GMA did a bit this morning on GeoTaggin in images taken from smartphone (i.e. iphones). They explain how your location can be found through pictures taken from the smartphone and then uploaded to Facebook, Twitter, or Blogs.
Check out the article here.
Like many scams on Facebook, the "Dislike" button succeeded because people are gullible. Here's how to not become one of those people. Check out the article here.
Shop JCPenney.com and get $10 off a $10 purchase with code TEN2YOU. This code is valid through the end of August. BUT, make it even better when you shop in the shoe section!! You will receive FREE shipping until 9/6/2010! If buying multiple shoes do separate orders to maximize your savings.
Need to raise funds for a trip or back to school supplies? Look around your house for old gadgets to sell. I've had great success with gazelle. Make sure to select the Amazon and bonus code for extra money. Click here to check out gazelle.com
Some people may think I'm crazy but I've already been buying Christmas. Use Groupon to your advantage to buy christmas at discount prices. Every year I do a digital scrapbook for my niece at about $100 per book, I've already purchased a groupon for $25 worth $100 so her book is now paid for but at a great discount. Groupon will even send you an email with a daily special.
Amazon is offering 2 FREE Kindle game downloads. Test your vocabulary as you try to find as many words from the scrambled letters in the fun, fast-paced word game Every Word. See how many words you can make from 60 lettered tiles in the game Shuffled Row. These offers are available internationally for a limited time.
Do you have a smart phone such as a Blackbery, Iphone, or Android Phone? Check out PDAnet to use your phone’s internet via your phone. The process is called tethering. Make sure you have an unlimited data plan as when you connect your phone to your computer you are using your phone’s data plan to access the internet. PDAnet has directions for each operating system. There is a trial version and then it’s a one time $23.00 or so for a license. Which is much cheaper than any mobile data plan out there.
GoDaddy will increase the prices of .com (7%) and .net (10%) starting July 1, 2010. This is due to a price increase of their registry (VeriSign) for .com and .net increasing their prices. To avoid the hike for a least another year...renew you URL by June 30 at the current price.
Take 5 mins out and check out spokeo.com and it's an online phone book that has a picture of your house, credit score, profession, age, how many people live in the house,etc. Bascially it takes various public records, online records, and social networks and pieces information together to create a listing. It works like a spider creating a spiderweb of linked information and gathers it in one place. Why is this bad? Well, stalker and other various dangerous people now have a one stop shopping for their next victim. Check out the steps below to find out if you are listed and how to get yourself removed. Hint: do you have a married name and a maid name? Check both out.
While you are searching, go to whitepages.com and search your name. If it comes up, put the mouse next to your name and hit edit. Sign in with your Yahoo, Google, or Windows Live ID and you can reveal or hide your phone number, address, etc. You do have to submit your zip code and email address (hint: use your junk email address).
So how do you remove your information from Spokeo.com? Here is a step-by-step guide:
1. Go Spokeo.com
2. Search for your own name. You can specify further by adding your city and state if need be.
3. If your search returns your name and address in the results, click on your own name and check out the information page Spokeo.com has listed for you.
4. Next, copy the entire URL at the top of your own information page. The URL is the web address that's shown up in the address bar of your web browser. It will begin with http://www.spokeo.com/search...
5. Now, go to back to the home page, scroll to the bottom and click on privacy.
6. Paste the URL you copied from your information page into the space marked "URL" and enter a valid e-mail address. Make sure you use an actual, working e-mail address because you will receive a follow-up message from Spokeo.com with a link to complete the removal. If you need to, just set up a free Yahoo or Hotmail e-mail account. You can only request 3 removals per email address.
7. Now just enter the CAPTCHA code shown on the screen and click the button that says "Remove Listing".
8. Go to your e-mail and find the message sent by Spokeo.com and click the removal link in that e-mail.
9. Go back to Spokeo.com ad search for yourself again. Make sure your info has been removed.
While you are searching, go to whitepages.com and search your name. If it comes up, put the mouse next to your name and hit edit. Sign in with your Yahoo, Google, or Windows Live ID and you can reveal or hide your phone number, address, etc. You do have to submit your zip code and email address (hint: use your junk email address).
Have some old print catergiage or cell phone laying around? Recycle them for cash $$$ for your non profit group just go to Think Recycle and sign your group up. They will even pay for the shipping for your items. Send the items in your own box and get an extra $3.00.
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