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Do you ever head on over to the iTunes store to peruse the iPhone apps and you get lost and overwhelmed in the sea of apps? Unless I know exactly what I'm looking for and can enter it in the search box, browsing the app store is usually a headache just waiting to happen. Good news. There's a site called Stored Apps that better organizes the thousands of apps from the iTunes Store by offering a Read more
Amazon officially opened its App Store for business, and besides the ability to download awesome Android apps to your smartphones right from your Amazon account or your mobile device thanks to the Amazon Appstore app, you can also get a paid app for free every day via the featured app spotlight on the App Store front page. What a steal! A nice and easy-to-use alternative to the Android Market, Read more
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Go the extra mile with your food budget with these tips from LearnVest. For years, many people — my husband, mom, sister and even my son — told me to stop wasting so much food. Throwing away half a piece of chicken here or a handful of grapes there never seemed like such a big deal to me. If I was full or no longer in the mood for that particular food, then I had no problem tossing Read more
Everyone makes mistakes. Business Insider shares solutions for some common money mistakes people make. Recently, two friends confessed they live check to check — a revelation worsened by the fact that they only check their bank balance once or twice a month. RELATED: How This Writer Clawed Her Way Out of the Black Hole of Debt We called in the finance experts, and here's what we decided they Read more
It's difficult for moms to stay up-to-date in this fast-paced digital world — which is why she relies on you to break it all down for her. Mother's Day is the perfect opportunity to teach Mom about the latest gadgets and trending websites and apps. Plus, there's always room to teach her the basics of her DVR and the iTunes store, too! Source: ThinkStock Read more
Whether you prefer to be in the kitchen or on the road, we've come up with several creative ideas to keep you busy this Spring. Looking for some new pastimes? From DIYs to nerdy day trips, we've got 18 fun, geeky ideas to get you through the season. Have a documentary marathon: Not sure where to start? Check out Frozen Planet, a seven-part series from the team behind Planet Earth, to learn more Read more
The iTunes store offers lots of content, but with the separate pages for movies, TV, apps, and books, it can be a pain for a casual user like Mom to navigate. This Mother's Day, help Mom make the most of her digital media with a walk-through of the iTunes Store's most important functions. Update Mom's iTunes: If Mom's still running on 6.0, the first step is updating the program to its current Read more
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Amazon may staunchly stand by its policy of not censoring its Kindle offerings (never mind that one incident), but Apple, however, behaves differently. Developers must go through a review process to get their apps approved; Apple bans certain things that it deems low-quality or inappropriate — like apps that lack usefulness, creativity, or effort, or ones that are too racy. But do you think Read more
