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The Nexus 5 Has Arrived—Should You Keep Your Nexus 4?
The problem with consumer electronics reviews on monster sites like CNET is that writers never have to pay for their own consumer electronics. Manufacturers provide them for free. Writers test them for a week or two, and then crap out their articles. It’s a perfectly symbiotic relationship. One party needs to evangelize its flashy new…
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Comparing Costs Between Rogers and Roam Mobility for Roaming
The packages sold by Roam Mobility are a lot more convenient than the other carriers. Rogers, by comparison, does not offer unlimited talk roaming packages, offers unlimited sent texts only and charges a per MegaByte data package add-on that’s either a one month pass (31 days) or a 3 month pass. Your other alternative is…
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Intermediate Tips and Tricks for Mystery Shopping
In our original Mystery Shopping Basics post I mentioned that Google is your friend when it comes to finding mystery shopping companies. Despite their name, most mystery shopping companies are not mysterious at all, and many have a very strong online presence. You can use their online tools to improve your ability to get good…
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How to Bypass Geoblocking to Watch US Netflix in Canada
Assumptions For this chapter of my Guide, I assume that: You purchased the wireless router I recommended earlier (Linksys EA4500 App-Enabled N900 Dual-Band Wireless-N Router with Gigabit and USB), and performed a default setup with its included Cisco Connect software. You will subscribe to Unblock-Us.com service. You can also try competitive services like UnoDNS, Blockless,…
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How to Download Free Magazines from Your Public Library
I’ve written previously about free music from the public library via its Freegal service. And of course the rise of digital e-books which are not only free, but even save you the trip to the library that was required for the borrowing of hardcopy books through the minimal effort of downloading and setting up the…
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How to Recognize Door-to-Door Scam Artists
You’ve just sat down to dinner and the doorbell rings. You answer the door and an earnest young man is standing there holding a clipboard and wearing a jacket with a logo on it. The logo says Ontario Energy Group (OEG), or New Home Comfort (NHC) or any other equally innocuous semi-credible business title. He…
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The Truth About So-Called Bank Financial Experts
If you bank at the Big Green Bank in Canada, as I do, and if you frequent their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), as I also do, you must by now have seen the offer of $100 the bank will give you to automate your mutual fund savings. In fact, it took me a few visits…
Amy Thegame
