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Get Apple iPad in UK Before Anyone else Without Leaving the Country

by Jay Garrett on March 12, 2010

If you like the idea of flashing an Apple iPad around Blighty before the rest of the fanboys and girls but would rather not have to fly stateside to make it so then here’s the answer my gadgety faithful.

Slip in your order to www.bundlebox.com from right now because pre-ordering is now on over the pond. No need to wait for that pesky UK release date!

BundleBox, if you’re not familiar with the name, was set up by former Google exec Andre Schmidt last year and lets UK consumers buy from any US website. It’s basically an online transatlantic shopping service that lets us in the UK register for a free USA postal address meaning that we can sign on to the pre-order service despite the current US residency restriction.

Just simply sign up to Bundlebox, select its ‘Buy for Me’ service and order and pay for your iPad.

Because the iPad counts as an “automatic data processing machine” under customs rules, it’s import duty free – which all adds up to the 16GB WiFi version costing £465.20, including all shipping costs and VAT.

Tempted? Or are you thinking about buying a different tablet?

Let me know :)

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Blippy Automatically Shares Your Credit Card Habits With the World

by Jay Garrett on February 17, 2010

If you’re the type of person who likes to brag about the amount of cash you’ve splashed and what on – Blippy is calling you!

Blippy basically gives your credit card its own Facebook and Twitter account and each time the plastic gets spanked Blippy gets to know and then, so will everyone else – so, careful when shopping at more adult-centric stores ;)

You can log into Blippy via your Twitter or Facebook accounts and then you can select which stores (iTunes, Amazon, Threadless, etc) you want your transactions blipped about – so, if you have some shady purchases or buying gifts at least you have the choice whether or not this info is transmitted.

As expected, you need to enter your credit card details for Blippy to work – time to start the gulp-o-matic-a-go-go!!

Blippers? get to see popular purchases from around the Blipperverse via their feeds which could be useful if you want to see what’s trending – which may be more handy for stores than punters.

Would you be happy with uploading all your credit card details and then sharing your spending habits with the world?

Comment below (you don’t have to tell me your bank details!) :)

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ATM Skimmers Getting Clever – Would You Spot it?

January 18, 2010 Click to read more →
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I’m aware that there are such things as credit card skimmers and that they are generally attached to ATM machines – but, usually, if you’re sober, and have your whits about you, they can sometimes be spotted.
It looks like the crims are getting a bit more clever.
Brian Krebs’s “Krebs on Security” features this ATM skimmer [...]

Square iPhone Credit Card Swiping Brought by Twitter Founder

December 3, 2009 Click to read more →
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Square has launched an iPhone and iPod dongle and brings cashless payment to both of the touchscreened Apple hand-helds.
The small card reader plugs into a standard 3.5mm headphone socket and Square hopes to enable smaller retailers to take card payments.
Simply pay for your shopping by swiping your card through a small card reader plugged [...]

Going Dutch Concept – Fear No More The Words: Let’s Just Split The Bill

November 27, 2009 Click to read more →
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It’s coming up to that time of the year when the office, department, section festive lunches and dinners loom and in this time of the crunch many companies expect you to foot your own bill.
The thing is, when you’ve had a glass of wine and only a main course and the person sat opposite has [...]

Netbooks Helping Credit Crunched Tech!

April 16, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ok, so I’ve come back home after a busy day and, amongst other things, performing an acoustic set and meeting my cousin for “a few drinks” in South Kensington – I still think that Crave have a valid point and a great graph to illustrate this!
The lovely people over at Crave have pointed out that [...]

Sega Megadrive Console Returns To Shops in a ‘Blaze’ of Glory

March 13, 2009 Click to read more →

Blaze.
Remember the name?
It’s those folks that shoved a Sega Mega Drive into a handheld with 20 games built-in for £30.
Now the very same company is releasing a slim profile home console to plug into your TV in that old skool Megadrive stylee.
It will have 15 games built-in including Altered Beast, Golden Axe and Sonic & Knuckles as [...]

LG LBA-C300 The First QWERTY Card

February 6, 2009 Click to read more →

We all know about Bluetooth enabled portable keyboards.
I don’t think that I’ve ever seen a ”Qwerty Card” though.  Nope.  Pretty sure I haven’t.
But here is the LG’s LBA-C300, which was found in a recent FCC filing and it is in fact a QWERTY card.
It’s a credit card styled Bluetooth keyboard for use, I’m guessing, with LG mobiles [...]

Credit Card with Keypad – Secure Online Shopping +++

November 14, 2008 Click to read more →

I dread to think of the queues that this is going to cause if high-street stores bring this in but if it actually makes my transactions more secure and the threat of fraud lower then chalk me down for one.
This new card from MBNA has a built-in numeric keypad, and when you put in your [...]

Capital One Card Lab – What Design Is In Your Wallet?

June 23, 2008 Click to read more →

Credit cards are boring looking but still can manage to lead you astray.
How about making them more appealing, visually?
Capital One have decided that you should be the one to chose what design your card sports.
Capital One has gone all web 2.0 and is promoting the new customisation option and getting people to use images from their [...]