With AT&T? Use Amex? Read this!

Paying the phone bill has always been a pain in the ass! But! Here’s something that might help you – If you have an AMEX card, you should check your available promotions.

Here’s how you do it;

Login. Check “Amex Offers For You”.

The promotion you’re looking for is: Spend $150 at AT&T and get $150 back . Hell of a good deal.

Get on it!!

Apps(s) of the week! Beer Edition!

Beer es gut, ya?

Yeah. Beer’s good. So here’s some Apps to get the most out of your beer imbibing experience.

*Beer App.  This is an App that sends your friends one message. The word Beer, with a question mark. The easiest and best way to invite your friends to join you for a beer.

Beer?

Free from the App Store. 

*Elixer.  A drinking community! Take a photo of your drink, use the optional filters, upload & share it, rate it, discuss it, browse where and what your friends are drinking, discuss that. Also good for making more permanent memories of where you were and what you were doing if you happen to drink a little too much. Free from the App Store. 

*NextGlass.  Kind of like Pandora for your beer-loving taste buds.  Scan the label from within the App, and it will tell you an estimate score of how much you’ll like it based on your previous activity with the App. Then once you rate it from how you actually feel about it, it’ll use that to recommend what you should drink next!

Next Glass has developed a scientific method to choose a drink based on the chemistry behind your taste. Using science and machine-learning you can determine if you like a bottle before you ever taste it. Nifty, eh? It’ll also tell you all the important info about the drink such as calories, carbs and ABV! NIFTIEST!

Free from the App Store. 

*Taphunter.  See what cocktails, specialty spirits and tasty brew are being offered up where and when with this handy app. With a list that includes restaurants, bars and liquor stores, see rankings, menu’s, drink information  and wish lists.

Free from the App Store. 

Happy Weekend! Get some beer in ye.

iOS 8 now installed on lots of machines!

iOS 8 has been picked up by the Apple loving members of Society in a rather big way! The operating system launched in September alongside the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and has since seen it’s  adoption rate zoom up to 68% of compatible iOS devices.

This is a four % jump since the last time Apple listed the adoption rate back on December 23rd. Hey all you guys who got new iPhones for Christmas? You should totally sell us your old stinky iPhones. Because we like old stinky iPhones, and we’ll give you cash! Win Win!

iOS 7 has had an understandable dropped to 29% and other iOS versions represent a mere 4% of the App store user base.

Apple gave developers a third beta of iOS 8.2 in December, which should be released imminently.  It apparently will include a load of bug fixes and support for Apple Watch integration.

Deals Of The Week Wednesday!

We got some Deals!

*Grab yourself a Nikon D7000 DSLR Camera with 18-140mm VR Lens for $630 PLUS Free Shipping From Best Buy. Regular Price: $1,399.99. Also get a free Shutterfly 8X8 Photo Book while supplies last. This is a really great deal, so get on it if you can! 

*Get Target Ticket Digital Movie Rentals for Free! Get a $5 credit by entering coupon XBOXRENTAL. Expires on 1/31/2015 and limited to 20,000 redemptions.

*Get the Acesori Four-Piece Smartphone Camera Kit with Three Lenses and Microfiber Cloth for $9.99 from Groupon. 

* Get a Chromecast FOR JUST $29.99 plus you get $20 Google Play Credit right now at Best Buy.

*Get a one-time $25 statement credit by using your enrolled AMEX Card to spend a total of $100 or more online at Staples.com by 2/7/2015!

*Head on over to CowBoom and get 20% off Electronics, gaming & more with Coupon code SAVEMOOLA.  Promo Code cannot be applied to Deal of the Day Item or Best Buy item. Sale ends 11:59 PM CT 01/14. 

*Wanna take awesome pro photos of your creepy dolls? Get an Electric Avenue Deluxe Table Top Photo Studio Bundle for $34.99 from Groupon. 

*Right now at Best Buy you can get a pretty good deal on MacBooks.  Get the MacBook Air 13.3 ” 128GB for $849.99 ($150 off). If you have a .edu email address you can get a further $50 off, and with the Movers Coupon (found in Post Offices), get an ever further 10% off. BLING BLAU!

* Finally, here’s a deal that might help you out of your Verizon contract, if that’s something you’re interested in doing. It might not work, but it would certainly be worth a try. So. Verizon is increasing their administrative fee for all voice lines from $0.88 to $0.95. This apparently constitutes as a material change, since this fee is part of Verizon surcharges (not taxes). This means that you should be able to call Verizon to get out of your contract, without paying the early termination fee.

This has worked for some, not for others, and still others have received some kind of refund for the inconvenience ( $10-40). Give it a go if you’re looking to get out of your contract!

Apple no longer offering iTunes Single of The Week

As of right now, it seems that you may no longer be able get a free ‘Single of the Week’ from iTunes.

Bowm Boooooowwwwwm.

Since 2004 Apple would pick a tune to promote by giving it out on iTunes for a week. Which was awesome, because most people like music, and most people like free things.

This comes after Apple also unexpectedly ended it’s annual 12 days Of Christmas iTunes promotion, where one App or item from iTunes would be given away each day for 12 days after Christmas.

As of yet, there has been no statement from Apple in regard to the disappearance of either.

C’mon Apple, if you give us free things, then we return to buy other things. D’uh.

AT& T & T-Mobile new Data Rollover programs

AT&T and T-Mobile will both begin offering the rollover of unused customer data in January in another small battle in the all out Carrier war.

We begin with giant AT&T, who has announced that later this month they will be introducing a data program allowing their customers on Mobile Share Value plans to roll over their unused data from one month to the next.

“Rollover Data is an added benefit of being an AT&T Mobile Share Value customer and it’s just another way that we’re saying thanks to our more than 50 million plus Mobile Share Value subscribers,” said Glenn Lurie, President and CEO, AT&T Mobility. “We’re providing even more value and flexibility, and the best part is it’s simple, shareable and easy to track for our customers. All Mobile Share Value customers get this automatically.”

The program is being provided at no extra charge, however, you will only be able to roll over any unused data for one month, after your normal monthly allotment in used.
AT&T will automatically enable the rollover feature on all Mobile Share Value plans starting January 25. Customers can track their rollover data using the MyAT&T mobile app or on AT&T’s website.

On the other side of the service provider raceway, we have T-Mobile, who although weren’t the first carrier to provide the Data rollover idea, were the first amongst the big boys (including At&T).

They are also offering what they call a ‘Data Stash’ program. Any T-Mobile customer on an eligible postpaid Simple Choice plan who buys extra high-speed data for their smartphone or tablet can roll over any unused data for up to a year.

“That data is rightfully yours,” added Legere. “And, we’re putting an end to this appalling industry practice today. With Data Stash, when you buy additional high-speed data, there’s no need to lose what you don’t use.”

As an added bonus, T-Mobile will also be giving every customer eligible for Data Stash 10 GB of 4G LTE data for free.

So, this is definitely a small step in the right direction. And we know who won this battle. Step on up, T-Mobile.

Eerie iPod disappearance!

Anyone round here notice anything a little…fishy going on lately? Specifically, fishiness emanating from the Apple store?

Well if you haven’t, here’s what’s going on:

The cheapest iPod, the iPod Shuffle, has mysteriously begun to disappear from Apple retail shelves and Apple online…shelves. If you try to buy one now, you might be fresh out of luck.

Apple has actually warned it’s retail employees that stock for the iPod shuffle will be short for an ‘unspecified’ amount of time, and to direct customers towards the online store. Where you might be lucky, but the item won’t ship for an unusually long amount of time – 7-10 business days.

So. Is this supply shortage because of a supply shortage in parts up the production line? Or is it a more ominous clue pointing towards the untimely demise of the iPod Shuffle?

Dun Dun DUUUUN.

So what will be the fate of the beloved $49 iPod Shuffle? Nobody knows! Well, some people at Apple probably know.

Record week in the App store!

It’s a good time to be an Apple! The company is currently celebrating their recent successes, namely, Apple Pay customer growth, record breaking App store success and high job creation! Yay!

The first week in 2015 set a new record for Apple’s App Store, bringing in almost $500 million. Now that’s a tasty start to the new year. Apple are also celebrating the record breaking year that was 2014 for the App Store, with a 50% increase in billings, and developers earning more than $10 million from revenue.

“This year is off to a tremendous start after a record-breaking year for the App Store and our developer community,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “We’re so proud of the creativity and innovation developers bring to the apps they create for iOS users and that the developer community has now earned over $25 billion.”

So… 2014 was the time to turn that dumb idea that you secretly though was the best most genius thing ever into an App. But… we think it’ll probably work in 2015 too, so go knock that bad boy out of the park!

Apple is also celebrating Apple Pay customer growth, and job creation from the industry surrounding iOS and the App Store. With just over a million jobs created or supported by Apple in the U.S,  a massive 627,000 are related directly to iOS and the App Store.

You can see the full press release here!

Apple Watch release!

When the Apple Watch was announced back in September, all that was said about a release date was ‘early 2015’. Well, it’s early 2015, Apple. You know it, I know it, our company Guinea pig knows it…

But. When a company says a product will be released in ‘early 2015’, that really could mean anything. Even if it turns out to be mid 2015 (unlikely) Apple would be forgiven for their mis-speech, because the anticipation for said new product would be elevated to such a height that when people finally got their hands on it they would forget that they were supposed to be able to have their hands on it months ago.

We probably won’t have to wait that long, however. Here’s what we know about when the Apple Watch may be released.

It’s said that Apple have been trying to perfect a number of small features on the Apple Watch in preparation for release, most importantly the charging mechanism. They want the charge to last on these things, because people and critics are already amping up to call them out over it after the battery didn’t display such great stamina at the announcement.

Developers are already working on iOS  apps that will support Apple Watch and iPhone interaction.

Most rumors have pinpointed March for the release in the first wave of countries. Don’t worry, The U.S.A. is always in the first wave. Wouldn’t that be weird if it wasn’t? Weird and unhappy.

There have been almost-shaped-like concrete rumors that say that retail training for the Apple Watch will begin early February, which would support the March release date rumors. Apparently in the week of February 9th-16th, high level retail store representatives will be sent to main Apple offices (Cupertino for example) to be trained, and will then go back and share their training with their little Apple underlings. Aw. Makes them sound so cute.

So, what kind of holiday is there in March that we can celebrate by getting an Apple Watch as a present…? St Patricks Day? Does it come in Green? Google tells me that March 3rd is I Want To Make You Happy Day. Well, Apple, a nice green Apple Watch that we can wear fancy for St Patricks day,  that’s what’s gonna make us happy.

Thanks in Advance, iPhone Antidote.

Deals of The Week Wednesday!

Welcome to our first Deals Of The Week Wednesday for 2015!

* First up, make sure to check out Best Buy’s outlet clearance for up to 60% off a selection of clearance, open-box, refurbished and pre-owned items. Get in-store pick up unless your items are worth more than $35, in which case you get free shipping, however some items are only available in-store. Sale ends January 17th!

* Get yourself a nice new TV for 2015!  Get a LG 70″ LED  1080p 3D Smart TV for $1999.99 from Groupon.

*Like deals all the time? Like lots and lots of bulk items? Get a  1-Year Sam’s Club Membership PLUS a $25 Sam’s Club Gift Card (with a Facebook share) for just $45 (In-Store Only). Deal only live until January 31st.

*If you’re gonna get sh*t done in 2015, you gotta have sh*t charged!  Get 3D Luxe 10 Ft. MFi-Certified Apple Lightning Charge and Sync Fabric Cables for just  $13.99 from Groupon. 

* That 70 inch tv too expensive? How about a 50″ Vizio  1080pSmart LED HDTV  for just $499.99 PLUS Free Shipping or Free Store Pickup at Best Buy

*Get your language on with Rosetta Stone Level 1–4 in English or French for $179.99 from Groupon. 

* Get your good self to Staples for  $30 Off $150+ Orders using Visa Checkout, Limit 1 per customer. Expires 1/31/15

*Get your game on with a Wii U 32GB Black Deluxe Set PLUS Super Mario 3D World & Nintendo Land for just $270 with free shipping from eBay

There you have it! 2015 deals are looking pretty good so far, and we hope to bring you some STELLAR deals in the months to come! And if you’re in need of any cash to get your hands on these deals, how about selling that stinky old iPhone that’s lying in that bedroom drawer? We’ll take it off your hands and exchange it for cash in no time!