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Play the Music You Like Most with Pandora
Listen to more of your most-loved music or explore variations of favorite genres with Pandora.com&emdash:the Internet-delivered radio service that plays only the music you enjoy most. Inspired by the Music Genome Project, Pandora identifies the musical make-up of various genres and artists. This musical DNA is combined with your personal music preferences to create collections of your favorite songs, artists, and complementary tunes. Each collection is called a station--your personalized stream of music with virtually no commercial interruptions. Getting Started Set up your Pandora account by providing your email and password. The free advertiser-supported Pandora service also requires birth year,… Continue reading...
Get Active Listening with Audible.com
Make better use of your commute time or even the time it takes to mow your lawn when you download audio books to from Audible.com. Genres ranging from classics to thrillers, self development to mysteries, and business to fiction will put you on a route to more effortless reading while keeping your busy lifestyle on course. And, because Audible follows a subscription model, you’ll stay more committed to “reading” more often. What it is and How it Works Audible.com is a service of Amazon.com offering more than 75,000 well-mastered, professionally narrated audio books, magazines and newspapers as well as radio… Continue reading...
Get the Goods for Less on Alice.com
Alice.com combines a little Alice-in-Wonderland-whimsy with a lot of Alice-from-The-Brady-Bunch practicality. If your online shopping has been limited to technology gadgets or books and music, it might be time to broaden your horizons. U.S. residence can order everyday essentials and even some groceries from Alice.com with little-to-no retail markup and always-free shipping. How it Works For some of its available products, Alice.com works directly with manufacturers to eliminate costs associated with brick-and-mortar middlemen. Everyone has to make money, but instead of charging you higher prices, Alice.com makes its money off of the manufacturers who buy advertising space on the site.… Continue reading...
Don’t Pass It Up, Pay It Up with Online Bill Pay
Bills lay exposed in your overstuffed mailbox. Paper checks freely display personal and financial information. And, the cost of stamps is starting to impede your daily coffee habit. These are only a few reasons to give online bill pay a second look. Online bill pay is paperless, inexpensive, highly secure, postage-free and easy to use. And with seventy million households making their payments online in 2009, you’ll be in good company.1 How It Works At the onset of online banking, third party vendors partnered with banks to offer fee-based bill pay services. However, today’s financial institutions offer bill pay directly… Continue reading...