Receiving a large package in the mail is usually pretty exciting, especially if you expect it to hold that new flat-screen TV you ordered online.
via Man Orders TV Through Amazon, Receives Assault Rifle Instead | NewsFeed | TIME.com.
Receiving a large package in the mail is usually pretty exciting, especially if you expect it to hold that new flat-screen TV you ordered online.
via Man Orders TV Through Amazon, Receives Assault Rifle Instead | NewsFeed | TIME.com.
Considering how much consumers stand to save by switching to prepaid — easily over $1,000 over two years’ time — the increase isn’t nearly as sharp as one might expect. How come?
via Prepaid Smartphones: Is It Time to Ditch Your iPhone Contract? | Moneyland | TIME.com.
If you stop by Starbucks regularly for a caffeinated fix, you’re about to have a good excuse to try Pay with Square, Square’s mobile-payment app for iPhone and Android. The coffee chain has struck a deal which will result in …
Not long ago, if you wanted a high-end smartphone, you had to sign a contract with a major wireless carrier and play by their rules. That meant multi-year service agreements, expensive monthly bills and new fees. Now, Verizon is …
Yelp recently busted what it calls a “review-swapping ring,” in which partners in a business network posted top ratings and glowingly positive reviews of each other’s services.
They call it “showrooming,” and to hear the nation’s retailers and other experts fret about consumers using smartphones to buy online while shopping in stores, it’s the worst thing to happen to brick-and-mortar sales since Jeff Bezos started a website to sell books. Except it’s not.
“Showrooming,” the practice in which consumers check out merchandise in a physical store and then buy it at a cheaper price online, is the bane of brick-and-mortar retailers everywhere.
After you’ve finished reading Harry’s interview with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, feel free to download (or update) the Atari’s Greatest Hits app for your iPhone and/or iPad.
When you do, you’ll find that all the …
When Airbnb launched in 2008, it was about one thing, and one thing only: Finding a place to stay, such as someone’s spare bedroom, that was cheaper than a hotel.
That wasn’t very glamorous, and neither was the site. And over …
Ambitious Boston-based startup Nara is developing artificial-intelligence technologies such as neural networks designed to provide consumers with information on topics of all sorts tailored specifically to their interests. But …
Freebies are awesome. But giving up personal info, putting yourself at risk of identity theft, and having e-mail inboxes constantly clogged with spam? Not so awesome. There are ways, however, to snag loads of samples, perks, swag, and other promotional goodies at no cost—and with little or no risk.