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21 Banks And Credit Unions That Accept Remote Check Deposits

Why trek to local bank to deposit a check when you can slap it on a scanner or use your smartphone’s camera to upload it directly to your bank? Even though it still scares most of the bigger banks,...

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Are Mobile Payments Going To Be Bigger Than Cash Or Credit By 2020?

There’s no doubt that mobile payments are on the rise. But do they have the momentum and provide enough benefits to give cash and credit cards a run for their money by 2020? Yes they do, says a new...

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Sony Decides To Not Go Disc-Free For Next Gaming Console

With the next generation of gaming consoles set to debut during the next two years, rumors abound about whether or not digitally downloaded or cloud-stored games will replace the current disc-based...

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The Truth Behind “Jetpack” Billboards Is Even More Disappointing Than We’d...

The viral campaign was so successful, they had to let people down earlier than they had planned.Last week, we told you about the billboards popping up around Greenville, SC, to promote something called...

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Finally, Breast Milk-Flavored Lollipops That Don’t Actually Contain Breast Milk

A photo from the Lollyphile website.Are you one of the dozens of people who have craving a lollipop with all the flavor of breast milk but didn’t want that flavor to actually come from the mammary...

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Customer Service Rep Entertains Possibility Of Future Resident’s Mail Going...

(Paxton Holley) On the low end of the customer service representative spectrum there are those company stooges who seem to not give a rat’s patootie whether or not your problem is solved. In the...

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Panera Bread Replacing Some Cashiers With Kiosks — So Yes, The Robots Have...

Hello, my future overlord. This is what the kiosk looks like.No one panic, but it appears we’re already too late to stem the inevitable tide of robot overlords waiting to take over our planet and suck...

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FCC To Redefine “Broadband” As 25 Mbps Or Faster

The FCC’s map of 25 Mbps broadband deployment. Yellow areas are served; blue are unserved. Rumors have been floating around for at least six months that the FCC might change the definition of...

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In 1998, Kmart Invited Customers To Come To Kmart And Shop Online

Back in 1998, home broadband connections were rare, Amazon was only four years old, and shopping online was kind of a novel and weird concept to most Americans. Kmart was out to change that,...

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SUV Turns Into Flying Car, Uses Roof Of Giant Eagle Supermarket As...

While we haven’t reached the flying-car future of The Jetsons quite yet, that didn’t stop one SUV from crash-landing on the roof of a Giant Eagle supermarket. Police in Greenfield, PA tell CBS...

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