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Get paid to shop with Quidco

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So generally as a rule I don’t tend to ‘buy in’ to these types of sites, offering cash back deals for doing normal shopping.. However when I moved into my new apartment I wanted to switch energy providers, and I new that Quidco had an offer of £80 cash back to switch to one of the major providers. So I thought I really have nothing to loose. I went ahead with the switch, honestly thinking nothing would come of it – and I have recently received my £80 cash back. That’s right.. I know it sounds too good to be true, but it honestly did work. Granted it took ages for the claim to process… But it’s £80 for doing nothing I wasn’t doing anyway!

Last night I did some online shopping, and then checked Quidco for a voucher code, sure enough there was one – I used that and got a percentage of my spend back. Again I was buying the items anyway – so it made sense to use it.

Unlike the recent internet boom of Groupon, Quidco offers savings on day to day items. Check it out, you’ve nothing to loose!

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iPhone application must have's.

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Below is a list of applications I don’t think I could live without on my iPhone. This list will never be complete, thanks to the fantastic app’s in constant development around the iPhone app store!

  1. Analytics Agent Lite by Global Agent Inc. – Invaluable app for keeping a keen eye on your Google Analytics account. A must have for every serious webmaster.
  2. Blog Press by CLT Studio – Handy little app for posting to your website whilst on the move! Supports most CMS systems
  3. Bump by Bump Technologies LLC – Brilliant little app for sharing via bluetooth, with the added novelty of having to bump hands to initiate the transfer.
  4. Chris Brogan by MotherApp – A fellow bloggers very own app, novel way of delivering a blog site.
  5. CoPilot Live by ALK Technologies – Possibly one of the best tom-tom replacements out there. Fantastic, faultless sat nave app! 
  6. Doodle Jump by Lima Sky – Has to be the most addictive game I have ever played! Really simple concept and design!
  7. eBay Mobile by eBay Inc. – Speaks for it’s self really. But this app is ideal for catching that bargain and bidding whilst on the move!
  8. Engadget by AOL – Technologygadgetry blog from a team of expert columnists all over the world.
  9. Export for Google Docs by Four Meisters System Consulting Inc. – If like me, you are embracing the whole cloud computing lark, Export is ideal for working closely with your google docs.
  10. Facebook by Facebook – I am not a huge fan of the whole facebook concept and the annoying app invites you constantly get, however most of my friends seem to use it as a communications hub, so find myself chatting on it far too often! 
  11. Google Mobile App by Google – Has some excellent search facilities and features, a must have for internet power users!
  12. Gorrilacam by Joby Inc. – A top notch replacement for the featureless built in iPhone camera app.
  13. Green Flag Rescue by Altaine Ltd – for that ‘just in case’ backup.. Handy if you don’t know where you are and have broken down.
  14. Jumsoft Money by Jumsoft – Sync your online bank statements with your desktop PCMac and your iPhone.
  15. LinkedIn by Linkedin – Linkedin is social networking for professionals. The LinkedIn app enables most website features direct from your iPhone.
  16. LogMeIn Ignition by LogMeIn – Access your PCMac direct from your iPhone using the LogMeIn client
  17. MobileMe Gallery by Apple Inc. – Access you MobileMe gallery from your iPhone
  18. MobileMe iDisk by Apple Inc. – Access your MobileMe files on your iPhone
  19. Movies by Flixter – Brilliant little app for keeping an eye on up and coming movie releases and reading peoples ratings and reviews. 
  20. NetAwake by Power of Two Software – Simple little app for remotely waking your networked devices using WoL packets.
  21. Network Ping Lite by MochaSoft – ping entire subnets straight from your iPhone in minutes.
  22. OOFy by Polyideas – control your Microsoft Exchange out of office settings and message from your iPhone.
  23. PAC-Man Lite by Namco – it’s PacMan! Enough said..
  24. Palringo Instant Messenger by Palringo – Instant messenger client 
  25. Paper Toss by BackFlip Studios – A nifty little game, in which the object is to flick balls of paper into a bin
  26. Pastefire App by Sens Digital S.A.S. – Share content from your PC to your iPhone simply by pasting it into a box on a website. Seemless transfer of data, saves emailing your self! Brilliant!
  27. Q Contacts by Addy Mobile Inc. – A powerful alternative to the built in contacts app, which shortcuts to common contact functions.
  28. QR App by Block5 – ReadProcess 2D barcodes on your iPhone
  29. Rally Master Pro 3D by FishLabs – Excellent car rally game for your iPhone with fantastic graphics.
  30. Rightmove App by Rightmove – Brilliant little app for viewing advertised house sales from your iPhone
  31. Rowmote Pro by Evan Schoenberg – No need for a hardware remote for your mac, this is an excellent direct replacement with constant development and improvements!
  32. Shazam by Shazam – Tag unknown music tracks by placing your iPhone near the speaker.
  33. ShopSavvy by Big in Japan – Scan products barcodes and search the web for cheaper prices within minutes
  34. Skype by Skype – Make free skype to skip phone calls, reduced rate skype to normal phone calls and sendreceive instant messages with other Skype users.
  35. Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock by Lexware Labs AB – Alarm clock which monitors your sleep cycle and wakes you at the optimum point (inside a specified window)
  36. SPB Wallet by SPB Software – Keep track of passwords, serial numbers, codes, registration details, logon information and more.
  37. Spotify by Spotify Ltd – Stream music direct from the net, to your iPhone
  38. Subnet Calc by Matthew Galloway – an subnetIP Address calculator for your iPhone
  39. Tap Tap Revebge 3 by Tapulous – Guitar hero style game for your iPhone
  40. Traffic Rush by Donut Games – Novel little game in which you essentially act as traffic lights, controlling traffic at a busy crossroads
  41. Direct.Gov Traffic News by Direct.Gov – Up to date traffic and roadworks information on your iPhone
  42. TV Guide by Jersey Productions – A free TV Listings utility for the UK’s “fantastic” TV channel selection.
  43. Tweetdeck by TweetDeck – A powerful and feature rich Twitter client for iPhone
  44. Twitteriffic by The Iconfactory – Yet another powerful Twitter client
  45. Urbanspoon by Urbanspoon – A fantastic little app for finding that place to eat out when you stuck for ideas.
So that’s it.. For now anyway! No doubt I will install more as they come out! I also plan on doing a similar list for Mac OS X. If you have any you would like to add, drop me a line! Or comment using the form below.

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Make money using your car and your phone!

Mike Hudson Leave a comment

I know, there’s always at least one post claiming to make you money on every forum you visit. Well I have been a member of this one for just over a week and already my points are starting to add up.

Navizon:

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Ever wondered how you could transform the miles you travel into cash in your account. Well, now you can with Navizon rewards.

When you use Navizon with a GPS device, every Wi-Fi access point and Cell tower that you pass by will be logged and turned into points on your account.

15 points for each cellular tower
3 points for each Wi-Fi access point
If they are discovered by you (If you are the first one to map them)
1 point for each Wi-Fi access point
2 points for each cellular tower

If they have already been mapped by someone else
(except in a few areas)

Once you have 10,000 points, you can redeem them for a reward, and $10 will be wired to your Paypal account (minus the Paypal fee in the amount of $0.19).

Note: You may also choose to redeem a reward for a free upgrade to Navizon Premium.

The idea is fairly simple: some users who have GPS enabled phones, or a standalone GPS device map the wireless landscape (ie. the location of Cell towers and Wi-Fi Access Points) wherever they go, so that other users who don’t have GPS will be able to use a positioning system that works independent of GPS.

Instead, location is achieved by triangulating those same Wi-Fi and/or Cellular signals, whose location is now known thanks to the “mappers.”

Like in every community, there are the people who do the work and others who benefit from it.

So users who don’t want to map any points, but still want the full featured version of Navizon, need to buy it.

But the money is not going in our pockets, it is going in the pockets of those who make Navizon possible, by mapping the wireless landscape wherever they go.

So if you have a Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone or any phone that supports Java sign up using this: link and start earning money now!

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