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When your parents say it never pays to play video game, clearly they weren’t following the modern world of Social Media. In the newest social media promotion, American Express will actually give you a $25 statement credit for beating Halo 4 on the more difficult settings. However, the promotion is limited, so sign up now [...]

We have the Nexus 7 since the week it was released. It’s perfect device for reading and consuming media. While some may go for the new iPad mini, we’re still Android geeks at heart. The open apps eco-system just makes the device so much more extensible. For example, we recently wanted to way to watch [...]

Windows 8 just officially launched today but base on online reactions, the most anticipated thing regarding this launch isn’t even the software, it’s hardware – Surface. Microsoft’s home built tablet/computer. Unfortunately, Microsoft only sells the tablet online or in their own stores. So if you want to try Surface for yourself, you have to go [...]

Hot on the heel of the NetZero free wireless Internet announcement, another player just entered the free isp space – Freedompop. The company also offers to give you free wireless Internet powered by the Clearwire network but instead of the tiny 200MB Netzero offers you, they’ll give you a full 1GB/month free. That’s five times [...]

One of the guilty pleasures in our film vault is the Underworld series. The series stars the normally tame Kate Beckinsale as the vengeful vampire proves to be an entertaining distraction from the usual serious films. Now after a good long hiatus, she is back in a new Underworld film. The trailer remind of us [...]

Our favorite simple Netflix streamers just got a upgrade today. The newly redesigned rounded boxes are filtering into retail channels today. The new box support Netflix streams up to 1080P and subtitles. In addition, the it has built in bluetooth to support the new $30 gaming controller so you can play games such as Angry [...]

West Coast favorite, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, think Starbucks and Argo Tea merged into one entity is opening their first NY outpost in 2012. Rumor has it they will open three locations with the first one being on 39th Street and Broadway. Can’t wait to see what the fuss is about. Via Gothamist

While we do most of our shopping for books and movies online at Amazon, we have a special place for book stores such as Borders and Barnes and Nobles. These place is usually we start the browsing process and research books we would eventually purchase for a lower price online. Plus they tend to have [...]

Most of the articles on this sites deals with the financial realm. So naturally, we tend to focus our attention there. However, every once in awhile, we come across an article somewhere that is just as valuable that we have to share. In this case, it is a CNN article on the relationship between Frank [...]

It’s been awhile since we reviewed the best entertainment on the small tube, so let’s get started. We have to give to HBO for always raising the bar on quality in entertainment and if you missed their latest hit series – Game of Thrones, you’re missing the most talked about television series in ages. The [...]