An Unexpected Lesson About Saving Money

Filed under: Personal Finance, Savings, Budget, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox

For years my husband and I relied on Geico to insure our two SUVs. This business relationship lasted close to seven years, and even longer if you count the years that my husband used Geico before we were married. Our confidence in Geico was reinforced by everything from [...]

Cherry Deals lets you buy real goods to get virtual ones

Virtual goods, whether you’re buying raspberries for your Farmville or any number of equivalent purchases, are a gigantic and growing source of revenue for companies trying to make money on Facebook and other social gaming sites.
Taking full advantage, Peanut Labs Media, a company helping social and massively multiplayer game companies monetize, just launched Cherry Deals, [...]

Google to Developers: “Have an Android phone, please make games”

The iPhone is indisputably on top of the mobile gaming heap, and even relative small fries like Palm are getting serious about it, but Google’s plan for this year’s Game Developers Conference marks one of their first steps towards making Android the next big platform for games on the go. Sure, they’ve committed to [...]

Is Your Gadget Drawer The Messiest? Prove It [Question Of The Day]

Everybody’s got one—a drawer where gadgets and other miscellanea get tossed in a unorganized, random heap.
I just replaced my desk, so the image above shows you my random gadget drawer in what I consider a fairly manageable state. Believe me, at one time it was far more out of control than what you see here. [...]

SolFocus absorbs $77.6M to bring concentrating solar systems to market

SolFocus, maker of concentrating solar systems, announced today that it has added $30.6 million to its open third round of funding, bringing its total to $77.6 million. The Mountain View, Calif. company says it will use the funds to commercialize its unique solar architecture, which already exists in small pilot mode.

Concentrating solar has picked up [...]