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Author: Rob Lewis

Best Places To Sell Unwanted DVDs & Games

Posted on January 20, 2013January 20, 2013 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

If you’ve got unwanted DVDs and games, where will you get the most money for them?

Tagged selling

Birmingham Payment Startup Droplet Looks For Funding To Go Nationwide

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Droplet is an app that allows you to load money onto your iPhone (an Android version is in the pipeline), and send money to your friends for free, or to pay for items in shops that accept it.

Tagged mobile, payments

OrSaveIt: App Encourages Saving, Not Spending

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

According to OrSaveIt, the average person spends almost £3,000 each year on impulse purchases. So they’ve built an iPhone app they hope will encourage us to stop all the impulse spending.

Tagged app, iphone, saving, spending, Tools

Pay By Text To Launch In 2014

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

The Payments Council has announced that UK mobile phone owners will be able to send and receive money by text from 2014, simply by sharing their mobile numbers.

Tagged mobile, mobile payments, text message

Barclays Integrates PINSentry Into Mobile App

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Could we finally be seeing the end of the online banking dongle?

Tagged banking, Barclays, iphone, mobile

OnTrees Review

Posted on December 1, 2012February 12, 2017 by Rob Lewis - 4 Comments

OnTrees is the latest website promising to provide a single view of all of your financial accounts. But can it help you to manage your money?

Lloyds TSB Online Banking Changes: First Look

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Lloyds TSB has announced that it is relaunching its banking website at the end of November, with a new look and new functionality.

Tagged banking, Lloyds TSB, online

Kickstarter Launches In The UK

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Rob Lewis - 3 Comments

US crowdfunding site Kickstarter has started to accept projects based in the UK, with over 200 UK projects available on launch day.

Tagged crowdfunding, Kickstarter

Smart Lightbulbs: The Future, Or Just Madness?

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

It has been interesting to watch the reaction to Philips launching their new “Hue” lightbulbs, which connect to the internet and can be controlled from an iPhone app.

Cheaper Grocery Shopping With MySupermarket’s New App?

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

MySupermarket is set to launch a new desktop app that will help shoppers compare the cost of their grocery shopping regardless of which online supermarket they choose to shop at.

Tagged MySupermarket, shopping, Tools

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