Even though Earth Day has come and gone, no need to let your new-found green ways of life slip! At IOGEAR, we are committed to “going green” year round, and we love the culminating buzz and attention Earth Day generates. It’s all too easy to miss the good ideas in the flood of information around the holidays – but never fear, IOGEAR is here to remind you to stay green!

In this post, we’ll look at some of the more interesting (and in some cases … humorous) green initiatives for 2010. We hope you will be enlightened, entertained and most importantly, motivated to incorporate more green activities into your lifestyle.

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In all the flurry of green activity for Earth Day this year, we didn’t forget our loyal Twitter followers. Read on for the results of our BIGGEST giveaway to date!

Congratulations to our Earth Day Twitter winner Sarah, who this week took home our biggest prize haul ever – a Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free car kit, a USB Laptop KVM Switch, a GearPower – Portable Battery for Mobile Devices AND the grand prize of a Wireless Audio/Video Kit! We hope you enjoy your new green technology toolkit, courtesy of IOGEAR!

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Earth day is just around the corner, and as companies across the world jostle to prove their ‘green IQ’, it’s always useful to know how to separate the green pretenders from the genuine contenders. Living and learning green is a priority for us here at IOGEAR, and through this post and our actions, we hope to motivate everyone to contribute in some way towards a greener future.

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Feeling green? Donate your unwanted electronics and help us celebrate Earth Day!

IOGEAR is holding its inaugural Earth Day 2010 FREE electronic recycling drive at its Orange County headquarters, and is inviting all OC community members to drop off unwanted gadgets and hardware for green recycling. Come one, come all and help make a difference!

Local businesses, schools, colleges and individuals are invited to drop off their unwanted electronic products on Earth Day, April 22 from 9:00am to 7:00pm and throughout April 23-30 from 9:00am to 5:00pm (excluding Saturday and Sunday).

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Congratulations to our March Twitter winner Diane, who scooped a USB Laptop KVM Switch, a GearPower – Portable Battery for Mobile Devices this month!

Don’t forget that you too can be a winner as we enter the last and greatest phase of our Earth Day celebrations! On Earth Day itself, April 22nd, we will be giving away a bumper prize stash of a Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free car kit, a USB Laptop KVM Switch, a GearPower – Portable Battery for Mobile Devices AND April’s star of the show, a Wireless Audio/Video Kit!

Simple steps to entering:

1. Follow us on Twitter
2. Retweet any message that mentions the competition
3. Cross your fingers!

For full rules of entry and other legal jargon click here.

Hope to see YOUR name on the winner’s board this month!

Earth Day is just around the corner! Enter our Twitter competition to win a bumper pack of green goodies from IOGEAR

Thanks to all of our Twitter followers who have been feverishly retweeting for the chance to win IOGEAR green products! The latest winner for March has been chosen, but don’t lose heart – read on for details of even more green giveaway fun!

For the month of Apirl, IOGEAR will be offering our biggest giveaway yet on Earth Day, April 22nd. One lucky winner will walk away with a BUMPER prize pack of a Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free car kit, a USB Laptop KVM Switch, a GearPower – Portable Battery for Mobile Devices AND April’s star of the show, a Wireless Audio/Video Kit!

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Congratulations to our lucky February winner, @djh_artist, who will be able to celebrate Earth Day in style this year with a Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free car kit!

For all of you eco-warriors out there who are green with envy, don’t worry – IOGEAR will continue to give away highlights from our green product portfolio until Earth Day. If you had your heart set on getting the Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free car kit, you still can purchase your own via our reseller partners or on our e-store directly.

MARCH COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT!!

This month, one lucky Twitter follower will be grabbing our USB Laptop KVM Switch, one of the latest portable innovations from IOGEAR.  Leveraging the convenience of an all-in-one USB cable, the USB Laptop KVM Switch allows you to easily work and switch between two computers on one monitor and file transfer between the two computers connected. Cutting down on unnecessary wires and inflated power bills, the Laptop KVM Switch is a multi-tasker’s best friend!

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With WiFi and 3G (and now 4G) getting all of the attention recently, we don’t think about Bluetooth very often. According to Wikipedia:

“Bluetooth is an open wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances (using short length radio waves) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks (PANs). … It can connect several devices, overcoming problems of synchronization.”

The last time Bluetooth received significant media buzz was when several states decided to pass a law outlawing cell phone usage while driving. This sparked a surge in Bluetooth usage and sales, putting the technology once again in the spotlight.

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As Earth Day approaches, we here at IOGEAR have green on the brain and we want to help YOU get leaner, greener and more streamlined this spring! Read on for tips on how to cut down your electronic waste, as well as exclusive competition details where you can win some of our greenest products!

Helping to sustain the environment is about more than just recycling – it’s about making intelligent purchases and streamlining your electronics to avoid waste. Minimizing your eco footprint is easy with products designed to work with your entertainment systems – and IOGEAR provides easy and flexible solutions to keep things simple and cut down on unnecessary waste.

IOGEAR’s commitment to green products is at the heart of our business. From flexible KVM switches which allow the user to control their system using just one keyboard and mouse and reduces energy consumption to the Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit for clean, green charging on the go, IOGEAR combines the latest in environment technology with products that work for your everyday life.

EXCLUSIVE COMPETITION!!!!

To celebrate the approach of Earth Day, IOGEAR will be giving away some of our best and brightest green products exclusively to Twitter followers each month until April!

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IOGEAR has taken several significant steps in offering consumers eco-friendly and green products and as a company we remain committed to our responsibility to the environment.

A key product line that assists in these efforts is our KVM line. Not only are these products convenient for you, but they save on waste and energy by eliminating the need for excess gadgets and the amount of energy running through them!
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