Ensure Your Tech Devices Stay Clean And Smudge-Free Around Campus With Whoosh! Screen Shine

According to a recent study, the average college student now owns roughly 6.8 tech devices. However, unlike a few years ago, when technology remained mostly stationary within a dorm room, today’s devices are completely mobile, accompanying students to class, the gym, library, and cafeteria–often gathering dirt, grime, and bacteria each step of the way. In fact, recent studies have shown that cell phones can become dirtier than toilet seats if they are not cleaned properly and frequently. That’s why, to help keep these devices hygienic throughout the day, it is essential to clean them with the non-toxic, alcohol-free WHOOSH! Screen Shine.

“There’s no doubt that mobile technology has made the lives of students easier,” said Jason Greenspan, President and CEO of WHOOSH! Screen Shine. “However, when you bring your laptop to class, tablet to the gym, and phones out with you at night, they naturally become coated with dirt, grime, oils, and bacteria. Luckily, WHOOSH! Screen Shine not only offers a way to clean and shine your dirty devices but one that is entirely safe and non-toxic.”

Leveraging the latest advancements in formula development, WHOOSH! is specifically developed to be a safe yet powerful cleaning solution that cleans screens and devices — making them shine like new while leaving an ultra-thin invisible coating that provides a resistance to dirt build-up, smudges, and fingerprints.

WHOOSH! does not contain alcohol, acids, ammonia, chlorine, petroleum distillates, phosphates or volatile organic compounds. Additionally, each package of WHOOSH! comes with a special cloth that has been treated with an antimicrobial agent to protect the fabric and mobile device screens against scuffs and scratches while cleaning.

WHOOSH! Screen Shine comes in three sizes: The Pocket (.3 fluid ounces), On-The-Go (1 fluid ounce), and Duo+ (one 3.4 fluid ounces and one .3 fluid ounces), allowing you to store a small bottle (.3 or 1 fluid ounce) in your accessory bag, book bag, or gym bag while leaving the larger bottle (3.4 fluid ounces) in your dorm room.

“By offering WHOOSH! in three sizes, all conducive to the on-the-go college lifestyle, we ensure that students can quickly, easily, and safely clean their devices, regardless of where they are on campus or what they’re doing,” said Greenspan.

WHOOSH! Screen Shine is available for purchase at Best Buy, Target, and at more than 2,500 Walmart stores, as well as in Staples Canada, Canadian Tire, and Shoppers Drug Mart stores. WHOOSH! can also be purchased on Amazon.com and at www.whoosh.com.

WHOOSH! Screen Shine made its debut at CES 2014 where it became the only screen and device cleaner to be awarded two coveted CES Innovations Design & Engineering Awards. WHOOSH! is also a Family Choice Award winner, one of the most coveted, family-friendly consumer award programs in the nation, recognizing the finest products and services that enrich the lifestyles of children and families.

Furman’s CN-1800S Smart Sequencer is the Smart Choice for School

School starts this month in most of the United States, and local school district budgets are under greater pressure than ever before. “States’ new budgets are providing less per-pupil funding for kindergarten through 12th grade than they did six years ago — often far less,” the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reported earlier this year, citing not only the lingering effects of the recent recession but also continued fiscal austerity in many states, noting that schools in around a third of states are entering the new school year with less state funding than they had last year.  This underscores the need to protect as comprehensively as possible the capital investments that schools make in their technology infrastructures.

“It’s difficult enough for schools and school boards to have to pay for new audio and video systems that they need to give teachers better performance and their students greater advantage,” acknowledges Jeff Tate, Sales Engineer at B&B Communications, a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based AV systems designer and integrator that specializes in education markets. “But it’s even harder when they have to pay to replace components of those systems when they’re damaged by things like power surges. That’s one of the most common types of damage that schools experience, yet it’s also one of the most preventable.”

Tate strongly recommends that education clients include both surge protection and sequential power-on/power-off capability for their AV systems, functions they deliver by specifying the Furman CN-1800S SmartSequencer 15-amp bidirectional power sequencer as part of their system designs. That’s what they did at several recent school venue projects. For the Manheim Township (PA) School District’s District Office Boardroom, B&B Communications added audio teleconferencing capability for the start of this year’s school term, allowing board members away from town to participate remotely in board meetings. The district, which has a school population of over 5,000 students in kindergarten through twelfth grades at six elementary schools (K-4), an intermediate school (grades 5 & 6), one middle school (grades 7 & 8), and one high school (grades 9-12), is a busy one — the boardroom is in constant use and as a result its audio system is nearly always on. “If they take a surge hit, components can be damaged, but just as important is the fact that even if they survive the surge, they can also be damaged if all of the systems are restarted at the same time, producing a huge load on the system,” Tate explains. “That’s why we used the CN-1800S SmartSequencer there. It offers both surge protection and sequential power-on capability in a single unit. The school realized that it needed to protect the investment in the new audio conferencing system.”

A CN-1800S SmartSequencer was deployed at the Brecknock Elementary School Gymnasium in Denver, PA, part of the Eastern Lancaster County School District. There, an expanded PA system in the school’s gym, necessary to improve the space’s spoken-word intelligibility, required additional power amplifiers. The new Crest amps are connected to two CN-1800S SmartSequencers, protecting them through sequential power-ons and with surge protection. “The amplifiers are all on a single circuit, so it’s important that they be powered up in sequence rather than all at once,” says Tate. “Once it’s programmed by us, the CN-1800S SmartSequencer does this automatically, so the school’s staff doesn’t have to worry about training someone on how to do this.”

Tate says he sees the effects of tightened budgets every day as he helps school districts try to maximize their technology platforms cost-effectively. “Schools do make mistakes by not including power protection and conditioning in their AV systems designs, all in the effort to manage their budgets, and we understand that,” he says. “But we really try to emphasize the importance of including surge protection in AV systems, because that’s really the best protection you can get. And to do that, we always go first and exclusively with Furman. Their products are the best when it comes to functionality and reliability. It’s the best service we can offer an education client, or any client.”

Return to School this Fall with Fully Protected Mobile and Tablet Devices!

Technology is delicate. That’s why Trident Case® introduced the most durable line of smartphone and tablet cases, the Kraken A.M.S Series, with solutions for all Apple®, Blackberry®, HTC®, Motorola® and Samsung® products. 

Drops. Bumps. Spills. These are risks that students run when transporting mobile and tablet devices in their backpacks each day. In order to ensure that students sufficiently protect their technology this fall, Trident Case® introduced an entirely new and improved line of Kraken A.M.S. Series cases that incorporates a thin, interior cushioning that withstands drops, bumps, rain, dust and vibration!

The all-new Kraken A.M.S. Series is 20 percent thinner than the previous, eliminating bulk without sacrificing the high level of protection. Thanks to a new engineering design that overmolds TPE onto a PC (polycarbonate) shell, combining a cushioned interior within a hard, rigid exterior, students can easily transport their devices without worrying about cracking or breaking the screen.

Kraken A.M.S. series cases are independently tested to meet Military Standard MIL-STD-810F to protect damage caused by excessive vibration, dust, sand, rain or drops. That covers just about every type of “just in case” situation a student might encounter.

The new Kraken A.M.S. Series is available in seven standard colors (black, red, pink, blue, grey, white and Trident Green) and comes with a new holster.  The holster mounts on the front of the device, providing maximum screen protection when attaching to belts, bag straps or seatbelts.  The holster features EVA foam to provide cushioning and includes a 360-degree ratcheting swivel clip, a media stand for landscape viewing, and a slot that allows for device charging while holstered. What’s more, the case includes a rear A.M.S. attachment port more that physically attaches to more than two dozen custom-fitting accessories and mounts. 

Since seeing is believing, please visit Trident’s YouTube channel to see the rigorous military testing that the Kraken A.M.S. series goes through.