Free St. Patrick’s Day Apps

Is St. Patrick’s Day one of your favorite holidays? Would you like to play with some free apps that have a holiday theme? Look no further than this blog! I’ve got a list of apps for Android and for iOS that will make your St. Patrick’s Day a very happy one. The following apps are for Android devices. Memory: St. Patrick’s Day is an app that is free to download. The minimum operating system required is Android 1.6. It is a cute Memory game that uses shamrock shaped “cards” for you to turn over. Some of the images you must … Continue reading

Where to Find Free Halloween Apps

Is Halloween your favorite holiday? If so, then you might be ready to start playing around with some Halloween apps on your smartphone. Right now, there are a bunch that you can download and use for free. Some seem to be designed for small children to enjoy. It can be expensive to celebrate a holiday. Halloween doesn’t have to be something that puts a tremendous strain on your budget, though. You can download FREE stencils that you can use to carve your pumpkin. You can follow the sales on Halloween costumes. There are even some Halloween apps that you can … Continue reading

Stores Benefit From BuyBack Insurance

When you purchased your smart phone, or your new television, the store you bought it from probably offered to sell you a form of BuyBack insurance. The sales clerk usually will describe all the ways that this insurance can help you. Keep in mind that the sale of the insurance helps the store more than it helps the customers. BuyBack insurance is something that a consumer purchases in order to prevent exposure to certain kinds of risk. Specifically, the BuyBack insurance can help you recover a little money if your smartphone, big screen TV, or computer becomes obsolete shortly after … Continue reading

Back in Black iPhone App

I love my iPhone. I haven’t made a secret about that. I think I’ve talked about it enough in my writing. There are so many things I can do with my phone. I know I got along just fine before I had a cell phone at all and then did just fine when I had a simple phone that’s only fun feature was voice dialing. Now I don’t know what I’d do without my iPhone and all its smart phone features. There are many things I can do on my phone to shop for deals and make sure I’m getting … Continue reading

Smartphone Apps To Help You Manage Your Money

If you have a smartphone such as an iPhone or an Android, chances are you are familiar with the world of apps. There seems to be an app for everything these days, from entertaining babies to knowing how close the nearest Dunkin’ Donuts is. You already use your smartphone and its army of apps for many things – have you thought about using it as a tool that can help you manage your money? There are many apps out there that you can use to help you with your finances. I decided to check some of them out. Anyone who … Continue reading

Smart Phone Apps for Savings

It’s probably not hard to tell how much I love my iPhone. I blog about my iPhone a lot. There is so much this smart phone can do and I do a lot with it. I think there’s an app for just about everything. So what are some of the best apps for saving? Shopkick This is more of a rewards program than a savings program. It’s free for the iPhone and looks like fun. When you go into a participating store, check in to Shopkick to earn Kickbucks for later use. Holiday Gift Guide This free iPhone app will … Continue reading

Mobile Credit Card Processing – Is It Right For Your Business?

Getting paid. It is at the forefront of every home-based professional’s mind at least one or more times each day, in the form of thoughts like “When is client x going to pay that invoice”, “I have to make time to get to the bank to deposit these checks”, and “Why aren’t there credit card processing systems that are geared towards the needs of home-based professionals like me”. Fortunately, although I cannot tell you when client x is going to pay (hopefully soon) or run to the bank for you, I can tell you about recent innovations in credit card … Continue reading

Cool Find: Callet

Since my children are involved in YMCA classes I try to use that time to work out. The last time I was getting ready to walk in I grumble about having to take in my membership card, money, and phone. I do not want to take in my purse and I do not always have pockets for my belongings. I end up fumbling around and using the cup holders in the elliptical machines to house my chaotic mess. I cannot tell you how many times I dropped my membership card. If felt so foolish like the kid in school who … Continue reading

Keep Your Budget Fresh

Budgeting can be very good for finances, but very hard on your psyche. A budget is a financial diet. Like food diets and exercise programs we can become bored and want to do something, anything, except what we’re doing. So how do we stay on a budget? How do we keep the budget relationship fresh, new, and exciting? Just like with a diet or exercise plan, we have to make changes to keep things interesting. We tend to stray off of our diets because we want the foods we’re used to eating. Our new diet is a healthier way of … Continue reading

The Phantom Phone Phenomena

Have you ever been somewhere when you cell phone vibrated for an important call. You reach down to you hip to answer the call, or at least to check who is calling, only to find out that you aren’t actually wearing your phone? That you left your phone back at home, or on the dresser, or in the car. And the phone was never even ringing. If something like this has happened to you, well you are in the majority of cell phone users. It seems that our brains have adapted quite nicely to that blackberry, to the point where … Continue reading