Category Archives: Deals!
Free Year of PlayOn for Wii U
Through the below link, you can get a free year of PlayOn’s server service. Yep, an entire year for free! Yet another great reason to get a Wii U.
About Nea Lieberman
After graduating UCLA, Nea worked in the far, far back reaches of the entertainment industry before quitting her job to become a full-time mom. Now that her daughter has entered school, she's back on the scene as a tutor, writer, editor, and bearer of all news nerdy!
Free Website Domain and Hosting from Google!
Google and Intuit give you a free website for a year!
Google and Intuit announced that they are offering free website domain and hosting for one year to small businesses. Yep, totally free. You can set yours up here. The website will come up specific for your state, with facts about how to set up a website and why it’s a good idea. The offer is good throughout the United States. You get to pick your domain name (it’s not a subdomain of google, or anything like that, for those of you that remember the days of geocity websites) and set it up using Intuit templates. Per their website, your website includes:
About Nea Lieberman
After graduating UCLA, Nea worked in the far, far back reaches of the entertainment industry before quitting her job to become a full-time mom. Now that her daughter has entered school, she's back on the scene as a tutor, writer, editor, and bearer of all news nerdy!
Freebie: 3DBuzz Offers Free Photoshop CS6 Tutorials
Free Photoshop CS6 Training? Yes Please!
You really can’t argue with free stuff, whether it’s software, services or “other,” but you especially can’t argue with free education. The nice (and disgustingly talented, I might add) people over at 3D Buzz have put together a set of free Photoshop CS6 training videos, complete with supplementary files, which you can download right now. The series covers the essentials of Photoshop CS6, so they’re very friendly for noobies. Perhaps just as important, they’re adept enough at covering the new UI that even seasoned Photoshop veterans can pick up a few new tricks.
Go get your copy now!
About Jason Ward
How to: Build a Windows 8 App
Build a Windows 8 App using free tools provided by Microsoft
Microsoft appears to be taking a different route than Apple when it comes to creating and selling apps. When Apple’s app store first opened, I (and probably you) spent hours going through apps, looking at the free ones, the ones that were replacements for websites/tools I already used, games for myself, apps to occupy my daughter…. well, just about everything. And while, at first, it seemed like most of these apps were made by big companies, I slowly discovered there were a lot of independent publishers out there. You probably know a few – the friend of a friend who made an app, naively hoping to strike it rich. For me, it was my cousin Andy, who released a few apps under Smooth Landon, while other creations of his were rejected. My personal favorite was probably a bobble-head Obama, which Apple rejected for being a negative caricature of a politician, or some other ridiculous crap. But I digress…. while Apple’s apps reach millions of users, the Metro / Modern UI apps for Windows 8 will hit a much, much larger audience. And Microsoft wants to teach you how to build a Windows 8 app – for free.
Yes, free. Microsoft has released everything you need to make your own Metro / Modern UI style app for Windows 8. All of the tools, and even the developer’s license, are available for free. Keep reading to find out how and where to get them.
About Nea Lieberman
After graduating UCLA, Nea worked in the far, far back reaches of the entertainment industry before quitting her job to become a full-time mom. Now that her daughter has entered school, she's back on the scene as a tutor, writer, editor, and bearer of all news nerdy!
DC Comics Shoes by Converse are Effing Brilliant!
DC Comics Shoes from Converse are out, on sale, and giving me a lady boner
Converse has done a handful of DC Comics editions of shoes over the past few years. Their current collection, on sale at half off no less, includes DC Comics shoes featuring Superman, Batman, The Joker, and Robin. There are a variety of sizes on sale from infant to adult, and I’m buying all of them. For myself.
Head on over to their site and use code GMA50 to get the killer discount, or if you’re one of those sociable freaks who likes people, call at 1-888-792-3307 and somebody will–gulp!–talk to you. I’m not sure how long this sale will last, so if you’ve been wanting to stock up on shoes with your favorite comic characters, move fast! Also, through August 29th, you can get free shipping, making this an even better deal.
About Nea Lieberman
After graduating UCLA, Nea worked in the far, far back reaches of the entertainment industry before quitting her job to become a full-time mom. Now that her daughter has entered school, she's back on the scene as a tutor, writer, editor, and bearer of all news nerdy!
Mission: Small Business – about grants or gaining customers?
Is Mission: Small Business out to help small businesses, or to find new customers for Chase and Living Social?
By now, most of you have seen the Facebook posts for Mission: Small Business. The idea behind the campaign is that up to twelve small businesses can receive grants of $250,000 to expand their company. To be fair, the business that helped with this website, Ogre Techs, is in the running for one of the grants. We’ve received at least a half dozen requests from different companies to help support their business. When we went to vote, we noticed the advantage for the sponsors.
In order to have a chance of receiving the grant, a company needs at least 250 votes by the end of June. The competition is open to any small business in the U.S. that meets a few general qualifications. There are literally thousands of businesses competing, if not tens or even hundreds of thousands. The site does not allow you to see the essay that each company had to write to apply for the competition. It does show the number of votes each company has received to date.
Here’s where it gets interesting. The vast majority of companies listed are not going to gather 250 votes. Not even close. Most companies appear to have less than 25 votes. These companies have no chance of being eligible to receive the $250,000 grant. Read on after the break for more details!
About Nea Lieberman
After graduating UCLA, Nea worked in the far, far back reaches of the entertainment industry before quitting her job to become a full-time mom. Now that her daughter has entered school, she's back on the scene as a tutor, writer, editor, and bearer of all news nerdy!
$99 Xbox 360 + $15 Subscription Expands to Best Buy, Gamestop
A few weeks ago Microsoft announced a new deal for Xbox 360. For $99 upfront and $15 a month, the Microsoft Store offered an Xbox 360 4GB Kinect system, including 2 years of Xbox Live. Today, Microsoft announced that by the end of this month the program will extend to all US Best Buy locations and “select” Gamestop locations.
I guess that means it’s something of a success so far, or why bother extending the program’s reach? Hit the source link for details.
Source: Major Nelson
About Jason Ward
Stan Lee’s Comikaze Comic Convention Ticket Deal at Groupon!
Stan Lee’s Comikaze Deal at Groupon
Deal site Groupon is offering a pretty killer deal that every nerdy or geeky gal and guy should get in on: $12 tickets to Stan Lee’s Comikaze Comics Convention.
The convention is scheduled for the weekend of September 15-16th 2012, and is located at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
You can check out the Comikaze Expo site yourself for more details on what events the convention will be offering, but make it fast–the deal expires at midnight on May 9th, 2012!
About Jason Ward
Deal: PS Move Mayhem Bundle, $60, Save $80!
Some deals are just too good to pass up. Best Buy has the Playstation Move Mayhem bundle for a stunningly low $59.99, marked down from $139.99. For your $60 you’ll get:
PS Move Wand
PS Move Nav Controller
PS Eye Camera for PS3
Move Sharpshooter rifle controller
Killzone 3 full game
Resistance 3 full game
All in all, this is an amazing deal! Go get it!
FREE This Week: IObit Advanced System Care PRO
Previously we’ve done a review of Iobit’s excellent freeware product “Advanced System Care Free,” and recommended it whole heartedly. For the next few days, though, they’re offering the PRO version for free, in celebration of the product’s five year anniversary. Now, there’s nothing wrong with the free version, but let’s face it: if you can get the Pro version for the same free price, don’t you sort of owe it to yourself? 
