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Month: February 2010

Kublax Dies… Again.

Posted on February 26, 2010February 26, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Scrap what we said the other day about Kublax possibly being able to continue, an email sent to users today confirms they’ve gone out of business.

Tagged Business, Tools

Google Now Does Credit Card Comparisons

Posted on February 25, 2010February 25, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

Google has made its first official steps into the UK financial comparison market with the launch of a tool to compare credit card rates.

Tagged Credit Cards, google, Tools

Groupola: Group Buying Power

Posted on February 25, 2010February 28, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 18 Comments

A new deal website has launched aiming to give massive discounts on a range of items, provided enough people agree to take up the deal.

Tagged deals, discounts, shopping

Vouchercloud: iPhone Voucher App

Posted on February 23, 2010February 28, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Vouchercloud is one of the more impressive and slickest apps I’ve downloaded for my iPhone so far, as it solves a problem I normally find with discount vouchers – finding relevant, valid voucher codes is often a frustrating and time-wasting process.

Tagged Money Saving, shopping, vouchers

Is Your Bank Reading Your Facebook Updates?

Posted on February 22, 2010February 28, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

There have been some interesting stories around in the last few days looking at whether your social networking could be used by insurers or banks to build a better profile of their customers and to use that info for either marketing, or more interestingly, to approve or disapprove you for certain products.

Tagged banking, Insurance, social networking

How To Securely Destroy Your Old PC

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

If you’ve ever upgraded from an old, out-of-date PC, chances are you’ve either given it away or taken it to a local tip or perhaps even binned it. Have you ever thought about the amount of sensitive data that could still be lurking on there?

Tagged security, Tips, Tools

Google Shopper: Price Comparison App For Android

Posted on February 20, 2010February 19, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Google is launching its very own mobile price comparison shopping app for the Android mobile platform.

Tagged mobile, shopping, Tools

Kublax Lives!

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

It would appear that the stories of Kublax’s demise were greatly exaggerated, as they’ve today announced that they are to continue trading thanks to an injection of cash from SimplyFinance.

Tagged Tools

Money4Gold Told To Change Advert

Posted on February 18, 2010February 17, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Money4Gold have had one of their lovely adverts criticised by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), who have asked them to change it before it can be shown again.

Tagged consumer rights

Kublax Goes Bust

Posted on February 17, 2010February 17, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 4 Comments

Account aggregator Kublax has gone into administration after failing to find funding to develop their site.

Tagged Business, Tools

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