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  • Little Black Dress: How To Accessorize For The Holidays

    The holidays are just around the corner and if you aren’t sure what to wear to Thanksgiving Dinner or those office holiday parties, why not go for a little black dress.

    Little black dresses are perfect for any occasion and are available in a variety of styles.

    If you don’t want to wear plain black to a party or holiday dinner, dress the dress up with some accessories.

    Here are a few options to consider.

    Shoes
    When you are wearing a little black dress and want to make a statement or add some color to the outfit, the best place to start is your feet. A simple pair of bright heels will turn your outfit from boring to fun. Think orange for Halloween, Ivory for Thanksgiving and Red or Green for Christmas. If you want to take the dress into the New Year, add a pair of silver or gold glitter shoes.

    Jewelry
    Jewelry is an obvious accessory choice and many people wear jewelry with any and all outfits. A little black dress allows you to be a little more creative with your jewelry choices, so try something you might not wear with anything else. Enamel bib necklaces are very popular right now and will add a pop of color and make your outfit eye catching. Match your necklace with your other jewelry, shoes and handbag for a very modern and clean look.

    Belts and Scarves
    It can be tricky to wear a belt or scarf with a dress, but certain little black dresses will work well with these accessories. Of course, you won’t want to wear a colored belt or scarf with a fancy or formal black dress, but casual dresses may benefit from these accessories. Black belts are a great option as are colorful belts and belts embellished with sequins, glitter or jewels. Match to your shoes and other accessories. Choose a scarf with a bright color or pattern. Small or short scarves tend to look better than long ones.

    These are just a few of the options available to dress up your little black dress. Don’t choose to be boring and plain this holiday season, dress up your little black dress and have some fun.

  • Amazon Now Lets You Customize Your Kindle Accessories

    If you’re buying a Kindle Fire HDX for a family member this holiday season, you’re also probably buying a cover for the device. Now you can make your gift even more special by slapping your beautiful mug on the cover.

    Amazon announced today that consumers can now fully customize their Kindle accessories. In other words, you can take your own pictures, or a selection of designs from Amazon, and put them on your Kindle cover. The online retailer also offers a wide variety of covers featuring designs from comics, movies and TV shows, like Peanuts, Breaking Bad and Star Trek.

    “With this new service, we’re making it possible for customers to dream up virtually any design and seamlessly turn it into a Kindle cover—at no additional cost,” said Peter Larsen, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “We’ve also created designs exclusive to Amazon that work perfectly with our new Origami covers to give customers even more options. We’re excited to bring this all-new technology to Kindle accessories and we can’t wait to see what customers come up with.”

    If you just want a simple cover for your tablet, that will be $19.99 across all devices. If you’re looking into one of Amazon’s fancy Origami covers, you’re looking at a cost of $45 for the new Kindle Fire HD and $50 for the Kindle Fire HDX. Previous generations of Kindle Fire devices and the Kindle Paperwhite are also supported.

    You can begin making your own personalized Kindle covers at Amazon’s customization Web site.

    [Image: Amazon/Business Wire]

  • Expect To Pay A Lot For Google Glass Accessories

    Consumer electronic accessories are typically some of the most overpriced products you will ever buy. Want to protect your new Galaxy S 4? That rubber bumper cover will cost you $50. Want to use a controller with your tablet? That will be another $60. We’ve come to expect this sort of thing with smartphones and tablets, and it looks like we can continue to expect it in the era of wearable computing as well.

    Marketing Land reports that Google is about to open an accessory shop for Google Glass Explorers. As you might expect, all of the items on sale are expensive.

    So, what kind of accessories can Google Glass owners look forward to? Here’s an image of the shop site, courtesy of Marketing Land:

    Expect To Pay A Lot For Google Glass Accessories

    As you can see, Google is mostly selling replacements at this point. The mono earbud, cable and charger, and pouch all come with the new Glass redesign that Google showed off yesterday. You’d better not lose them either as all three cost $50 to replace.

    As for the other accessory, Google calls it the Clear Shield. In short, it’s a visor for Google Glass that protects both your eyes from incoming objects. It could also be a precursor to the prescription lenses that Google promises to sell alongside Glass to consumers. Amazingly, the presumably plastic visor will sell for $75. Google notes that a sunglass shade will be available as well and that every Glass will ship with it.

    So, when can you get your hands on these accessories? Well, you can’t unless you’re a Google Glass Explorer. The store will apparently open in the coming days to those lucky enough to own a pair and will be exclusive to them until Google ships these things out to consumers. If you happen to own a pair, however, you can access the accessory store here when it goes live.

    [Image: Google Glass/Google+]

  • Game Genie for PlayStation 3 to Debut at E3

    Do you remember the feeling of swapping Game Genie codes with your friends at school or looking up codes over your dial-up internet connection? Do you remember the feeling of inserting your Super Nintendo cartridge into a Game Genie and watching Mario jump off the screen while enjoying infinite lives and cape feathers? If you share these nostalgic feelings, prepare to have a retro flashback as the Game Genie returns this summer.

    A company called Hyperkin is debuting a Game Genie device for the PlayStation 3 at this year’s E3. The device is called Game Genie: Save Editor, and works by modifying existing save data for games. Hyperkin has already released a Game Genie-branded product for Nintendo DS systems.

    The PlayStation 3 Game Genie comes on a USB flash drive which contains software that allows users to transfer their game saves to a PC. A PC program must them be used to edit “cheats” into the save files, which can then be loaded back onto the console. As you can see, the product is a simplified game-save editor with Game Genie branding. Hyperkin is, however, promising customers access to a “comprehensive, continuously updated cheat database.”

    “The Game Genie is a simple to use, affordable, and powerful tool for unlocking the secrets of every PS3 game,” stated Steven Mar, Hyperkin’s executive director. “The Game Genie allows even the most novice gamers to breeze past the hard or boring parts of games, leveling the playing field for a more enjoyable experience.”

    I’m not entirely sure what playing field Mar is referring to. Hyperkin is marketing the Game Genie as a device that will help gamers beat games faster with overpowered characters. However, modern video games are designed to be an experience, not something to simply be beaten. The multiple difficulty settings, as well as the overall lower difficulty of modern games are what made cheat codes a relic of the past. In addition, the modding community for most PC games is large enough that the fun, game-breaking experiences a Game Genie used to enable now seem quaint and simple.

    (Picture courtesy Hyperkin)