Archive for September, 2010
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Visa (NYSE: V) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Teaming Up To Try Out Phone Payments
Previously, we shared information about Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Visa (NYSE: V) testing the use of cell phones for making purchases. Now, Visa is joining with Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) for another test run of smartphones to pay for purchases in stores. Visa is currently the largest transaction processing network in the world. [...]
Apple’s Ping Users Targeted By Spammers (NASDAQ: AAPL)
Ping is a new social network for music that Apple released at the beginning of September. It allows their users to follow their favorite bands, singers, and friends. Their friends that are also using Ping can use it to discover what their friends and their favorite bands and singers are listening to and downloading. Users [...]
GE Could Commit $30 Billion To Mergers and Acquisitions (NYSE: GE)
General Electric Co could possibly spend up to $30 billion on corporate takeovers in the next two to three years, according to a top executive at the company. John Rice, one of the four vice chairmen of the largest U.S. conglomerate, warned that the number he said as “$30 billion-ish” isn’t necessarily a commitment to [...]
GE Energy Looks To Partnerships To Expand Smart Grid Business (NYSE: GE)
General Electric Co.’s energy division is currently studying their potential partnerships to give them a bigger range in smart grid business. A company executive even announced that GE is also on the lookout for acquiring other businesses in that fast growing field. As stated in the Wall Street Journal, “From our point of view, if [...]
Short Cruises Present Budget-Friendly Vacations with Full Amenities
Weekend getaways are often times just what the doctor ordered to re-energize one’s mind, body and soul or to just have a little fun. Cruising on a three-night itinerary can fit the bill without breaking the bank. These cruises offer great cuisine, accommodations and entertainment as well as the opportunity to experience the Bahamian culture. [...]
Microsoft’s Arc Touch Mouse Brings the Mouse Back In Style (NASDAQ: MSFT)
With the huge popularity of laptops, netbooks, e-readers and tablet PCs, the mouse is often thought of as something not used as much anymore. However, many people prefer using a mouse, and even choose to use them over the touch pad on a laptop. The problem comes with the limited portability they sometimes have, especially [...]
HSBC Advance Account: What You Need to Know about HSBC Advance’s Savings Account Offering
HSBC Advance, formerly known as HSBC Direct, is offering what an account, called the HSBC Advance Account, which is an online savings account that’s offering a competitive 1.10% APY online savings account to customers in the United States, well above the national average among large banks for a savings account interest rate Because of the [...]
Mozy Backup: A Cloud-Based, Auatomatic Backup Service
Whether you’re a home or business user, you need a comprehensive back-up solution to make sure that you don’t lose years’ worth of music, documents ,files and photos. There are a number of solutions available, but you want to have a cloud-based backup solution for your home or business. Mozy Backup produces two great solutions, [...]
Apple Announces Ping Users Total More Than One Million in First 48 Hours (NASDAQ: AAPL)
Apple was pleased to announce that in less than 48 hours after Ping’s launch on September 1, 2010, more than one million people joined Ping, their new social network for music. Ping allows users to follow their favorite singers and bands. Their friends that also use Ping can use it to discover what music they’re [...]
Financial Times Coupon: Get a Four-Week Free Subscription to the Financial Times
The Financial Times is currently offering a coupon to new customers in which you can get a free four week subscription to the financial newspaper of record. If you’re interested in the Financial Times coupon, you can get 24 issues of the paper, which is delivered Monday through Saturday, for free. The Financial Times is [...]
HSBC Advance USA: What You Need to Know About HSBC Advance’s USA Savings Account
HSBC Advance USA, the rebranded version of HSBC Direct in the United States, is currently offering an online savings account to customers in the United States that’s offering an FDIC-insured 1.10% APY interest rate. Here’s what you need to know about HSBC Advance USA. Because of the current depressed interest rate environment, the idea of [...]
Mozy Review: What You Need to Know about Mozy’s Online Backup Service
If you don’t have a back-up solution for your home computer or the computers at your business, you’re placing yourself at significant risk to lose years’ worth of music, documents, files and photos. Although there are a number of back-up solutions available, you want a cloud-based automatic back-up solution for maximum protection. There are two [...]
Financial Times Free Trial: Get a Four-Week Free Trial to the Financial Times
If you have any interest in keeping up-to-date about the news that’s happening on the global stage, consider taking advantage of the four-week free trial to the Financial Times which is currently being offered to new customers by the financial paper of record. The Financial Times is offering all new customers a risk-free four-week free [...]
HSBC Advance Review: Our Review of HSBC Advance’s Online Savings Account
HSBC Advance, the rebranded version of HSBC Direct, offers an online savings account to customers in the United States that’s currently offering a 1.10% APY interest rate. Here is our HSBC Advance Review. Because of the current depressed interest rate environment, the idea of an online savings account has all but disappeared. These accounts which [...]
Mozy Pro: Affordable Backup Solutions for Your Business
If you own a small or medium sized business and don’t have a back-up solution for your computer systems, you’re leaving yourself vulnerable to losing years’ worth of important documents and files. There are a number of back-up solutions available, but one worth considering is the Mozy Pro solution by Mozy. There are a lot [...]
MozyHome: Get Unlimited Data Backup for Your Mac or PC
If you don’t have a comprehensive back-up plan for your computer, you are placing yourself at risk to lose years’ worth of important music, documents and photos. There a number of back-up solutions available, but one worth considering is the MozyHome service. There are a lot of different ways to back-up your data. A common [...]
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWX) and Disney (NYSE: DIS) Expected to Make a Deal By Thursday
Both the Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWX) and Disney(NYSE: DIS) websites for consumers have published a statement regarding the progress after months of heated negotiations over money and how much Time Warner has to pay to air ESPN: “Disney and Time Warner Cable have made significant progress in our negotiations for continued distribution of ABC, Disney [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPads Shipping Within 24 Hours
Do you already have an iPad? How long did you wait for it to ship after you ordered it? People ordering iPads previously had to wait several days or at times, weeks, before their iPads shipped. On an earnings call on July 20th, Apple’s COO, Tim Cook, told the media and analysts, “We’re increasing capacity [...]
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