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Valentine’s Day is the best day to show the person dearest to your heart how much you truly care for them. Romance is in the air, and it’s nearly impossible to resist the stores selling flowers, cards, and stuffed bears. Maybe your significant other has even dropped hints as to what they want to get on the 14th–in that case, your search for the perfect present just got way, way easier!

But Valentine’s Day shouldn’t have to be all about material gifts. Sure, presents are nice to receive, but there are many other ways to express your love. Here are other ways to spread romance!

Serve your lover breakfast in bed.

This is a simple way to make your loved one feel special. Rise early, cook some pancakes and bacon, chop up some fruits, and plate them artfully. Place it on a tray, add a small vase with flowers, and bring it to your loved one. Trust us, waking up to the delicious smell of bacon is the best way to jumpstart your day!

Take them on a surprise adventure.

If you’ve got some vacation leaves to spare, use one on the 15th to have an extra-long Valentine’s Day celebration! Whisk your lover to a destination you’ve always wanted to visit, be it a sunny beach or a cosmopolitan hotspot, and have an itinerary planned out. Only got one day? Make the most of it with a visit to your favorite amusement park or hiking trail.

Compile your most precious photos.

Rekindle your most precious memories this Valentine’s Day by compiling photos of your favorite moments! You can create a photo book of your most memorable photos, adding love notes, tickets, and other small artifacts collected throughout your relationship. Another option: Display your favorite photos on a Nixplay Frame! Set up a playlist just for Valentine’s Day and place it somewhere your lover will easily see.

Don’t have a Nixplay Frame yet? Take advantage of the ongoing Valentine’s Day Sale to get up to 25 percent off the Nixplay Iris!

Prepare their favorite food.

It’s said that the way to most people’s hearts is through their stomachs. Judging by the neverending flood of food photos, videos, and content on social media, this seems to be a universal truth. That said, make your date’s tummy happy on Valentine’s Day by preparing their favorite food! Just don’t forget to take into consideration their dietary preferences, and don’t serve anything they might be allergic to. Going to a restaurant may be par for the course on Valentine’s Day, but you have to admit that a home-cooked meal prepared with love will be more memorable.

Your Valentine’s Day 2019 Checklist

By Nixplay Team

On February 11, 2019

In Holidays

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us! Are you all set for the big V-Day? Granted, it can be extremely overwhelming—there are so many things to do, and just a few days to go.

Fear not: We’re here to get you revved up for romance. In fact, we made you a checklist to get you on track for Valentine’s Day. Read on and take note of what you should prepare for February 14!

__ Buy flowers.

Even if you’re defiantly anti-romance, you have to admit: Valentine’s Day wouldn’t be complete without some lush blooms! Make sure you know your lady love’s favorite blossoms, and place an order for a bouquet a few days ahead. You better hurry, as flower shops tend to get overwhelmed with orders for the 14th.
If you’re a happy singleton: It wouldn’t hurt to have some flowers delivered to yourself, right? 😉 go on and get yourself a nice bouquet—you deserve it.

__ Secure dinner reservations.

As cliche as it may sound, wining and dining is a crucial part of Valentine’s Day. Make sure to choose the restaurant wisely: It doesn’t have to be at a Michelin-starred restaurant, though if this is what you fancy, then do go all out! The important thing is that the place you dine at holds significance to you and your significant other.
If you’re a happy singleton: Dining out alone or even with friends on Valentine’s Day—when it seems like everyone’s out on a date—can suck. The solution? Make a reservation for another day. You can go out on the 15th, or even the weekend after.

__ Get a date.

Of course, what’s a Valentine’s Day celebration without someone to spend it with? That’s what the day is all about, after all: A day you ought to celebrate with the person (or people) you love most. So make sure the love of your life knows quite clearly that you want to spend the day with them!
If you’re a happy singleton: Well, it’s not yet too late to look for a date! Download a dating app and start swiping, or sign up for a speed dating event. Maybe you might find The One—or at the very least, you’ll meet interesting new people! And if your friends offer to set you up with someone interesting, say yes! There’s no harm in expanding your horizons and going out of your comfort zone, relationship-wise.

__ Take pictures!

Now that you’ve got all the ingredients of a perfect Valentine’s Day celebration, don’t forget the most crucial thing: Photos of your day! You’re making so many memories on the 14th—you might as well document every precious milestone by snapping away. Display your photos on your Nixplay Frame, and take advantage of Nixplay’s Valentine’s Day sale to get up to 25 percent off the Nixplay Iris, only until February 14!

Moments by Facebook Is Shutting Down–Here Are Other Apps You Can Use

By Nixplay Team

On February 8, 2019

In Photography

In case you missed it, Moments, Facebook’s proprietary photo-sharing tool, will be shut down for good on February 25, 2019. Moments was created in 2015 as a means for Facebook users to privately share photos outside the social media website.

“Syncing photos with the Moments app is a private way to give photos to friends and get the photos you didn’t take,” reads the app’s press release. “Moments groups the photos on your phone based on when they were taken and, using facial recognition technology, which friends are in them. You can then privately sync those photos quickly and easily with the specific friends, and they can choose to sync their photos with you as well.”

Moments by Facebook

If you don’t know what the app is all about, don’t worry—we’re not very familiar with it either. In fact, Facebook is pulling the plug because of low download numbers. From a high of 10.7 million downloads in June 2016, the app’s adoption rate plummeted to around 150,000 in December 2018—an unacceptable rate for the social media conglomerate.

If you’re an avid user of Moments, there are other apps you can use to store and share your favorite photos in a secure manner. Here are three of them.

Google Photos

Google Photos is a photo-sharing service developed by—you guessed it—Google in 2015. It gives Google users 30 GB of free storage, with the option to pay extra for up to 30 TB of space (that’s a LOT of pictures). Google Photos uses facial recognition and machine learning to identify the subjects in your images and automatically sort them into smart albums, letting you navigate your collection of memories with greater ease.

Nixplay

If you’re here, chances are you have a Nixplay frame. And while our smart frames are amazing, did you know that our app is pretty neat, too?

The Nixplay app works with Google Photos, Instagram, Dropbox, Facebook, Amazon Alexa, and Flickr, letting you display your images wherever they may be. Nixplay Frames have 8 GB internal storage, which you can fill up with hundreds of your favorite pictures. Display your chosen photos on your frame by creating playlists, and share them with your loved ones with a few clicks. Easy, right?

SmugMug

SmugMug was born from its photographer founders’ dream of having a suitable channel for their work. “Photographers needed a place online that was tailor-made for them—a place where they could stand out, shine, and share,” says our website. This cloud-based photo storage system lets you keep your treasure trove of memories—everything from scanned photos of your grandparents to your dog’s pictures–easily accessible online, without compromising security and image quality. The catch? It’s not a free service—plans start at $47.88 per year. If you’re a hardcore photographer, this is perfect for you.

Your Favorite Smart Frame Just Got A Makeover

By Mars Salazar

On January 23, 2019

In From The Nixplay Team

There’s a reason why most of our digital frames come in sleek matte black: It’s a classic color (or rather, non-color) that belongs anywhere. But you have to admit: as classic as black is, it’s also nice to have other color options.

Enter the new Nixplay Seed 10.1-inch Widescreen in Wood Effect.

We gave our latest frame a classic walnut finish to better inject a rustic feel into your interiors. By combining modern technology with timeless design, your smart frame becomes more than another gadget to furnish your smart home with.

The Nixplay Seed Wood Effect still has all the features that made you love our frames in the first place an integrated Hu-Motion Sensor that turns the frame on and off automatically, a slim honeycomb woven power cord/adjustable stand, Amazon Alexa compatibility, and seamless integration with social platforms like Dropbox, Facebook, Instagram, and Google Photos.

With the Nixplay Seed Wood Effect, technology has never looked so good.

Buy it here now.

Mars Salazar

Marianne is Nixplay’s Web Content Editor. Her hobbies include exploring new places, playing table tennis, and cuddling puppies. Send her a message at marianne.salazar@nixplay.com.

Different Ways To Connect With Family This Holiday Season

By Nick Baum

On December 4, 2018

In Lifestyle

Wrap up this year with the most meaningful gift and share joy with the people who matter most to you. For today’s blog, we’ve invited Nick and Krista Baum, founders of StoryWorth.com, a service that helps people record their family stories and print them in beautiful hardcover books.

What do you think is the value behind preserving people’s memories?

A lot of people think the value of preserving memories is in passing them on to future generations, and that’s certainly true. But in our experience, it’s just as important as a way for family members to connect and get closer. These days, we are all so busy and preoccupied with everyday life. Sharing a family story or remembering a moment captured in a photo can help us slow down and feel grateful for the ones who love us.

Where do organizations like Nixplay and StoryWorth come in?

It’s easy to think of technology as something that gets in the way of real relationships, but Nixplay and StoryWorth both use technology to help bring families closer together. Because StoryWorth makes it easy to share family stories, it inspires all sorts of fun conversations when family members meet in person–conversations that otherwise might never have happened. Similarly, the latest family photos shared through a Nixplay frame are sure to be a talking point for the next phone call!

What inspired you to start StoryWorth?

We started StoryWorth because we wanted to record Nick’s parents’ stories. They live thousands of miles away from us, so we don’t often get the chance to sit down with them in person. We knew that if we asked them to write their biographies, they would never have gotten started. So instead, we asked them to write one story a week, and now we have several hundred pages of their stories to share with our children when they’re older.

How does StoryWorth work?

It’s incredibly simple. You invite a loved one, for example, a parent or grandparent. Each week, we email them a question about their life. All they have to do is reply with a story. At the end of the year, we take all the stories and print them in a beautiful hardcover book.

What are StoryWorth’s plans moving forward to enrich customers’ storytelling experience?

I think one of the things that have made StoryWorth so successful is that we haven’t added a ton of features. Instead, we’ve stayed focused on making the experience as simple as possible, so people of all ages can enjoy it–we even have a couple of storytellers who are over 100 years old!

One of the great joys of working on this product is that we get lovely emails from our customers every single week, but the most touching [messages we get] come from customers whose parents have passed away. One customer recently told us he would be quoting from his grandmother’s stories in her eulogy.

“Just wanted to let you know that the work you all do is so important and touches the lives of both grandparents, children and their grandchildren. My memories of my grandma are forever held because of her writing. Thank you.“

We encourage you to make it more meaningful for your family this holiday season. StoryWorth is offering $20 off for all Nixplay followers through December 31, 2018!