Search Engine Land reports that Google has updated its operating system so that now when you get out of your car, you have the option of Google recording where you parked, and telling you how to get there later. 3… Read More ›
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Um, As Long As You Don’t Use That Debit Card At Stores, Restaurants, Or On The Internet, It Should Be Very Useful To You
USA Today published a piece online today entitled “4 places you should not swipe your debit card.” The article looks at places your card may be at risk of being placed in a data skimmer installed by criminals or other… Read More ›
Woman Loses Winning Lottery Ticket, Surveillance Video Helps Lottery Officials Track Her Down
CNN reports that a woman from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada bought a lottery ticket and lost it, unaware that it was worth about $50 million. Fortunately for her, surveillance cameras in a convenience store captured the purchase, and lottery ticket officials… Read More ›
Someone Breaches Peoples’ Private Information Somewhere
CNN reports that Target is offering a 10% discount for all shoppers at its stores this Saturday and Sunday after 40 million of its customers had their credit and debit card data breached. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story… Read More ›
Toronto Blogger Who Dates Men To Get Free Meals Kicked Off Jewish Dating Site For Faking Being Jewish
Yahoo reports that an aspiring Toronto actress has been dating men she is not interested in to get free meals at Toronto’s finest, and apparently not-so-finest restaurants. She then blogs about the experience. Which doesn’t always work out because she… Read More ›
So Two Russians Walk Into A Bar…
CNBC reports that two men in a Russian bar competed to see who could rack up the largest bill, resulting in over $200,000 U.S. being billed to the men, and a “massive crowd of stunning women” helping them drink the… Read More ›
Yeah, If You Invested In Tweeter, You May Want To Reconsider Your Research Techniques
CNBC reports that a company called “Tweeter Home Entertainment Group” saw it’s stock rise 669 percent on Friday, as people bought millions of shares of this thinly traded consumer electronics store that reportedly went bankrupt in 2007, on the apparent… Read More ›
Fake Facebook Accounts: Not Just For Signing Up Because You Are Too Embarrassed To Click You Like “Walmart” and “Game Of Thrones” In Front Of Your Friends.
A 2012 report from Zdnet indicates that fake Facebook profiles are 97% likely to claim to be women, who average have 726 Facebook friends compared to the legit user average of 130 Facebook friends. 58% of the fake accounts also… Read More ›
Bank Approves Credit Card Application Where Applicant Handwrote Awesome Terms On The Application!
MSN reports that a Russian man received a credit card application in the mail, and wrote in his own changes to the terms of the card on the contract. From the article: “The bank approved the contract without reading the amended… Read More ›
Man Goes From Billionaire To Millionaire… And You Were Mad You Lost Your Smart Phone.
Yahoo Finance reports that since April of last year, a Brazilian man has seen his net worth fall from $34.5 billion to $200 million. 3 Worse Things Than Losing Billions Of Dollars 1. $34.3 billion dollars in cars. Just imagine… Read More ›
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