THE PLUG MAGAZINE

Toshiba Quits U.S. TV Market, Licenses Name To Taiwan’s Compal

http://ift.tt/15QNZ77 ( Bob ) Toshiba will be leaving the U.S. market for televisions, but you’ll still be able to buy a Toshiba TV later th...

Restaurant Bonus Gift Card Promotions Mean Discounted Meals

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http://ift.tt/1wJWdnw ( The Joy Of The Mundane ) Sure, gift card bonus deals are meant to induce you to buy even more gift cards, maybe keep...

Study: “Anonymous” Credit Card Data Is Actually Completely Identifiable

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http://ift.tt/1Lsjuox ( a lonewolf ) We all kind of know that credit card data isn’t terribly secure , and that the payment information is ...

Appeals Court Sides With FTC In POM Wonderful False Advertising Case

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http://ift.tt/1HtpAFL ( gabster_ro ) The Federal Trade Commission hasn’t let the bee out of its bonnet over health claims made by POM Wonde...

Lawsuit Alleges Costco Managers, Employees Taunted Greeter With Tourette’s

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http://ift.tt/1CIAOSa ( Mike Mozart ) A new federal lawsuit filed today claims that Costco and the managers of a Long Island store violate...

Verizon Wireless Will Finally Allow Users To Opt Out Of Being Tracked By “Supercookies”

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http://ift.tt/1vgF76O ( Amanda Hoffman ) Verizon has been watching you. If you use their mobile service, Verizon has been tracking your eve...

Super Bowl Weekend Is The Big Show For Pizza Box Manufacturers

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http://ift.tt/1yMNSzY ( Marc Wathieu ) Did you know that there’s a pizza season? Pizzerias say that their business picks up in October, and ...

Alibaba Vows To Step Up Efforts To Prevent Online Sales Of Counterfeit Goods

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http://ift.tt/1yMNRfj It’s been a whirlwind week for the relationship between e-commerce giant Alibaba and the Chinese government. After on...

Comcast Is Also Changing Customers’ Names To “Whore” And “Dummy”

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http://ift.tt/1vgAREo (courtesy Elliott.org ) This is not how Comcast wanted to end a week that saw it having to explain how a supposedly r...

Are Cable Companies Lowering HBO Rates In Advance Of Standalone HBO Go?

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http://ift.tt/1yMDvMB ( blue_j ) Though we still don’t know a specific launch date, name, or monthly cost of HBO’s upcoming standalone stre...

Addicted To Tanning? Study Says It Might Be In Your Genes

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http://ift.tt/1yMDvwa ( gweggyphoto ) While there are those of us who shun the sun and it’s potential to tan skin into a hue other than sca...

Jones New York Will Close Stores, End Wholesale Business

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http://ift.tt/1HsFyjF This week hasn’t exactly brought good news for women’s fashion. Kate Spade announced yesterday that it would shutter ...

Exec Formerly Known As “Comcast Frank” Has Some Tough-Love Advice For Company

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http://ift.tt/1Hsmn9q ( honeylamb ) Once upon a time, Frank Eliason was better known Comcast Frank , heading up the cable company’s Digital...

Adobe Accuses Forever 21 Of Pirating Design Software

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http://ift.tt/1KeqDWd ( list ) Wait a minute…Forever 21 is in legal trouble over an intellectual property issue that doesn’t involve accusa...

ESPN Selling U.S. Fans Live-Streaming Access To Cricket World Cup For $99.99

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http://ift.tt/1CHJpVc ( j.e.mcgowan ) While cricket doesn’t enjoy the immense popularity it inspires in other countries, fans of the sport ...

Yelp Goes To Court To Protect Identity Of Anonymous Review-Writer

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http://ift.tt/1BDYyFB ( Rich Rogala ) Once again, a business who is displeased with an anonymous review on Yelp is trying to sue that revie...

Delta Air Lines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Pilot Gets Locked Out Of Cockpit

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http://ift.tt/15PsjrS ( don buciak ) In what can only be akin to walking out the front door and realizing you locked your keys and the baby...

Intuit Caves To Pressure: Offers Free TurboTax Upgrades, Will Undo Changes To Software For Next Year

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http://ift.tt/1zekKaf Intuit CEO Brad Smith is sorry. Ask, and ye shall receive. Or rather, create a fuss big enough to let a company know ...

Feds Take Action Against Pair Of Deceptive Auto Title Lenders

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http://ift.tt/1wIv04o ( Stephan De Witte ) When it comes to short-term, high-interest loans, payday lenders may get most of the headlines, ...

Police: Telemarketer’s Phone Call Saved Woman 900 Miles Away From Violent Attack

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http://ift.tt/1tEGeMp ( Peeping Dragon Photography ) Usually a telemarketer’s call is greeted with annoyance, disdain or even outright ange...

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds

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http://ift.tt/15P78Gj Here are ten of the best photos that readers added to the Consumerist Flickr Pool in the last week, picked for usabil...