5 Easy Ways to Increase your Savings Account

You do not have to completely change your ways of life in order to see your savings account start to grow.  The trick is though, is that any money you save you need to put it in a savings account.  I realize that is not the most fun approach, but there comes a time when […]

Ways to Coupon without Going Extreme

With TV shows such as TLC’s “Extreme Couponing”, stores may have caught on and it is now hard to leave with carts of groceries for little or no money (not that most people could, but there must be a reason why the fad has seemed to die down and are not even airing episodes any […]

3 Athletic Watches: Sync your workout to your gadget fix

Whether you are running a marathon or just going to kickboxing class, athletes need their gadgets to make working out and feeling great fun and easier. From training assist watches to ones that offer the ultimate water resistance, Sports Authority, has the best sport watches covered. The Garmin Fenix 2 Training Watch is ideal for […]

The best ways to spend an extra $1000.00

If, for whatever reason, you’ve got $1000 hanging around that you don’t know what to do with, start by investing part of it in inexpensive personal finance software.  Today’s blog will tell you a number of other excellent ways that you can either spend it or put it to work for you. Enjoy. Now, unfortunately, […]

Taking aim squarely at Snapchat, Facebook unveils Slingshot

Photo sharing is definitely one of the biggest, hottest trends on the planet right now. At the heart of it is Snapchat, but Facebook put that dominance squarely in their sites when they recently unveiled their new photo sharing app, Slingshot. In an announcement that the Slingshot team posted on their website recently, they said […]

Do using Fitness Bands expose you to more Risk? Part 2 of 3

In Part 1 of this blog series we talked about how consumers are adopting fitness bands and other devices and apps on a record scale. We also talked about how those devices and apps store and sometimes share valuable data about a person’s identity and health, data that can be used by cyber criminals and […]

Do using Fitness Bands expose you to more Risk? Part 3 of 3

Now that we’ve most likely scared you to death about using your fitness device or app, we come to Part 3 with advice on how to protect yourself. Simply put, never take your privacy for granted in any way. Even though that new, shiny app or device might look wonderful and help you to have […]

Do using Fitness Bands expose you to more Risk? Part 1 of 3

Back when mobile banking was first made available, consumers fell in love with the new technology and adopted it very quickly. The same is happening with fitness devices and apps which, in 2013, generated over $230 million in sales. It’s predicted that by 2017 sport and fitness apps will grow by over 60%, according to […]

Has the MS Surface Pro 3 finally gotten it right? Part 2 of 2

Welcome back. If you read Part 1 of this 2 Part blog series you know that we really like the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 a lot. What we don’t like however is Windows 8. In our opinion the shoddy combination of a touchscreen and traditional Windows desktop is really a train wreck when used together. […]

Has the MS Surface Pro 3 finally gotten it right? Part 1 of 2

Microsoft’s Surface computer, if you didn’t already know, is a tablet computer and a laptop in one, a hybrid of both that has definitely had its fair share of detractors for its first and second version. The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 might finally have gotten it right however. As a tablet it’s very similar to […]