Archive for January, 2014

Stay Out of Tanning Beds

It used to be all the rave to get your skin as dark as possible by spending long hours out in the sun. For many it was a way of showing that you were wealthy enough that you could simply lay by the pool all day while everyone else worked inside. Whatever the reason, people wanted to get as bronze as possible, so the tanning bed industry was born.

Unfortunately, we now know, beyond a doubt, that tanning beds can be extremely dangerous. While they’ll certainly turn your skin brown, the question is at what price?

The answer is alarming. Years spent under the scorching sun or sandwiched inside a tanning bed will catch up to you in more ways than one. First, there are a number of studies that prove that all that sun will lead to premature aging. So while you look pretty now, you’ll look ten years older than you really are in about three.

Of course, the real scare is that you’ll contract skin cancer. All that sun has also been shown to bring on that terrible disease.

The good news is you don’t have to lay out under the sun anymore if you want to look great. You can purchase airbrush tanning kits and have a friend or family member apply it to you whenever you like. Sunless tanning equipment  is affordable when compared to all the money you spend on beds and far healthier too.

Roku is a familiar name among fans those who loves streaming video because they were the first to provide a device to view over the television. It makes a small puck-size box used for viewing video streamed over the Internet on viewer’s television set. Cost of the box varies from $50 to $100. According to the company they sold more than five million set top boxes in the U.S. during last five years. Since the introduction of Netflix broadband broadcast in 2008, Roku benefited more than any other in the U.S. for viewing streaming videos on living room television sets.

Roku is under attack by many. The main competitor to Roku is Apple and it claims that it sold 13 million Apple TV devices worldwide so far. Due to iTunes, iPads, iPhones and others, Apple has the advantage over Roku to reach more customers in the U.S. and worldwide. Besides Apple, there are others who compete in the streaming video arena. Google stream broadband video through Chrome browser or apps and cost only $35. Video game consoles especially Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony PlayStation allows Netflix’s apps and other video rental and purchase options.