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OTTAWA, Dec. 11, 2012 /CNW/ - If a personal listening device is on your shopping list this holiday season, Health Canada reminds you that high noise levels can impact your hearing health and physical safety.  Personal listening devices can include iPods, MP3 players, portable radios, cellular phones and gaming headsets. What you should do:  -- When purchasing a personal listening device, check to see if the product includes a feature that limits sound...

Califone Debuts Listening First Headsets Featuring Brightly Colored and Animal Themed, Ambient-Noise Reducing Earcups to Engage Young Learners San Fernando, Calif. (PRWEB) December 10, 2012 Califone International, Inc. today announces the launch of the Listening First™ Headsets. The new headsets are an extension of the popular Listening First headphone line and now feature a built-in microphone onto the same brightly colored and animal-theme designs. The Califone Listening First...

This is no ordinary Bluetooth accessory. With CommBadge, the user will have hands-free access to Siri and Google Now to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. All while their phone is in their pocket or charging. Laguna Niguel, California (PRWEB) December 06, 2012 CommBadge is not another Bluetooth headset, it's a new and revolutionary development which has set out to change the world of hands-free mobile communication. The device is a patent pending wearable...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardo Systems, Inc., creator of the first-in-kind wireless Bluetooth communications and entertainment system designed specifically for cyclists, announced today that it is a title sponsor of the elite women's cyclocross race at CXLA Weekend, an annual cycling competition that features punishing terrains and obstacles. The event takes place in Los Angeles State Historic Park December 1 and 2. Cardo Systems joins with event organizer...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardo Systems, Inc., the world's market leader in wireless Bluetooth communications for motorcycle helmets, today announced it sponsored the recently completed "The India Ride" (www.theindiaride.com), an ambitious 14,000 kilometer, 54-day motorcycle journey around India. The India Ride was completed by Ryan and Colin Pyle, two brothers who previously completed the Middle Kingdom Ride, a Guinness Book of World Records circumnavigation of...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Want to get your kids the coolest Christmas present ever? One California-based company is producing a toy helicopter controlled completely by thought -- and, yes, it is currently on track for December delivery. According to The Daily Mail, the gizmo is called the Orbit, and it is being produced by Puzzlebox in San Francisco. The London-based newspaper says that the company is touting the helicopter as "both an entertaining novelty...

OULU, Finland, November 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Finnish Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment organized a user test of bright light devices [http://www.valkee.com ], and concluded that both the conventional bright light lamps and the new Valkee in-ear bright light headset have a similar positive effect on seasonal winter symptoms, the winter blues. The results of the test reveal that 6-12 minutes treatment with the bright light headset...

VALHALLA, N.Y., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Turtle Beach, pioneer and market-leader of the gaming headset category, announces its full line of exclusively licensed, limited edition Call of Duty: Black Ops II Ear Force headsets are now available from retailers. Custom designed and optimized to deliver enhanced audio for the year's most anticipated entertainment launch, the distinctive line includes the Ear Force TANGO, Ear Force SIERRA, Ear Force X-RAY, Ear Force KILO and Ear...

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jabra today announced at ShoreTel's Champion Partner Conference in Orlando that it has been named an official partner in ShoreTel's Innovation Network. After undergoing ShoreTel's standard validation process, Jabra's hands-free headsets have been declared interoperable with ShoreTel's published interfaces. "In partnering with ShoreTel, we will be making our wide selection of headsets and other hands-free communication solutions...

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), a global and independently operated consortium focused on bringing wireless power to the consumer electronics marketplace, today announced that the technical working committee has approved a more flexible wireless power specification that will allow consumers to charge their mobile devices on a variety of compatible surfaces. "The Alliance for Wireless Power and its members have been focused on...