13 Health Gimmicks You Can Stop Wasting Money On


Updated 05/01/12 12:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Health Gimmicks to Avoid

Consumers have a tendency of falling for the next big health gimmick. Save your money on health duds with these Business Insider tips. No matter how many times we're told otherwise, Americans' obsession with get-healthy-quick schemes will likely never die. Too bad most of these fads aren't worth their weight in salt — or your hard-earned dollars. We've put together a list of some of the worst Read more

Happy National Pet Day! 13 Ways to Save Bucks on Fido


Updated 04/11/12 1:50 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Save Money on My Dog

The cost of raising a dog is extremely high. In fact, if you look at rates to fly with your dog on airplanes, it's sometimes almost equivalent to what we humans are paying for a plane ticket. And it all adds up — you end up spending a never-ending amount of cash on toys, crates, flea medication, checkups, and the list goes on. However, many think the high costs of raising a dog are totally Read more

Visa, MasterCard Security Breach: How to Avoid Fraud


Updated 03/30/12 12:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Protect Credit Card From Security Breach

Data has been breached at a payments processing firm and the personal information of up to 10 million users can potentially be compromised, says security blog Krebs on Security. Apparently, the scale of the breach is "massive" and major credit card companies like Visa and MasterCard have been alerting their customers about this development and to reassure them that the actual Visa and Read more

Savvy Links: The Best Cities to Move to If You Need a Job


Updated 03/12/12 12:09 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

The Best Cities to Find Jobs

The best cities to move to if you need a job — The Jane Dough Managing your bills and spending — Real Simple Is instant gratification financially responsible? — Wise Bread Happy hour fun: 8 types of alcohol made for women — HuffPost Women The 1% gets 93% of the growth from the recovery — LearnVest Avoid being tricked by travel review sites — Tecca Is that safe to eat? An Read more

Tech App-titude: 5 Free Apps For the Savvy Pet Owner


Updated 03/05/12 4:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Free iPhone Apps For Pets

If your iPhone is like another appendage, then you undoubtedly have apps to organize just about every aspect of your life: calendars, to-do lists, restaurant locators, pedometers, and diet monitors, to name a few. And these days, busy pets are just as lucky. We've rounded up our favorite free iPhone apps for safe and savvy pets and their companions, from medical references to dog-park finders to Read more

5 Extensions to Add to Your Chrome Browser


Updated 02/29/12 10:27 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Chrome Extensions to Download

New to Chrome? Here's a handy tip that might save you some time. Rather than manually typing in the web address to your most frequently used sites in the Chrome web browser, you can opt to download the extensions instead. Extensions are little icons to the right of the web address bar. Clicking the extension icon sends you to the site directly or allows you to quickly review the latest updates Read more

5 Healthy Reasons to Eat Valentine's Day Chocolate


Updated 02/07/12 9:49 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

The Benefits of Dark Chocolate

It's almost Valentine's Day, and that may mean you've got chocolate on your mind. Though you may be fearing the amount of calories in those heart-shaped boxes, there are many reasons to love Valentine's Day sweet treats. In fact, here are five healthy reasons to eat dark chocolate. It helps you exercise longer: A recent study found that eating a tiny amount of dark chocolate before a workout Read more

A Look Back at the Barefoot Running Trend


Updated 12/05/11 3:03 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Why Barefoot Running Is So Popular

Are we better runners when the shoes come off? That's the question more runners are asking, thanks to the growing popularity of barefoot running, one of this year's biggest running trends. It's not a new trend, however. Serious runners have been braving the asphalt sans shoes professionally for decades (some have even competed in the Olympics without them!), but the movement started gaining Read more

The Truth About the Health Benefits of Tea


Updated 12/03/11 12:50 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

The Truth About the Health Benefits of Tea

We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. Tea — does it really fight cancer? Lower cholesterol? We filter the research to find out which health claims actually hold water. By Kate Lowenstein The way scientific studies and health gurus alike have touted the perks of tea over the past few years, you'd think the stuff was some kind of all-powerful Read more

5 Apps to Look For on Spotify's New App Platform


Updated 11/30/11 3:21 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Spotify Music Apps Now Available

Music junkies, take note: today Spotify introduced an integrated HTML5 app platform to round out the online music experience. Since Spotify partnered with Facebook, their user base has grown to over 10 million listeners who subscribe to friends' playlists and cultivate our own streaming music library. Like an iTunes app, any third party can develop and submit an app for Spotify's approval to be Read more