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Geomatrix STEM Approved, Award-Winning Toy Review & $100 Prize Pack Giveaway {Pumpkin Patches & Wins Giveaway Hop}

If you've got one or more active young boys in the house, you probably know how precious some "quiet time" can get. I have found building toys to be fairly good at keeping my boys busy and having fun for hours without making too much noise. Better yet, they encourage creative and interactive play. Just a few weeks ago, my boys welcomed a new addition to their building toy collection - Geomatrix, which has won STEM Approved certification and ASTRA's Best Toy for Kids 2017 in the constructive play category.

Consisting of 15 magnetic pieces, Geomatrix helps kids understand the dynamics of geometric shapes while enhancing their imagination, creativity, motor skills and design skills. Geomatrix is no ordinary magnetic building toy, because it features the use of the world's strongest magnets: rare earth neodymium magnets. With up to 12 powerful magnets in the corner or point of each piece, the shapes can attach to one another on all sides! Besides, the magnets rotate freely to make sure that they always attract.

Geomatrix can be played solo or with competitors. The Balance Game suggested in the activity booklet that comes with Geomatrix is fun for players of all ages, yes, including grown-ups. Players take turns adding pieces trying to make the next player add a shape that will knock down the tower. The player that adds the last standing piece wins the game.

The game is great a family game night or a play date. The kids can learn about weight distribution through the game. I love how the pieces can twist and turn to make unexpected changes in the balance of the structure. Instead of competing with each other, my boys ended up working together trying to keep the tower stay as tall and as long as possible.

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Disclosure: I will receive a free product in exchange for this publication.

CUJO Smart Firewall: Protect Your Home Network with Business-Level Security

Internet is such a wonderful invention that many of us can hardly live without it. From shopping and entertaining to learning and job hunting, there are so many things that we can accomplish online in the comfort of our homes. But staying connected via the Internet could make yourself more vulnerable to hackers, viruses, malwares, and other dangerous intrusions, especially when your network connection is left unprotected. The recent Equifax data breach urges us to be more proactive about Internet security. One of the actions you can take is to install an effective firewall like CUJO.

CUJO is a smart firewall for the connected home, designed to bring business-level security to the home network. Using machine learning, CUJO safeguards ALL smart devices connected to your wireless router against web threats. It detects and blocks malicious sites, viruses, and hacks, working like an antivirus software for your entire network.

I was very excited when Best Buy sent me a CUJO for review. My home is full of smart devices with WiFi capability, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, TV, thermostat and security cameras. I was seriously in need of help in the online safety department when CUJO arrived in this cute little box. Before starting to use the device, I was already impressed by its compact size and sleek design. It's lightweight too, easy to handle with one hand. My CUJO box comes with a 3-feet Ethernet cable, an AC Power adapter, a sticker, and best of all, FREE lifetime subscription with automatic software updates. Unlike any antivirus software I've purchased before, there is no need to pay any additional fees to keep my firewall protection up to date.

My kids think CUJO is super cool because it has a face with light-up eyes indicating its working status. When it's not properly connected, it will have an unhappy or warning face as shown in the picture above. The face will turn to a smiley one when things are all set. Both the upward and downward curves will be present when CUJO is working hard to get things right.

It was amazingly easy to set things up with CUJO. It took me less than 5 minutes to get the device up and running. Just plug in the adapter and cable, install the CUJO app on my phone and follow the prompts to complete installation and registration. As our router requires some special adjustment during installation, I received a call from a CUJO customer service representative guiding me through the process. This was the first time ever that tech support was being offered without me having to ask for it. Very impressive indeed!

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