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You should consider playing online bingo because in addition to being a fun and social activity, you could make money playing online. Many people have won money by playing online bingo. It won’t happen every time you play, but if you keep playing consistently, chances are you will win money at some point.

Playing Bingo At Home

Playing online bingo from the comfort of your own home is a fun and convenient way to win money without having to leave your house. Travelling can cost money and be potentially dangerous. It is much easier and safer to just stay home and play bingo online. In addition to giving yourself the chance to win money, you can also enjoy the game with other people who enjoy it as well. This will allow you to meet and interact with people that you are guaranteed to have something in common with.

Winning Money In Online Bingo

To have the best shot at winning money you need to make sure you are always paying attention to your game. Since online bingo games can’t be paused, plan your bathroom time and snack time carefully. Lock the doors to the room you are in, close the windows and even turn off your phone, TV, and radio. Doing these things will leave you with nothing to concentrate on but the game at hand.

When looking for a game room in which to play online bingo in the hopes of winning money, you want to find a game room that is offering a jackpot to the grand prizewinner. At the same time, look for a game room that isn’t full to capacity. The fewer players that are in the room with you the better your chances of winning money are.

Another thing that will increase your odds of winning money is to play with the highest number of cards you can play while still fully paying attention to your game. If you are new to playing bingo, start out with one card and slowly work your way up to multiple cards per game.

Playing bingo online can net you winnings of between $50 and $100 per game. This applies to regular games and not jackpot games. Some of the online sites that run jackpot games pay out as much as $1,000, 000. Some websites offer as much as $50K to jackpot winners of online bingo games.

One last strategy you can use to increase your odds of winning is to choose individual bingo cards in which the numbers in the first column are all very low. Try to avoid cards that have higher numbers, as they are not as likely to be called.

Using these strategies and tips will give you a better shot at winning money while playing online bingo. It is possible to win large amounts of money if you really know how to play the game. A combination of skill and luck will help you enjoy your bingo games and give you chances to win.

Author Bio:
Victoria is a freelance writer who likes to find new ways to make money online. One was she has been exploring is to make money playing online games.

Selling Your iPhone Online

Have you been looking to sell your old iPhone because you no longer need it after upgrading to a newer model or changing to a better Android phone?

Well here in the UK some of the best places/market places to sell mobile phones are on eBay, Amazon and Play.com, that’s right play.com! My third top recommended online place to sell you iPhone would indeed been on play.com as they are well known and a large technology site which now allows its members to sell their own products!

There are many articles and reasons about how to sell cell phones and to be honest it’s not that hard to pick one as most market places tend to have very similar fees so as with selling most things online it’s not a case of trying to find the cheapest place to list your phone, but the place which sells the most phones, or the one which is searched the most and/or has other similar phones to yours for sale at a higher price!

For example, selling an iPhone on play.com could be a good idea as they are a little more pricey then at eBay, but without checking out the user stats on how many people search for those products, you’re not likely to know which is the best place to list such an item.

You can find these stats on a number of sites for free, so next time you’re looking to sell your mobile phone or any bit of tech for that matter, it’s well worth doing a little research unless you’re able to list the items for free on each site, in which case it’s a win-win because you can simply remove the listing’s’ from the site’s’ which don’t sell.

Selling Your iPhone On The High Street

Another option is to take your mobile phone to a high street store such as cash converters or cex, both of these have quite large “fees” IMO though, so you might not earn so much for your phone as you would selling it privately online.

Well I say “fees” loosely because neither of those stores say they have fees as such, they simply give you a lot less money for your goods, which I put down to fees how having to pay staff etc and because they are selling your products on again, meaning for them to make a profit they can’t pay you as good a price as someone is willing to pay for the phone.

Overview

So in short, whilst selling your iPhone, mobile phone or any other peace of tech in a high street store is a faster way of getting cash, you’re not going to make as much money as you would selling online! So the choice is yours, if you need cash fast try cex or cash converter (which you can get your goods back from within 4days I believe) but if you’re not after a fast sale and are willing to wait for a better price sell online!

Google Fiber ISP? New Google Fiber Puts Other ISP’s To Shame With Gigabyte Connection!

Google has announced the launch of its new ISP services in Kansas City USA with the official launch of Google Fiber which they have said will give residents of Kansas City gigabyte per second Internet connections from just $70 per month (about £44.50 by today’s conversion at xe.com).

That may sound like a rather expensive price to us in the UK but it sounds like a very good deal in the US, especially for the uber fast speeds that are up for offer.

Google have said they will be starting this just in set areas of Kansas City, Kansas and Kasas City, Missouri.

Info from http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/google-fiber-launches-in-kansas-city-new-fiber-tv-announced/

It is amazing to see the transformation of mobile technology thanks to efforts by powerhouse Apple. The iPhone has become so much more than just the latest cellular device. People can run their entire lives from their phones these days, and it seems only a matter of time before that integration becomes as natural as computer use is for most of us.

One unexpected area where they excelled was gaming. The use of mobile devices for games has increased to such a degree that the graphics are nearly as good as they would be on a console. Which is quite a feat, when you consider the speed at which that evolution took place.

When it comes to iPhone games, who are the best representations for the genre? Here are ten awesome iPhone game mascots you will almost certainly recognize.

1. Angry Birds

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Smash hit Angry Birds is probably the most popular game to hit a mobile device since Tetris. Fun, satisfying and addictive, you see the merchandise everywhere these days. Everyone just seems to love those pissed off flying feather balls. Their mascots are the birds themselves – and to a lesser degree, the pigs they fight – and they can be seen on anything from tshirts to bumper stickers.

2. Jelly Defense

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Who knew a blog of red goo with one eye could be so loveable? Jelly defense is a great game, with some fantastic levels that are really fun to play. Especially if you are a fan of Tower Defense games, though this one is more like a reverse version of that concept. As for the little jelly people, they are adorable!

3. Pussy Flip

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Humorously questionable name aside, this puzzle game features a couple of cute, wide eyed kitties that are impossible not to like. Bright orange or blue, they even have those giant anime looking eyes we see so commonly from cute things.

4. Mouse About Lite

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Not so into cats? Well, how about mice? You play the part of Marv, who just wants to indulge in his passion: food. But he is faced with a couple of obstacles, like a cat who wants him for his own dinner, and a lot of non-edible items laying about like screws and nails. This is the lite version, but the mascot is so great you will want to keep playing on the real thing.

5. Jetpack Joyride

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It is hard not to assume a character is awesome when he has a name like ‘Barry Steakfries’. But when that character is flying with a jetpack, the cool level goes through the roof. The creators of Fruit Ninjas also made this game, so it is no wonder they made such a likeable hero.

6. Plants VS Zombies

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If you are like me, you are sick to death of zombies thanks to the last several years and the craze surrounding them. But that won’t make you any less fond of the undead or their botanical nemesis in this popular game.

7. Rolando 2

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Rolando is one of the most popular iPhone game franchises on the market. With their return in Quest For The Golden Orchid, you get to play with that same mass of bouncy ball characters that you fell in love with the first time.

8. Doodle Jump

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Doodle The Doodler looks to me a bit like Woodstock with a vuvuzela. But don’t hold that against him. He is the coolest graph-jumper this side of the web. You control him as he jumps upward and gathers items along the way, like propeller hats, jetpacks and avoids the evils of UFO’s, monsters and other enemies.

9. Toki Tori

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Toki Tori is an egg. With eyes. And a a tail. OK, he isn’t an egg, but he looks like one, and he is the cutest wannabe egg you could ever find. You help him solve puzzles using an arsenal of weapons and items, making your way across a creative landscape filled with obstacles.

10. Bookworm

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It always surprises me to find this on the iPhone. Bookworm is a character from a long running series of educational PC games that help children in the Pre-K-1st grade level learn to read. Now, he is on your device to help your kids learn in the same way.

Who are your favorite iPhone game mascots? Let us know in the comments!

Michele is an entertainment blogger for Dobovo, the free tool based in Ukraine.

In today’s music industry, with available digital mediums and music distribution channels like Pandora, iTunes, and Spotify (among countless others), rock stars and musicians are not making nearly as much of their money directly from album sales as they did several decades ago. And back in the days of the controversial Napster, this was a huge problem, because everyone thought – doesn’t taking away album sales deny musicians of their hard earned money and success, leaving them broke and uncompensated? The music industry has completely bounced back from the Napster debacle, and is actually thriving more than ever, so we all know the answer is no. As it turns out, the most financially successful musicians of the latter half of this century were able to build most of their riches through a variety of avenues, including clothing lines, restaurants and businesses, and especially, real estate investment. Check out this infographic to see who exactly are the richest rock stars of all time, and how they made most of their money.

This infographic was produced by BearShare.com, the world’s leading free and legal file sharing software.

With Mothers Day just around the corner on the 10th of March I have been looking for something nice and different to buy instead of the usual flowers and as I was clearing some of the junk out of my PC/clutter room in my new house I stumbled upon some business cards I had been looking for which reminded me to take a look at Vistaprint to see if they had any special deals on for Mothers Day.

My Choice Of Mothers Day Gift From Vistaprint

Whilst Vistaprint don’t seem to have any specific Mothers Day deals on the home page at the moment, I did see a range of great offers (discount savings on a lot of products) and the one that really stood out for me the most was the Photo Books which I thought would make a lovely Mothers Day gift and be something completely different which she had never been given before!

You can currently get a small photo book from just £6.99 (normally £13.99), but I think a medium sized photo book would be a much better gift for my mum and being as they start from just £11.99 with the current discount down from £14.99 I think it’s a great deal!

The Design Stage Of My Photo Book

I chose my medium size photo book from the available size options which comes in a size of 20cm x 15cm and can hold between 24 to 120 pages, has the option of a photo cover for FREE! And is available in several “attractive colours” which is perfect for making a lovely and memorable Mothers Day gift!

When you click to create your photo book Vistaprint will give you two options on the next page, the first is to download an offline editor so you can enjoy making your photo books offline from anywhere, and the second is to work online with their photo album online option which is the one I chose to use as I like to do these sorts of things online and it still allows you to re-open and edit your photo books at any time from any computer

Using The Online Photo Book Creator

So using the online photo book creator is really simple and they have a short and easy to follow video in the editor so you can see how it all works! So to start with all you do is upload your photos by clicking the orange camera button and select the photos you wish to upload from your computer (hold Ctrl if you want to upload more than one photo at a time).

Now we have our photos uploaded it’s time to create the photo book! Vistaprint give you two options for this which you will automatically be taken to once your photos have finished uploading. The options are to manually place your photos or let Vistaprints online photo book auto fill the book for you, and as I like to see how these things work I decided to use the auto fill option and told it to place a single photo on each page (I started with just 4 photos as a test run to see how well this worked before doing my whole photo book) which worked very well and then I simply played around with the different settings to make my Mother’s Day photo book look all lovely and beautiful for my mum.

The Out Come Of My Photo Book

Well I haven’t quite finished my book yet as I am waiting to add some more photos to it so I will have to update this part of the post at a later date, but I did do some research looking around for reviews on these photo books and many others have said that the high quality finish of them was far better then they was expecting to have so I can’t wait to finish mine and get it delivered in time for Mothers Day

Mouse over text using css:

Here is the code we would use to do this:

<<style type=”text/css”>
#productsMouseover li {position: relative;cursor: help;border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;float: left;height: 100px;line-height: 100px;margin-right: 10px;text-align: center;width: 100px;color: #666666;font-family: “Segoe UI”,sans-serif;font-size: 16px;list-style: none outside none;padding: 0;}

#productsMouseover li p.textMouseover {display: none;position: absolute;top: 80px;left: 20px;z-index: 1000;width: 200px;box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #ccc;box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #CCCCCC;display: none;left: 20px;position: absolute;top: 80px;width: 200px;z-index: 1000;background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #EEEEEE;border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;font-size: 0.8em;line-height: normal;margin: 0;padding: 5px;text-align: left;}

#productsMouseover li:hover p.textMouseover {display: block;}
</style>
<ul id=”productsMouseover”>
<li>Product 1
<p class=”textMouseover”>Place your content / product description here.</p>
</li>
<li>Product 2
<p class=”textMouseover”>Place your 2nd content / products description here</p>
</li>
<li>Product 3
<p class=”textMouseover”>And finally place your 3rd content / products description here</p>
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One of the reasons why Firefox is so famous with the average home user is the fact that it has a huge market of add-ons. Add-ons or extensions are specific software designed to make some of your daily tasks easier and they will be installed as a part of the browser. Hence the name Add-on. This article will give you some of the top add-ons that you must have when using the Firefox browser for personal use.

Foxmarks Or Xmarks

Foxmarks has been around for a while now and if you have browsed for add-ons specifically for password and bookmarks management, this is the top add-on that is on the market at this point of time. This add-on is gradually re-branding itself as Xmarks but the functionality is still the same. For those of you who are not aware of it, the add-on will help you in organizing your bookmarks and passwords. If you are the kind of person who uses more than one browser, Xmarks will help you in shifting the organized passwords and bookmarks from one browser to another. Another interesting capability of this add-on is that it will allow you to store data on a server that you can create using your own computer.

Greasemonkey

Greasemonkey is the ultimate customization tool for your browser. When you initially setup the add-on, you get a feeling that it is worthless as there won’t be any apparent changes immediately. But the changes can be made by you. With snippets of code that this add-on can generate, you can  customize your favorite sites. Although it seems complicated at first, it is very simple to use.

Adblock Plus

Blocking ads is probably the top requirement of the modern day internet user, especially if you are one of those people who shop online regularly. But there are some ads that you prefer to watch, and that is exactly what Adblock Plus allows you to do. You can choose which ads are allowed and which ads must be blocked.

Automatic Save Folder

This add-on will organize your folders on the basis of its extensions or any other criteria which you want to define. Although this is a non Mozilla approved download, the functionality and reliability is so good that you can take the risk of trying it out. The recent release of this add-on doesn’t require a login or sign up for usage.

Lily  is an expert with Cirrus Insight. Her interests lies primarily in writing and she loves to write about internet technology and marketing. Cirrus Insights provides Google apps for better CRM.

Has anyone noticed what’s going on with http://www.dmoz.org/?

I just gone to check to see if a new clients link has been accepted yet (there’s some wishful thinking for ya lol), and noticed that all the pages as screwed!

Would be interesting if someone from Dmoz could comment on what’s going/happened to the worlds most known and used directory? I will be emailing Dmoz to ask if they would like to comment on what’s happened and when we can expect the site to be back to normal, but for now…

Below is a screenshot just in case its fixed before anyone gets to see it lol

Its the start of Movember (November) and at work we have all signed up to the Movember website and had a clean shave to start our Mo Growth for the month!

For more details on Movember please head over to http://uk.movember.com/about/ where you can read all about it and how you can join in on the cause to help raise vital money by donating!

As I mentioned above, at work we have started a TME Movember team, so if you would like to donate towards the cause please feel free to donate to my profile at http://mobro.co/nathanielbailey. I haven’t upload any photos yet (only started today lol), but I will do my best to post some photos so you can see what your donations are helping to grow on my face lol