It will soon be Valentine’s Day, and if you’re STILL stumped over a gift, you might want to think about using your smart phone to say I love you!
AT&T’s Jason Strong joined us on Wisconsin Tonight with five simple steps to create a “Tech Valentine”.
Step 1: Start with an AT&T smart phone or tablet – shoot and compile several photos and short videos with that special someone.
Step 2: Scan old photos, cards, notes, movie tickets and other sentimental images.
Shoebox App -- Turn your phone into a scanner. * Shoebox from Ancestry.com is a great way to scan your old paper photos and share them with family and friends. * Shoebox makes digitizing paper photos easy by turning your iPhone into a mobile photo scanner. * Shoebox’s edge detection and perspective correction technology ensures your scans are quick and turn out beautifully. You can save your photos directly to your Ancestry.com family tree and/or your phone’s camera roll.
Step 3: Use an app like Slide Show Creator or Splice if you want to incorporate videos. You can instantly upload to YouTube. It’s easy and fast!
Step 4: Set the slideshow to “your song” and sync your device to a great Bluetooth speaker like the UE BOOM 2 or the Pulse Solo LED light and speaker.
UE BOOM 2 in Cherry Bomb Red - $199 * Connects via Bluetooth to your smartphone or tablet. * Despite its compact size, the produces powerful sound. * Wireless and cord-free. * Totally portable, so you're good to set up anywhere.
Sengled Pulse Solo LED Light and Wireless JBL Speaker - $55
* Dim the lights with your phone and play your music.
* The Pulse Solo is a smart bulb that combines the energy efficiency
of a dimmable LED light with the high-quality audio of a JBL
Bluetooth speaker.
* Stream your favorite music and adjust lighting and sound from
almost any Bluetooth enabled device.
Step 5: After you’ve dimmed the lights, kick back and watch your custom Valentine’s Day music video on the big screen with the Amazon Fire Stick, then watch your favorite romantic comedy.
Amazon Fire TV Stick - $39.99 * Just plug Fire TV Stick into your HDTV, plug into a wall outlet, connect to the Internet, and you’re ready to go in minutes. * The Alexa Voice Remote quickly finds what you want to watch by searching over 75 apps and channels. Just say, “Launch YouTube.” * After your watch your custom Valentine’s Day video gift, simply say "Find romantic comedies," and Alexa will show you results from apps like Netflix®, DIRECTV NOW, and more. * You can also access millions of songs with the Fire TV Stick through Pandora, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio. Just press the microphone button on the Alexa Voice Remote and say what you'd like to hear next.
