Savings Experiment: What's the cheapest long distance?
Filed under: Saving Money, Technology, Video
So who's really got the best deal for making long-distance calls? Let's compare them.
Filed under: Saving Money, Technology, Video
Filed under: Technology
After questions from the Federal Communications Commission, Google has lowered its early termination fees for its Nexus One from $350 to $150.Filed under: Saving Money, Recession, Economizer
Assurance Wireless announced today that it is cutting its per-minute calling option in half in a program aimed at giving poor people cellphones.Filed under: Technology, Recession, Economizer
Update: Assurance Wireless announced on Feb. 3 that it is lowering per minute charges for calls to 10 cents a minute.Filed under: Food, Technology
All this blogosphere chatter about a cell phone powered by soda got us thinking: Genius or Mountain Dew-addled nonsense?
So WalletPop contacted a real scientist to break it down for us. His response in a minute.
First, the origins of this story. An item has been circulating about one Daizi Zheng developing a cell phone for Nokia that runs on soft drinks. It will supposedly be better for the environment. The charge will supposedly last four times longer than a regular lithium battery. And it can save you money.
So went the claims on Zheng's Web site, picked up by many online and print outlets. The so-called bio battery, Zheng explained, generates electricity from the sugar with enzymes as the catalyst. "It only needs a pack of sugary drink and it generates water and oxygen while the battery dies out," Zheng wrote.
Filed under: Saving Money, Technology, Economizer, Bargain Babe
I like control, especially when it comes to my money and my cell phone service. I just learned about a cell phone company that puts you totally in control of your usage and spending. The company is called Pure TalkUSA and they operate on the GSM network, just like AT&T and T-Mobile. Filed under: Saving Money, Technology
Hey, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and others: Dan Borislow, the man behind the magicJack thingy that will make cell phone calls free and perhaps cut into your profits, wants to offer you an olive branch. He said he has nothing against cell phone companies. In fact, he thinks you'll all be sharing the same water cooler someday.Filed under: Extracurriculars, Family Money, Technology
About 15% of children 12 to 17 say they have received sexually suggestive images, or sexts, on their cell phone, while only 4% admitted to sending images of themselves, accord to The Pew Research Center/Pew Internet & American Life Project, which released results of a study called "Teens and Sexting."
The study found that by age 17, about 30% have received nude or nearly nude images on their phone.
The study also found that teens feel less comfortable sending or receiving sexually suggestive images if they're not footing the bill. Teens whose parents pay for their cell phone were five times less likely to send sexts (3%) than teens who pay their own bill (17%.) That's good and bad news for parents, but since about 70% of teens' cell phones are paid by someone else, it's probably the most effective deterrent.
According to research, teens said that there were three reasons for sexting: sending images between a dating couple, images shared with others outside the relationship and where two people aren't in a relationship but at least one person hopes to be.
Filed under: Shopping, Technology
Leaving your wireless carrier can be an expensive undertaking, and starting Nov. 15 it's about to get more expensive for users of smartphones like the Motorola Droid, Blackberry Storm 2 and other "advanced devices" on the Verizon Wireless network. Filed under: Make Money Fast, Extracurriculars, Shopping, Technology
At a recent holiday product preview in New York, representatives from Best Buy showcased the chain's biggest and brightest Christmas toys. Filed under: Tax, Technology
On Monday, I went on the Doug Stephan Show to express my outrage over a new plan by the IRS to start taxing employer-provided cell phones as a fringe benefit. Doug and I enjoyed a fun session of venting about greedy bureaucrats, and I explained why the idea made no sense in a post on WalletPOP.Filed under: Tax
FierceWireless reports that the Internal Revenue Service is mulling a plan to tax employer-provided cell phones as a fringe benefit.Filed under: Budgets, Credit, Debt, Recession
Back when I was young and stupid enough to rack up credit card bills that I couldn't afford to pay off every month, I dreaded getting the credit card bill in the mail. Sometimes I wouldn't open it for days, thinking it would go away if I didn't look at it.Filed under: Travel
This has to happen a lot more than we know: A British guy in South London was mugged last week by a gang of youths on bikes. The thieves took his wallet, but when he handed over his cell phone, they took one look at it and gave it back.Filed under: Debt, Family Money
Every month I get my cell phone bill I feel a sharp pang of panic. What hidden fees are inside this time? But I can't begin to comprehend how Gregg Christoffersen felt when he opened up his monthly statement and saw that his 13-year old daughter had racked up $4,756.25 in a month. "It just hit us like a rock, like you're stepping into a bus," the Cheyenne, Wyoming dad told 9News.com.I have a high amount of debt and have been thinking about debt consolidation. Can you explain how this works, and how it affects my FICO score?
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