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You may have heard about Paypal’s Venmo credit card offering. But did you know that you can get Bitcoin and other crypto as cash back from your purchases? Yes, you can. And I do. To get started, first open a ...

I got a notification on my phone letting me know that El Pollo Loco will start delivering by drone. Apparently, it is only in very specific areas of Los Angeles so I may not qualify. If you want to find ...

Interestingly, just as Bank of America finally rolls out their 2 year old cardless ATMs, Chase rolls out their version as well. Sorry Chase. I just switched my default account to Bank of America. You should have told me to hold ...

Bank of America has leap frogged over Chase Bank with their updaded ATMs that allow the consumer to use their smartphone to access their money. Even before Chase had this feature, BofA had what looked like an updated ATM that ...

You may already know that Redbox has automated kiosks at 7-11 and inside Ralphs where you can rent DVDs and Blu-Ray movies and games. It’s not as convenient as simply streaming from iTunes or any of the other services available, ...

In case you felt Amazon wasn’t doing enough to make your life easier, now comes Amazon “Instant Pickup.” Basically, it’s a brick and mortar Amazon location, like this one in Westwood near UCLA, where you can pick-up specific items in ...

With Amazon kicking the ass of every brick and mortar retailer, you’d think that these retailers would fight back to stay alive. Some, like Best Buy have done just that. Other like Toys-R-Us, not so much. Yesterday, I needed a ...

First, I need to explain a few things. If you want to use two-factor authentication to login to your Paypal account, you used to be able to use several different methods. However, for some reason, now you can only use ...

If you want to buy from Amazon, you need a credit card to pay for your purchase. Not any more. Now, you can go to Amazon Cash, and get a barcode (see left screen image), then take that to one ...

For about a year now, AT&T has been opening very large retail outlets called “Store of the Future.” They have now opened one of these in Westwood near UCLA. Apparently, this is AT&T’s idea of competing with Verizon and has ...