credit
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Let’s Look At Credit Score Rankings By Email Domains
3:40PM Rosa Golijan | Ranking the highest according to a sample of 20,000 credit scores and their corresponding email addresses are BellSouth and Comcast, with Gmail trailing right behind. Reasonable enough, but what’s AOL doing anywhere but at the bottom? [Mashable] More »
Deals
11:36AM Nick Broughall | If you’re an Optus pre-paid customer, make sure you take advantage of their “Big Weekend” promotion this weekend. If you spend $30 or more recharging, you’ll get $50 of bonus credit for free. More »
Dealzmodo: Recharge Optus Pre-Paid for $30, get $50 Bonus Credit
11:36AM Nick Broughall | If you’re an Optus pre-paid customer, make sure you take advantage of their “Big Weekend” promotion this weekend. If you spend $30 or more recharging, you’ll get $50 of bonus credit for free. More »
Networks
2:00PM Nick Broughall | The days of being asked whether some dodgy looking stranger can use my mobile to send a text message because they’ve run out of credit are finally numbered. Optus has today announced their emergency credit service, which will let their prepaid customers borrow $3 worth of credit by texting ‘IOU’ to 468. The money will automatically be deducted from their account the next time they recharge their account. This is an awesome service, if only because it means I don’t have to fear for my life the next time I tell that massive bogan wanting my phone, “no”.
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Optus Offering Emergency Credit For Pre-Paid Customers
2:00PM Nick Broughall | The days of being asked whether some dodgy looking stranger can use my mobile to send a text message because they’ve run out of credit are finally numbered. Optus has today announced their emergency credit service, which will let their prepaid customers borrow $3 worth of credit by texting ‘IOU’ to 468. The money will automatically be deducted from their account the next time they recharge their account. This is an awesome service, if only because it means I don’t have to fear for my life the next time I tell that massive bogan wanting my phone, “no”.
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Gadgets
Kenyans Can Now Max Out Their Credit Cards Wirelessly
5:15AM Charlie White | Those poor Africans. When they want to use their credit cards to go on a spending spree at Bloomingdale’s, they just can’t do it because there aren’t enough phone lines to handle all those credit card transactions. That’s where this Siemens BiasharaPhone MTT 1581 might bring African countries, specifically Kenya, into the 21st century. More »
Random Stuff
Diamond Card…Actually Made of Diamonds
2:39AM Mark Wilson | Smart Card maker GK Power has been contracted by Dubai First Bank to produce 1,000 diamond-packing credit cards for their most affluent clients. While the deal cost the bank $175,000 just in materials, we’re more interested in the conversation when some guy loses his card. More »
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