A site I found going by paybox.me is currently on it's way up there. They claim to be trying to bring a new form of E-Currency into the world close to that of a USD. They're currently in the "EarlyBird" stages, in which I guess it's more of a beta version of the website. All in all it looks pretty cool, there's surveys and job offers on the site etc. From what I can tell you get 50$ for signing up, and an additional 20$ a day. (Not currently usable but from what I can tell it'll all be usable soon) If you're interested at all simply go to: http://www.paybox.me/r/zoltrix
Credit card debt is a undoubtedly serious issue for many Americans. Defaulting on credit card bills can result in damage to your credit score and even bankruptcy. Y Combinator-backed ReadyForZero is launching today as easy to use web-based platform to help guide consumers out of credit card debt.
The site asks you to import your credit card information, including what types of cards you have, the amount owed, and will then walk you through the same steps a trusted financial advisor would give you. Based on your minimum payments, salary and balance, ReadyForZero will figures out an optimal
strategy for what to pay and when. The site will send you reminders and you can track your progress online. While you cannot actually pay your bills directly from ReadyForZero, the startup will eventually allow users to do this directly from the site.
ReadyForZero is trying to help those consumers who are having trouble paying their debt off, as opposed to those who are already in collections or bankruptcy. Essentially the site is trying to help people be able to eventually not carry any balances month to month. The company says that in the US alone there are 100 million people with revolving balances, meaning they carry credit card debt from month to month. Combined they owe $900 billion to banks and credit card companies.
The site will eventually pull in additional data for users such as credit scores and even facilitate lending. In terms of revenue, ReadyForZero could make money in lead generation by recommending budget-friendly cards from credit card companies who charge lower interest rates.
Of course some credit card companies and banks offer financial planning and advice on how to manage credit. But ReadyForZero is taking a more hands-on, web-based approach to helping people control their debt. And the site provides assistance via phone and live web chat. There’s no doubt that consumers need more information when it comes to credit counseling and financial planning; ReadyForZero is definitely a interactive yet informative way to manage your debt.
I was just messing around on googles code site trying to find some open source code for a few apps so I could see how they were done because I would like to get into Android Developement when I noticed something amazing that I had never heard of before. I stumbled onto a page where Google was offering a bunch of different programming courses on different languages like C++ and Python. At first this didn’t seem like a big deal because Ive seen C++ and other language tutorials all over the place. As I was looking around I noticed something that would be very usefull to anyone trying to learn Android Developement, google is actually offering two courses in android programming, the first one is a beginner course which is actually a legitimate course that was taught as a 10 week course at California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo.
The course includes power point lectures, assignments, and lab activities that go through making an Android program step by step. The second lesson is more advanced topics like resource management and things like that.I took a look at the actual material and this stuff is amazing, they go through everything about making an android program including which IDE’s to use and lots of practical examples. For anyone who is interested this thing is amazing and definitely worth checking out. There are also quite a few other classes, some examples include classes on C++ and Python, and there are numerous video lectures on more specific topics. They even have a section dedicated to web development and web security. I can only say that I wish I knew about all this stuff much sooner, I am surprised that more people do not know about this because this came as a total shock when I let my friends know what I found.
Email overload has finally met its match. Tomorrow, Gmail is rolling out a new feature calledPriority Inbox that is going to be a Godsend for those of you who dread opening your email. In short, Google has built a system that figures out which of your messages are important, and presents them at the top of the screen so you don’t miss them. The rest of your messages are still there, but you don’t have to dig through dozens of newsletters and confirmations to find the diamonds in rough.
The beauty of the system lies in its simplicity — it’s nearly as easy as Gmail’s one click spam filter. There’s almost no setup: once it’s activated on your account, you’ll see a prompt asking you if you want to enable Priority Inbox. You can choose from a few options (the order of your various inboxes and if there are any contacts you’d like to always mark ‘Important’) but don’t have to setup any rules or ‘teach’ Gmail what you want it to mark important. It just works, at least most of the time.
The system uses a plethora of criteria to decide which messages are most important: things like how frequently you open and/or respond to messages from a given sender, how often you read messages that contain a certain keyword, and whether or not the message is addressed solely to you or looks like it was sent to a mailing list. If you come across a message that’s been marked important when it shouldn’t have been, you can hit an arrow to tell Gmail it’s messed up. Likewise, if a message that should have been flagged gets sent to the ‘everything else’ area, you can promote it. Through these actions Gmail gets progressively smarter, so the system should work better over time.
I’ve been using the service since late last week and have found it to work very well. Occasionally messages that shouldn’t have been marked ‘Important’ are flagged, but I’ve yet to encounter an urgent message that slipped into the ‘everything else’ section. My colleague MG Siegler, who has also had the feature active, has had similar success.
It’s great. I love it. But it isn’t perfect.
My biggest gripe so far is the fact that there’s no way to tell why a given message has been deemed important. Oftentimes it’s obvious — emails from my coworkers are generally given the golden arrows, as are messages from PR contacts whom I frequently communicate with. But occasionally there are oddballs that have been marked important for no apparent reason.
Sure, it’s easy to tell Gmail that ‘this message is not important’ and strip its golden badge. But what if the message was marked important for a reason that is usually sound (perhaps it contains a reference to TechCrunch Disrupt, for example)? It would be nice if I could tell Gmail something to the effect of “this sender is never important”, but not to start frowning on whatever keywords the message contained. Still, it’s a great start.
Of course, this introduces a new dynamic to the way a lot of people are going to be reading email. Email intros will become ever more important, because you’ll want to ensure that your message gets marked with coveted ‘important’ tag. It also has much broader implications. Increasingly, content will be displayed to you based on its importance rather than its time stamp — not just when it comes to browsing email, but for social networks and other content as well.
Priority Inbox will be rolling out to Gmail and Google Apps users alike over the course of the week.
So the other day I found this coupon on the interweb and had to share this with y'all. Please pass on this to your friends and families and neighbors.
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So you've always wanted to be a ninja your entire life, but you live in your mom's basement, are too skinny and/or too fat, are weak as hell, have no motivation to learn any sort of matial arts, are too poor to afford the proper attire/weaponry, and any other minor setback you may have. Well, don't fret, young padawan! This is just the right lifehack for you! This sacred diagram which has been passed down from the most ancient of generations will show you how you can dress up yourself as a masterful ninja and scare your opponent from even to wanting to face your deadly (lack of) skills.
