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Manage your Monthly Expenses With Archiveme HD, Plus Win A Copy
Aug 7th
archivme HD ($4.99) by digitalfibr SAS is an iPad-only bill and document manager that helps you organize your finances. This money management app will show you where you are spending too much and help get you back on track with monthly expenses.
With Archiveme HD, you can take pictures of bills, recipes, newspaper clippings or anything else you want and organize them into specific file folders on your dashboard. Use the activity reporting feature to plan your monthly budget. Here, you can input your expenses and see an invoice distribution analysis of your spending. If you see that you spend a large amount of money on food, maybe it is time to cut back on going out to dinner.
You can separate your bills into categories like transportation, housing, clothing, health and food. Within each category, there are lists of some of the more popular companies that you can use to accurately name your expense. For example, Comcast is listed under Internet access and Costco is listed under food. If you do not see the name of your supplier, you can add your own.
You can also add new categories, like recipes or favorite movies. These categories may not help you plan a monthly budget, but it is a bonus feature made possible by the app
House delays vote on Boehner plan
Jul 27th
House Republicans have delayed a vote on Speaker John Boehner’s proposal to raise the debt ceiling after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the plan would not cut as much spending as advertised.
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Rolling Through the Bay: An Amazing Sculpture Made with 100,000 Toothpicks
Apr 27th
After spending 35-years, 3,000-hours, and using 100,000 toothpicks, Scott Weaver finally completed his “Rolling Through the Bay” sculpture, which depicts San Francisco. Video after the break. Click here for more pictures.
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Obama takes on risky topic of taxes
Apr 18th
After spending two years on health care, President Barack Obama is about to take up another Herculean political challenge: taxes.
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GOP budget chief calls for $6.2 trillion spending cut
Apr 5th
Top House Republican leaders unveiled a 2012 budget proposal Tuesday that would cut $6.2 trillion in federal spending over the next decade while radically overhauling Medicare and Medicaid — two hugely popular entitlement programs that have long been considered politically untouchable.
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Video: Rand Paul Wants Cut Foreign Aid to Everyone (The Atlantic Wire)
Feb 3rd
The Atlantic Wire – As Mediaite’s Matt Schneider
noted, Rand Paul is one of the few legislators offering specific ideas
for cutting federal spending. His prescription? Halt foreign aid to
everyone.
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(The Atlantic Wire)
Visualized: Nokia R&D spending, almost 3 times its peers
Feb 3rd
Our initial reaction to the
Bernstein Research chart above is to wonder what value Nokia’s massive R&D spending has achieved. Sadly, that’s our second and third reaction, too, having spent some time with the company’s Symbian OS. Let’s just hope all that money was poured into MeeGo or some other megaprofitable ecosystem that it will “build or join” in 2011.
Update: Added a snapshot of Nokia’s R&D spending from 2007 and 2008 (when the company topped the EU with
US$7.24 billion spent on R&D) after the break.
Continue reading Visualized: Nokia R&D spending, almost 3 times its peers
Visualized: Nokia R&D spending, almost 3 times its peers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Country set for rocky economic ride in 2011 (AFP)
Jan 2nd
AFP – An austere tax increase, huge cuts in state spending and rising unemployment are all set to be unleashed in 2011, risking widespread strike action by disgruntled workers.
Dell’s Adamo 13 ultraportable slips to $899, gets a spec bump
Dec 25th
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard any news from the Adamo camp, but for those looking to blow a bit of that Santa cash on something thin and light, the timing here couldn’t possibly be better. Nearly 1.5 years after the 13-inch ultraportable was let loose — for $1,999 and up, no less — a new low-cost configuration has emerged at Dell’s website. These days, $899 gets you a 0.65-inch thick machine, complete with a 13.4-inch WLED display (1366 x 768 resolution), 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo SL9600 processor, a 64-bit copy of Windows 7 Home Premium and 4GB of DDR3-800 memory. You’ll also get a 128GB SSD, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and a 40 WHr Lithium Polymer battery, and if you’re down for spending a bit more, you can grab an internal mobile broadband module as well. Or, you know, you could wait and see what kind of treasures CES brings. Your call.
Dell’s Adamo 13 ultraportable slips to $899, gets a spec bump originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
GoldenEye Source Conversion Mod Released
Dec 15th
tekgoblin writes “Were you a fan of the original GoldenEye on the N64? Well, this Half-Life 2 mod called GoldenEye Source, five years in the making, has just come out of beta and been fully released for free. The game is a creation of fans with the objective to bring the original experiences from GoldenEye on the N64 back to life. I remember spending hours upon hours playing GoldenEye on the N64, and was sad seeing it go.”
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New Kindle sells ‘millions,’ bests all 2009 Kindle sales
Dec 15th
Amazon has left us with no choice: making sales conclusions based on a single additional letter. The company, notoriously vague on Kindle sales, has announced that “in just the first 73 days of this holiday quarter, we’ve already sold millions of our all-new Kindles.” In other words, at least two million, and more for Kindle overall if you consider DX (still on sale) and the recent lightning deal blowout of the Kindle 2. Amazon’s Department of Creative Statistics also noted that this elusive sales figure is greater than all its Kindle sales in 2009. How many is that, you ask? No idea — we know “millions” were sold between 2007 and 2009, but parsing it out further would only unravel a mystery Encyclopedia Brown has been spending pages and pages to solve — and still has a ways to go.
New Kindle sells ‘millions,’ bests all 2009 Kindle sales originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Google spends a few more million, picks up Widevine DRM software firm
Dec 6th
Two acquisitions in as many days? Say it ain’t so! Prior to even unboxing Phonetic Arts, Google has now snapped up Seattle-based Widevine. Truth be told, you’re probably taking advantage of the company’s technology without even being aware of it — it’s used in over 250 million web connected HDTVs and streamers around the globe, and it’s primarily designed to thwart piracy attempts while enabling consumers to enjoy content on a wider array of devices. As these things tend to do, neither outfit is talking prices, but it’s fairly obvious why El Goog would want a firm like this in its portfolio. Moreover, it’s borderline comical that Viacom’s pushing an appeal in order to pit Google as an anti-studio, pro-piracy monster while it’s spending hard-earned cash on a DRM layer. At any rate, Google’s not getting into specific plans just yet, only stating its intentions to maintain Widevine’s agreements, provide support for existing and future clients as well as “building upon [the technology] to enhance both Widevine’s products and its own.”
Google spends a few more million, picks up Widevine DRM software firm originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
HP results show seesawing nature of tech recovery (AP)
Nov 24th
AP – Hewlett-Packard Co.’s results showed Monday how lopsided the recovery in technology spending has been.
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(AP)
IPhone Users Spend More Money, But Give Operators Less Arpu
Nov 9th
It may not be too much of a stretch to suspect iPhone users are some of the highest spending folks in the market. But compared to those using other devices, they actually bring in less money to their operators.
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If Sullivan, Ill., voters are an indication, Obama’s former Senate seat could go Republican (associatedcontent)
Nov 4th
associatedcontent – SULLIVAN, Ill. — Polling places in Sullivan have been open since 6 a.m. and at 6 p.m., voter turnout was still strong. Topics heavy on voters’ minds were government spending and the corruption in Illinois politics. Because my voter registration paperwork was missing, I had the pleasure of visiting two voting locations.
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(associatedcontent)
Shocker! Kids spending too much time in front of TV screens, too little in loving parents’ embrace
Nov 2nd
Not that anyone really needed to have this spelled out, but America’s tots are apparently spending too much time in front of the telly tubes. The latest study, conducted by the Seattle Children’s Research Institute and the University of Washington, finds that children under the age of five are spending 4.1 hours of each day watching movies or TV, doubling the recommended maximum of two hours a day. Whether you take the slightly arbitrary two-hour RDA to heart or not, it’s undeniable that all of us — not just the young ‘uns — are spending increasingly larger chunks of our time looking at the world through a screen and not through our own retinas. And, if you want an extra topping of alarmist extrapolation, these figures come from a research sample concluded in 2006, today’s better-equipped toddlers are very likely to outdo those numbers when mobile devices and the like are factored in. Imagine how bad this would all be if the US didn’t have so much quality programming to entertain and educate them with.
Shocker! Kids spending too much time in front of TV screens, too little in loving parents’ embrace originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
US spy spending revealed for first time, tops $80 billion
Oct 28th
The United States spent $80 billion on spy activities in 2010, the first time the government has officially announced the total tab for intelligence spending.
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Republicans, heading for big gains, ready agenda (AP)
Oct 28th
AP – Republican leaders, ever more confident of their chances of winning control of the House and possibly even the Senate, have begun plotting a 2011 agenda topped by a push for more than $100 billion in spending cuts, tax reductions and attempts to undo key parts of President Barack Obama’s health care and financial regulation laws.
US Supreme Court Expected Political Ad Transparency
Oct 27th
T Murphy writes “The Supreme Court, when ruling that corporate and union political donations were allowed under free speech, assumed the source of the donation would be disclosed immediately under current donation laws. Due to loopholes, this has not been the case, eliminating the hoped-for transparency the Supreme Court ruled to be vital to democracy. Justice Kennedy, who sided with the majority on the ruling, has been called naive for his expectation that there would be greater transparency. In the meantime, campaign spending for House candidates alone is expected to reach $1.5 billion.”
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America’s Tea Party Fraud (The Daily Beast)
Oct 21st
The Daily Beast – The British just showed how real conservatives behave—with the biggest cuts in government spending since World War II. Peter Beinart on how pathetic U.S. Republicans look by comparison.
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(The Daily Beast)
New NPD report to factor in digital, used, mobile and rental sales
Oct 20th
Changes to the NPD Group‘s reporting practices sent a few waves through the game industry earlier this month. Now, NPD’s Anita Frazier has explained some of the reasoning behind the change. Frazier notes that NPD has “long acknowledged” that its coverage of only “new physical sales of hardware, software and accessories” doesn’t accurately represent consumer spending in the game industry. Furthermore, with new physical sales dwindling this year, Frazier notes that the old NPD reporting practices “caused unnecessary angst” for many industry followers.
In other words, sales of physical game copies simply don’t account for all the money pumped into the industry anymore. As such, the NPD will soon release the debut issue of its new report, Games Industry: Total Consumer Spend. While the report still includes data on sales of new games, accessories and hardware, it will also feature data on “used games, rentals, mobile apps, social network games, and digitally acquired content in the U.S.”
NPD has had plans to track downloadable sales for over a year now, though this marks the first time we’ve heard of plans to track so many other forms of spending. Depending on how comprehensive the report is, it could have hefty ramifications for anyone looking to follow industry trends.
New NPD report to factor in digital, used, mobile and rental sales originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
China Unicom: Why iPhone Users are Mad
Oct 7th
iPhone users in China are upset with the Chinese carrier’s spotty coverage and lousy customer service, but the company is spending big to improve its image
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Obama takes on GOP on taxes, economy (AP)
Sep 25th
AP – President Barack Obama says Republicans’ plan to slash taxes and cut spending if the GOP retakes the House in November is no more than “an echo of a disastrous decade we can’t afford to relive.”
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(AP)
Children’s pocket money falls to 7-year low (Reuters)
Sep 20th
Reuters – British children’s weekly pocket money has fallen to a seven-year low, in a sign parents are still cutting back on non-essential spending even as the country emerges from recession, a survey showed Monday.
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(Reuters)
Wall Street increasingly favors Republicans: study (Reuters)
Aug 12th
Reuters – Wall Street and its financial allies did an about-face in political spending in June, giving Republicans over two-thirds of their campaign contributions as Democrats pushed financial reform forward in Congress, a report said on Tuesday.
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(Reuters)