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  • The Truth About Subscription Fees

    Ahh subscription fees. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and get delivered in different ways. Some subscription fees are small and you are aware what you are signing up for. Others appear small and then the fine print locks you into three months of payment, unbeknownst to you. You look at your bank…

  • Sony Cancels Next Week’s Planned Release of ‘The Interview’

    Christmas might be looking a little less amusing this year. Earlier on Wednesday, Sony Entertainment Pictures decided to cancel its controversial comedy, The Interview, due to numerous terror threats against theaters and the multiple cyber-attacks against the company itself. The $44 million comedy film, which North Korean officials accused as being an “act of war,” depicts…

  • 3M ePrivacy Filter Watches Your Back So You Don’t Have To

    This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of 3M for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. We cannot emphasize enough how important it is to be wary about keeping your private data safe. We’ve already spotlighted some apps that can help locate a stolen device or remotely wipe your memory from afar,…

  • Why You Shouldn’t Abandon Facebook Entirely

    It might be easy to assume that Facebook is going to go the way of My Space. After all, the Times reports that more than 11 million young people have abandoned Facebook and will not be returning. The appearance of Ello on the social media scene has caused further concern for business owners who think…

  • 5 Awesome Apps That Will Protect Your Privacy

    Our electronic devices have become a serious part of our lives but that also means they pose a security risk to our privacy. Should your phone or laptop be stolen, or even if you download an app that is secretly analyzing your browsing history or what not, your private data and information could be at…

  • Dino Run: Free Flash Games Review

    Finding free flash games that are equal parts awesome, fun, and time-consuming is tough. Luckily, Geek Insider is here to help you find the best, the funny, and the so-bad-it’s-awesome games of the internet. With that, let’s check out: Dino Run Where Can It Be Found This game can be found on Pixeljam’s website. What…

  • 5 Books That Have Amazing Potential to Be Video Games

    Games like The Walking Dead and The Last of Us remind us that the power a great narrative can take a video game to the next level. Video games have a lot to gain from literature. Authors create ideas that have the potential inspire compelling games. These video games don’t have to follow the same plot of the…

  • December Movie Preview: A Late Start on the Holiday Movie Season

    Don’t let the title of this post fool you, when I say holiday movie season, I mean big studio blockbusters and critically acclaimed titles that may appear on the award show ballots. As for actual holiday themed movies, there are none. Not one single Christmas cartoon or rom-com will reach a wide audience this year….

  • Why JJ Abrams Just Might Ruin Star Wars

    There are three types of people in this world: Star Wars people, Star Trek people, and those who love both. JJ Abrams will soon be added to the third category as he teams up with Disney to direct the long awaited Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This new installment has a lot to live up to;…

  • Top 10 Tips For Your Backpacking Trip Across Europe

    Deciding to drop everything and travel across a foreign continent or two for a few months can be a momentous planning challenge but it doesn’t have to be scary. Follow these top 10 tips for your backpacking trip from a fellow traveller who spent two months travelling across Europe and be well on your way…

  • Future Vision: The Spaceglasses!

    Like a true science fiction movie, a 50 man team has been working day and night in order to create some of the most futuristic technology the world has ever seen, although they don’t plan to use it to take over the world. Probably. But, you know, science gonna science, so anything’s possible. Meta’s Breakthrough…

  • 5 Sci-Fi Gadgets We Wish Were Real

    You locked your keys in your car. You have a mountain of dishes to clean. You’re stuck in awful traffic. Your coffee table broke and all of your drinks spilled and now your dog is tracking them all over the house. With all of life’s everyday frustrations, there are times where you really want some…

  • Lara Croft’s Five Most Memorable Outfits

    She runs, she shoots, she dives she saves the world—and through it all, she always manages to look fly! Over the years, Tomb Raider star Lara Croft has donned some pretty (and pretty interesting) outfits—but when you’re as rockin’ as this popular game heroine, you could go out (or swing out?) in your Pjs and…

  • Win It! Custom ‘The Walking Dead’ T-shirt Giveaway – Courtesy of Tshirtonomy

    Win It! One of three Custom ‘The Walking Dead’ T-shirts from Tshirtonomy! Use the Rafflecopter Widget below to enter to win one of three ‘The Walking Dead’ custom tees. a Rafflecopter giveaway OFFICIAL RULES Geek Insider reserves the right to substitute similar prizes of equal or greater value in the event the above prize is unavailable…

  • What Today’s Gaming Companies Can Learn From Older Games

    As new video games are announced and released, the producers and designers usually talk about how their game redesigns this or redefines that. However isn’t there that saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” Sometimes games don’t have to redefine anything. There have been multiple games that people have labeled as classics, games that…