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Top 3 PayPal Alternatives

Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Prasanth Chandra.

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PayPal is an e-commerce service which facilitates money transactions on the Internet.  You can sync your PayPal account with your debit card, credit card or bank account.  There are varying options about PayPal.  Some users love it, and some love to hate it.

If you are one of those people who do not like PayPal and are looking for a trusted alternative, this list will surely help you out. Below are some the best alternatives for PayPal.

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Replace Your Office Suite with Google Docs

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by Nicólas Crognali.

Most of us are chained to our work computer in order to get any work done.  Some of us are lucky enough to have a way to remotely login, but you still need a work computer.  Then, there are the few that can log into their work from any place and any computer.  These people are more than likely using an online office suite like Google Docs.

In this article, we are going to discuss the reasons you might want to make the switch to an online office suite and the ways to do it.

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How To Create Secure Passwords

Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Will Mueller.

In this digital age, security is a top priority. Daily, thousands fall prey to one of security’s most vunerable loophools – bad passwords. Yes, that is right, the thing that is suppose to help you keep your social networking, bank, and computer accounts safe actually is the number one cause for false entry.

And do you know what the most common password of all time is? You guessed it, password! So, today we will be looking at the top 3 sites for generating strong, secure passwords.

Here they are (in no particular order).

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Take Control of Your Social Inboxes with Fuser

Posted on 01. Dec, 2008 by LesliePoston.

If you have had trouble keeping up with multiple email accounts, multiple social media accounts and the rest of your online life, you may have longed for some way to sort out the chaos. FriendFeed came along to help aggregate your social media stream, but it left email and the like out in the cold. Now, there is Fuser to help handle the task.

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Send an Online Postcard with Postcard.fm

Posted on 29. Sep, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

Are you too lazy to send a real postcard from your vacation?  Do you wish that all postcards had music?  If you answered yes to either of those questions, you are going love Postcard.fm.

Postcard.fm allows you to make an online postcard by uploading a photo of yourself, preferably at a tourist attraction, and adding some good postcard music.  What is postcard music?  Well, I haven’t figured that one out yet, but I’m sure a nice ballad would work perfect.  I went with some nice Slayer Coldplay.

After you pick the photo and the song, add in a friend’s email then check out the preview of your masterpiece.  In the preview window, you’ll be able to add some text to tell your friends all about your awesome vacation.

What type of picture or song would you use in your postcard?

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Build an Online Business Card with Retaggr

Posted on 21. Jul, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

Retaggr is a new online application that allows you to make what basically equates to an online business card.  It provides you with a way to get all of your online information and profile links into one small box that can appear in comments or go in your email as a signature.  To learn a little more about Retaggr, check out this article I recently wrote for MakeUseOf.

Check after the break for my online business card.

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