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Month: April 2011

Train Delayed? Get Your Ticket Refunded

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

A new tool from Which? will tell you whether you may actually be able to reclaim some money from the train company for the inconvenience they’ve caused you.

Tagged Money Saving, travel

How Social Media Will Influence Wall Street Trading

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Mashable has posted an interesting article on how Wall Street is looking to use data from social media to predict markets and ultimately influence trading decisions.

Tagged Investments, social media, stockmarket, twitter

Sony PlayStation Network Hacked: Credit Card Details At Risk

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

After days of downtime for the Playstation Network, Sony have finally admitted that customer data, possibly including credit card details, may have been leaked.

Tagged fraud, security

Is Public Wi-Fi Stealing Your Credit Card Details?

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The Guardian has recently been doing an experiment into the security of public wi-fi “hotspots” such as BTOpenzone, and has published some worrying findings.

Tagged scam, security

Google Launches Its “Groupon Killer”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 6 Comments

It’s no secret that Google has been looking to get itself into the daily deal/group buying phenomenon, openly courting Groupon at the end of last year, but falling short of a deal to buy them.

Tagged deals, google

Groupon iPhone App

Posted on April 20, 2011April 21, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Group buying website Groupon has launched its iPhone app in the UK, allowing you to stay up-to-date with their latest deals whilst on the move.

Tagged app, deals, iphone, Money Saving, Tools

Santander Denies Alliance & Leicester Website Hacked

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 6 Comments

Santander has been busy denying that its Alliance & Leicester online banking site has been the victim of a hack attack.

Tagged banking, security

Could Angry Birds Finally Make NFC Fly?

Posted on April 19, 2011April 19, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Nokia has announced an exclusive deal with Angry Birds, one of the most popular games on the iPhone and Android mobile platforms. Could it help push NFC into the mainstream?

Tagged games, mobile, nfc, payments

Nationwide Website Breaks Again

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 3 Comments

The Register is reporting that Nationwide Building Society’s website was broken again today, the second time in two months.

Tagged banking

LV= Launch Car Insurance iPhone App

Posted on April 15, 2011April 14, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

LV= have released an iPhone app with a variety of functions to help UK drivers.

Tagged cars, Insurance, iphone

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