Recently, the Google co-founder told of what could only be described as an "Orwelian horror story of mass proportions" by fellow internet users. The claim was that other big companies, such as Apple and Facebook, were taking, or trying to take, the internet into their own hands. How much of this is true? Well, according to recent events, it's pretty much
all true and it applies not only to Apple and Facebook but to all the world's
superpowers. I mean, who can forget SOPA and all of that nonsense? Yes, that counts in the
"trying to rule the internet" category.
What does this mean for the average internet savvy saver like you or I?
Well, it could possibly be a disaster of epic proportions--or slightly
smaller less significant proportions. Imagine the internet but with a
subscription fee for different parts. Not like Xbox live but a
subscription for going to
Amazon or for searching on
Google.
Possibly even a little ticket booth on the side of your computer with
an annoying gnome who asks for ID when you go on to any unlisted
websites.
By tfoelster
at 5:23PM,
a year ago
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Technology and Gaming
By The Man About Town
Well, that's Easter done for another year; the four day weekend just flies by, doesn't it? But on return to work on Tuesday morning I was scanning the papers and I saw research that's been conducted by
Carphone Warehouse into the cost of mobile phones in the UK and the long and short of it is that we are losing a staggering £5 billion a year.
The research went into more detail saying that we could all save as much
as £194 a year if we just spent a few carefully planned minutes doing
some research into what the best deal is for us as individuals. Of the
£5 billion extra charges, £174 million comes from charges for accessing
data from the internet via a network. Outrageous, surely?
By eflemingDealPro
at 8:54AM,
a year ago
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Technology and Gaming
The world wide web is host to roughly one gazillion computer-tonnes of
information (that's what information is measured in right?) and word on
the internet is that Apple has 'accidentally' leaked some details about
the new iPad to the public. Surely what has been shown is enough to get
everyone pumped for a completely new revolutionary device filled with
lots of neat gadgets that is completely worth the extra £100 or so in
comparison to the older iPads? Well... almost.
Don't get me wrong
Apple fans, the information given so far has been
pretty good. A faster processor, higher resolution screen and the
installation of Siri isn't something to scoff at but to a student it
may not be enough to warrant the cost.
By tfoelster
at 8:21AM,
a year ago
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Technology and Gaming
As we're sure most of you have noted,
Google's inexplicable homepage doodle from yesterday consisted of nothing more than a group of balls that jumped around the page upon being hovered over with the mouse cursor. Though nobody has been able to figure out what the purpose of the doodle was, a few theories have manifested themselves. The most prominent of these is that Google is simply celebrating its 12th anniversary in a rather peculiar way. Others suggest that, because HTML5 was used to encode the doodle, it's the company's way of trying to push users to upgrade their browsers to HTML5 compliant ones. Beyond that, there are also rumblings that the new doodle is in preparation for some major announcement soon to be made by the search giant. Here at Savoo, all we know is that the logo doodle makes no sense to us and is there for no real reason. The same way these deals are here for no real reason (Other than to save you money, of course. And the fact that they're vaguely tech related.):
By kenny4
at 11:45AM,
3 years ago
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Shopping Advice
It's that time of year again where kids are, somewhat
reluctantly, looking forward to getting back to school, and parents
are congratulating themselves on making it through the long summer
holidays, for the most part unscathed. And from a parenting point
of view that's the good news. The not so good news is that while a
new pencil and pencil case might have sufficed in our Back to
School days, getting our kids ready for the new school year
today takes a lot more planning, and spending.
While we used to stock up on ink cartridges for our fountain
pens, our children need ink cartridges for their printers. And our
only dilemma with notebooks was whether we needed A4 or A5, while
our kids are trying to decide whether they want a Dell
or an HP!
Well, here at Savoo we've turned back time to bring you some
incredible deals that will give your children everything they need
to start the 2010 school year at prices from when they were still
in nappies.
By Clodagh Foelster
at 6:35AM,
4 years ago
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News
Britain's finances are so stretched that
whoever wins the next election will have no option
but to cut defense and welfare spending by 10 per cent. Every time
we open the newspaper or turn on the TV, it's all doom and gloom.
Who hasn't thought that it would be nice if just for once we could
see something more positive in the news? If every now and again we
read something that said 'Have 10% on us' instead of
'We're taking another 10% away from you'? Well, I feel
that way too, so welcome to the Cheerful News! Forget tax hikes,
inflated prices and cutbacks, from now on, when you see yet another
depressing number in the news, pop back here and see it from a much
more cheerful angle. Starting today with
our take on what 10% means. All
of these voucher codes will save you 10% on your purchases, which
means 10% back in your pocket...enjoy!
By Clodagh Foelster
at 12:05AM,
4 years ago
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Cheerful News
HP seems to be a hot topic at the moment with a couple of blogs on the computer giant. As Scotdeals says, if you are buying a printer or supplies you should always check out those deals as that is such an easy way to save.
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I've always liked HP laptops but they recently announced their plans to discontinue that side of their business :( Still my first stop for printers and printing supplies though. The best discount codes from HP are usually on specific product lines so it makes sense to keep an eye out online for those.
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