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Check your Interest Rates and Grace Periods “AGAIN”

I always find it interesting when banks take an old tactic that has lost steam and just propped it up again. A few years back, many banks saw consumer backlash for holding onto payments past their grace period to ultimately charge consumers those pesky late fees. They add up, too: imagine paying $100 a month […]

17Jan2008 | Riley Poole | 10 comments | Continued
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Did Britney Spears Go Crazy Because She Couldn’t Get Her Hands On an iPhone?

So, although I am still a Microsoft Windows user (XP ONLY), I’ve grown to accept Apple as a very smart company. And when it comes to consumer products, they really know how to keep away the bad eggs.
Although it may have gone unnoticed, back on December 20th, Misca Barton, once star of The OC, had […]

4Jan2008 | James Blunts | 12 comments | Continued
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The iPhone is Amazing, the Blackberry is Enraging

My iPhone Story:
So, I got an iPhone and I wanted to keep my Verizon Wireless number, so I called up AT&T Wireless customer support. I type in my number, I sit on hold, yadda yadda yadda, and finally, I speak with someone who claims they can help me. I explain: “Well, I just joined AT&T […]

3Jan2008 | James Blunts | 7 comments | Continued
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Hollywood Dotcom–The Cast

Hollywood Dotcom: The Cast–in no particular order
(comparing companies and dotcoms to Hollywood counterparts)

apple, Google, iphone, lindsay lohan, madonna, microsoft, paris hilton, perez hilton,

30Dec2007 | James Blunts | 7 comments | Continued
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Here we go again, the Visa USB Stick

Visa just doesn’t have an impressive track record as it pertains to security. It’s almost as if they are more focused on looking the part and adding integration costs to the end merchant and consumer than actually fixing the problem.
When Verified by Visa came out several years ago, Visa dedicated $100,000,000.00 to its advertising […]

29Dec2007 | Riley Poole | 2 comments | Continued
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Who is minding the store?

It’s not uncommon, whenever a company is bought or sold of any size, that there is confusion, mistakes, and often times utter chaos. No matter how good a company is at acquisitions, it’s just a fact of life, employees leave or at least are uncertain about their futures no matter what senior management says, even […]

28Dec2007 | Riley Poole | 1 comment | Continued

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