Archive for March, 2009
9 tips to become financially healthy
Mar 14th
photo by andrewinpompey
Everyone is desperate to find a remedy that will cure their financial illness and help them recover their financial health. They expect the financial experts to provide them with remedies, forgetting the fact that it is these experts who created this financial mess. Let us tap into the financial wisdom of our elders and become financially wiser. Continue reading “9 tips to become financially healthy” »
Google launches TipJar money-saving advice site
Mar 13th
Google has created TipJar, a new website where people can share money-saving advice and vote on how useful they find the information. Advice is divided in to several categories, including at home, at work, travel, shopping and family.
So far, more than 4,879 people have submitted 3,730 tips. Users have cast more than 54,230 votes about the usefulness of tips. The voting system means that the most useful tips will get greater prominence on the site.
Among some of the tips shared so far this one is what I personally believe in (and follow too):
“Master the thirty day rule. Whenever you’re considering making an unnecessary purchase, wait thirty days and then ask yourself if you still want that item,” shared by The Simple Dollar.
TipJar is an example of generating ideas through “crowdsourcing”, said Google.
“Google believes that people working together can help one another through even the most difficult times, tapping collective minds to find answers on how to make small changes that save the pennies,” said a spokesman. “We’d like to put these beliefs in to practice. So go ahead: Take a tip. Share a tip. We’ll all be a little bit richer for it.”
The Chinese iTunes Gift Voucher Trick
Mar 12th
Outdustry is reporting that China’s biggest C2C online shopping site, Taobao, is the platform used for selling the cards. “All the seller actually sells is the gift voucher code which they send you directly through Taobao’s IM software. You can then redeem the card in your iTunes account,” Outdustry explains.
So, this gives Apple a depressing price point for its iTunes services in an otherwise unfathomable online music market: $2.60 (18RMB) for $200USD worth of products.
* Update: Bumped into a blog that has a step-by-step tutorial for those of you who don’t understand chinese.
Be warned, this is probably illegal where you live.
