Posted by jolt3500 on May 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
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Posted by jolt3500 on February 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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, [...]
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Posted by jolt3500 on July 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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. [...]
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Posted by jolt3500 on July 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
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