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Being Frugal Makes You More Appealing
According to a new ING Direct study, the word that most comes to mind when a hypothetical blind date partner is described as frugal is “smart.” Sadly, “sexy” only came to mind about 3.7% of the time,...
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Consumer Group Launches Anti-Google Ad In Times Square, Keeps Google...
The group Consumer Watchdog is pushing hard for Congress to establish a “do not track” list for online consumers, which I’m all for. I’m not sure whether releasing a ridiculously unpleasant cartoon in...
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DOT Updates 'Fly Rights' Airline Consumer Guide
The Department of Transportation has updated its consumer guide to air travel, which provides a quick summary of what to look for when buying a ticket, and what protections you have during travel. It’s...
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You Can Get Any 42" Samsung Plasma TV From Target, As Long As It's Smashed
Steve’s TV buying experience with Target has not gone well. If he wants to try this a third time, the store is more than willing to let him, but they say he has to pay full price now and there’s still...
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Diesel Website Wants Color Scan Of Your Credit Card Via Email
I know credit card fraud is rampant, but I’m not sure sending full scans of your card through email is the proper way to fix things. Here’s the notice a tipster received when he recently tried to place...
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CAPTCHA Codes, Now With Ad Slogans
A company called Solve Media is rolling out a new CAPTCHA interface that requires you type in an ad slogan instead of a nonsense word, reports AdAge. Advertisers are looking for message comprehension,”...
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Nielsen Partners With Facebook, Other Websites To Measure Ad Views Online
If you don’t like the concept of having your online actions tracked for marketing purposes, you can add Nielsen to you list of sworn enemies. The audience measurement company is better known for its TV...
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Resort Owner Shows How He Games TripAdvisor
A guy shows TODAY how he posts fake glowing reviews for his own resort and restaurant on TripAdvisor, and trash talks the competition. This doesn’t mean that customer review sites like TripAdvisor...
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3 Tips For Fighting Bullies
People are talking more about bullying these days. It can happen at school, in the workplace, or online. How do you combat it? Educator and author Natasha Deen offers these three tips. Deen says: As...
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Consumer Reports: Buy Your Electronics On The Internet
Our connected colleagues at Consumer Reports are out with their latest electronics shopping survey, and online stores ranked higher than brick-and-mortar shops in almost every respect. Winners include...
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Walmart Might Begin Price-Matching Amazon, Other Online Retailers
It’s not uncommon for consumers to view items at a store and then purchase them for a lower price online. One of the nation’s largest retailers is apparently tired of losing those customers and may...
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Court Orders Safeway To Refund Overcharges For Online Orders
Despite facing two previous lawsuits related to overcharging customers at its bricks-and-mortar stores, it doesn’t appear that Safeway understands the concept that you can’t say something is one price...
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Walmart’s “Women-Owned” Campaign Officially Launches In Stores & Online
Last June Walmart said it would work to bring awareness to women-led companies by sticking “women-owned” labels on a range of products in its stores. While the retailer initially planned to start the...
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United Offers “Bug Bounty” Of Up To 1 Million Miles For Hackers Who Find...
While big companies are known to quietly seek out the services of white-hat hackers to test for weaknesses in their networks and websites, it’s not every day that a major airline publicly offers a...
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Costco Pushes Back Relaunch Of Online Photo Services Another Month Following...
Fans of Costco’s photo services will likely be waiting another month before they are able to order pictures though its website, as the company that manages the site continues to recover from a July...
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Costco’s Online Photo Services Back Up After Breach, Customers’ Cards May...
If you like viewing and ordering prints of your digital photos from the comfort of your own home and then traipsing to the local Costco to pick up your memories, then we’ve got good news: Costco has...
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Target Website Crashes, Spoiling Shoppers’ Cyber Monday
Savvy holiday shoppers who didn’t want to fight the crowds on Black Friday may still be battling congested online traffic in order to obtain the plethora of Cyber Monday deals today. That’s especially...
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Comcast Hopes Fans Of The Olympics Will Like Its Voice-Controlled Remote So...
Faced with a future where people can watch as much content as they want without a cable subscription, Comcast is getting ready to launch a product during the Rio Olympics it hopes will keep customers...
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Why Can’t You Play ‘Super Mario Run’ Offline?
You may be excited to buy Super Mario Run to play on your iPhone or iPad come next week, but when you do, you’ll have to make sure you’ve got an internet connection first. Nintendo’s newest game...
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H&M Slows Down Store Openings, Shifting Focus To Online
For years, so-called fast fashion purveyor H&M (which stands for Hennes & Mauritz) has quickly opened store after store around the world to compete with rivals like Zara and others. Now,...
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