Watch Out For Fraud When Trying to Score a Date Online


Updated 02/11/12 7:34 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Online Dating Scams and Fraud

There are lots of ways to find your geeky love match online, but as they say on The Bachelor, not all online daters are there for the right reasons. According to a new report, online dating fraud rose 150 percent in 2011, making Internet dating sites a hotbed for fraudulent links and phishing scams. With over three percent of interactions being of fraudulent nature — including those Read more

Catch Up With Our 2012 CES Coverage So Far


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CES 2012 Roundup

We've left Las Vegas, but that doesn't mean we're done with CES. Missed any news, releases, or photos? Catch up with all of our CES coverage so far, and stay tuned for lots more gadget goodness! Cameras Polaroid adds WiFi to its new SC1630 Smart Camera. Speaking of WiFi, the Sony Bloggie Live can livestream your videos with a connection. Like Instagram? You'll love the new Panasonic Lumix Read more

How Many Chances Do You Get at a First Impression?


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How Many Chances Do You Get at a First Impression?

Answer: Only one! We know, we know — first impressions are super daunting. Luckily, you’re already super smart and clever with killer style, but that winning combo is nothing if your breath is less than fresh. The good news? Scope is here to help with Scope Dual-Blast. You see, the folks at Scope know that in order to make a lasting (positive) impression you have to have two things: a Read more

6 Questions to Find the Best City For Generation Y


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Best Cities For 20-Somethings

We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! As young adults, many of us enjoy a unique time in our lives when we can relocate wherever we like. We’re often free from any significant ties, such as kids or a mortgage, that can tether us to a certain location. Plus, with the technological advances of the past decade, we need not fear losing touch with family and friends; we Read more

Have You Been Using Google Recipe View?


Updated 04/25/11 8:30 PM · Posted by · 7 comments

How Popular Is Google's Recipe View?

Google recently made headlines for launching Recipe View, a new way to search for and see online recipes. A month in, Food52 founder and New York Times writer Amanda Hesser shares her two cents, commenting that the "misguided" new search is "robotic rather than thoughtful." Hesser goes on to explain how the engine's search algorithm — and its options for the ways in which results are refined Read more

BeCouply: A Social Networking App Just For Dating


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What Is BeCouply

The Internet can help you find your mate, either on a dating site, through your online social network, or by allowing you to offer a $10,000 award to anyone on the web who will introduce you to your future wife. Once you're paired up though, technology seems to make love more complicated — you must consider the realities of flirtexting (yes, that means flirty texting), navigate the awkward Read more

Speed Read — States Attempt to Decriminalize Sexting


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New Jersey to Decriminalize Sexting

States like NJ pass bills helping sexting kids avoid sex offender status — NBC NY Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez's battle against breast implants — New York Times Florida pushing record number of laws to restrict abortion — Jezebel Courteney Cox opens up about split from David Arquette — PopSugar Hillary Clinton makes historic visit to Egypt — Huffington Post Transgender pastor to Read more

Music Is the Best Media Cure For a Bad Mood


Updated 02/18/11 12:13 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Music Is the Best Cure For a Bad Mood

Turn off the TV and put aside your reading list, because the best distraction when you're in a bad mood is music. Scientists have known since the '70s that people use music to regulate emotions, both positive and negative, but little research has been done in the last 20 years. And, of course, since then the way people consume music has been revolutionized. We can now call up any song, anytime Read more

Men Think Their Smartphones Are Turning Women On


Updated 02/15/11 5:17 AM · Posted by · 6 comments

Smartphones and Attractiveness

I thought it was a universal given that a man walking and talking with a Bluetooth in his ear was a turnoff, but now I am not so sure since a new study found that the majority of men think their smartphones are sexy. So sexy, they turn women on. If you ask Geek, phones with 12MP cameras and HD video can be sex objects, but there is nothing sexy about them attached to the ear of a man. Yet a Read more

The Changing Face of Gadget Owners


Updated 08/25/11 4:53 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Do Women Use Ereaders Over Tablets?

Can gadgets ever be decidedly female or male? While we've seen companies design technology specifically for women, we haven't heard too much about a gadget being more popular with one gender over the other. A new survey from Nielsen shows females are the predominant owners of ereaders while men own more tablets. Women make up 61 percent of ereader users and only 43 percent of the tablet users. Read more