to make life easier. \u00a0Samsung’s Baby Care Washer<\/a> is only a 1 cubic fit washer that carefully washes baby’s delicate laundry, including a Super Sanitize cycle to remove stubborn stains and bacteria. \u00a0This is great, now you can treat baby’s clothing separate from the rest of the family, which is especially great when dealing with soiled clothing. \u00a0The Baby Care Washer can handle small loads up to 6 lbs. \u00a0The washer can be drained into sinks and adapted to faucets, so you can keep the unit closer to baby’s room, making the job of cleaning baby’s clothes more efficient.<\/p>\n

The Silver model,\u00a0WB09H7300GP\/A1 sells for $699 and the White model sells for $599.<\/p>\n

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Samsung French Door Food ShowCase Refrigerator<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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French Doors are still king with consumers loving the ability to see all their food at once with the convenience of two doors. \u00a0But now you can also have the flexibility of two drawers including a central door for easy access for the kids and a lower drawer for the freezer. The Food Showcase refrigerator, with its spacious 30 cu ft. and Smart Divider adjustable shelving, makes it easy to store your food securely yet easily find what you’re looking for. \u00a0Use the middle drawer to keep the kids favorite snacks easily accessible or use it for wine storage.<\/p>\n

There is also an outside mini door to easily access your top favorite beverages and condiments without having to open the entire refrigerator, letting essential cold air out. \u00a0This is another great option for people with kids. \u00a0I can’t tell you how long my kids keep the refrigerator door open to get their drinks.<\/p>\n

Another thing we like is the Twin Cooling Plus feature, usually found on more expensive custom home type refrigerators, which keeps the humidity level higher for fruits and vegetables in the refrigerator while keeping the temperature setting dryer to help lessen freezer burn. \u00a0Most refrigerators only have one cooling engine that works for both the freezer and the fridge.<\/p>\n

The external water and ice dispenser can produce up to 10 lbs of ice each day and is located in the door, maximizing freezer space.<\/p>\n

The French Door Food ShowCase<\/a> costs $4199 for the 36″ wide refrigerator, $3999 for the 36″ wide no ice refrigerator, and $3599 for the 36″ 28 cu. ft. refrigerator.<\/p>\n

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Samsung Dishwasher with WaterWall<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Samsung’s new WaterWall technology powerfully cleans every dish in the washer. \u00a0Utilizing maximum cleaning pressure, the WaterWall technology can clean dishes up to 35% stronger than rotary systems. \u00a0And if you’re tired of needing different washes for different types of dishes, Samsung’s new Zone Boost can gently wash fine china along with dirty pots and pans on the bottom rack. \u00a0Even with a full dish load of up to 15 place settings, the entire load is cleaned in 60 minutes, a reduction of 25% compared to normal dishwashers.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0\u00a0DW80H9950US\u00a0SAMSUNG Dishwasher<\/a> with WaterWall sells for $1,499.<\/p>\n

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Samsung Electric Range with Flex Duo Oven<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Do you ever wish you had the room in your house for a double oven but you just don’t have the space? \u00a0Will now you can with Samsung’s new 5.8 cu. ft. Slide-In Electric Range with Flex Duo Oven. \u00a0It’s a normal looking range\/oven, but upon opening the door, you discover there is a thick metal sheet that divides the top of the oven and the bottom. \u00a0You now have two ovens, one that is 2.4 cu. ft. and the other that is 3.3 cu. ft. with the Smart Divider. \u00a0Cook one dish in the top part of the oven at 425 degrees while cooking the dish in the lower part of the oven at 250 degrees. \u00a0And because the oven is also a Dual Convection, it cooks 30% faster than conventional ovens.<\/p>\n

Have a large turkey to cook? \u00a0No problem, just slide out the Smart Divider and you have a full-size oven. \u00a0The five burner cook top overs different heating element sizes to accommodate different sized pans as well as heat a larger pan or casserole dish easily.<\/p>\n

After seeing the Flex Duo Oven, I created a quick video to report on what I saw in the Samsung booth…
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