Looking for a holistic view of your personal finances? Personal Capital gathers all of your finances into one easy to use service. Personal Capital specializes in two things: personal financial aggregating and advisory service to manage your money. The free service specializes in investment planning, which it does a great job at. With the ability to track every aspect of your finances you get (what Personal Capital calls) a 360° View of Your Financial Life…

Should you use Personal Capital or Mint for your personal finance needs? Depending on your financial goals you may choose one over the other. More specifically, do you want help with budgeting and spending? Or are you looking to plan ahead for the future? Your answer to these questions will determine which company is best for you…

Uh oh, you’ve heard about the data hacks and credit card breaches – identity theft is serious business and a security threat for each and every one of us. But now it’s time for you to learn more. Our LifeLock review includes the pros, cons, key features, pricing, customer testimonials and more to help you decide if the cost of LifeLock is worth it…

A while back my husband came home and told me to use cash (instead of my debit/credit card) anytime I fill up my car with gas. I was curious as to what spurred this request. It turned out, he had heard about criminals stealing peoples’ credit card information by placing skimmers on pumps at the gas station. It seems like we aren’t safe anywhere these days. However, identity theft protection services like IdentityForce can help monitor your personal information and warn you about suspicious activity. Learn how this company can help keep your financial information safe in our IdentityForce Review…

You’re buying a new TV for your house, but when you go to swipe your card the cashier tells you your card has been declined. WHAT?! You check your recent transactions and see that someone’s been using your card for the past month! Your identity has been stolen and you feel like your world has been flipped upside down. This is where having Identity Guard will come in handy. Not only does IdentityGuard alert you when there is fishy stuff going on, but it also helps you recover from identity theft. Find out what else ID Guard can do for you in our Identity Guard review…

Jane bought a gift for her friend online. A week later that website was hacked, and her personal data was stolen. Random charges started appearing on her credit cards, and her bank account dwindled down to nothing. She was struggling to pay her bills, and it wasn’t her fault. She didn’t know what to do, how to get her money back or how to make it stop…

Cable TV bills can run as high as $130 or more per month!! Sure, cable companies have “basic packages” but the channels they offer are never the ones you want, right? This forces you to upgrade packages at a premium price. After spending way too much on cable, you’ve likely become frustrated and want to cut the cord. Learn how video streaming services can allow you to watch TV without paying such a high price…

The Nook (created by Barnes & Noble) and Amazon’s Kindle are some of the most popular eReaders (also written as “e-reader”) on the market today. They allow you to take your entire library with you to read wherever you go (and some allow you to surf the web and more)! We’ve created a pricing and features comparison table with all of the Nooks and Kindles included. Then we go over each category in detail and what you should consider when making your buying decision…

Beep, beep, beep! You wake up at 1 a.m. from the fire alarm and everyone is in their bedrooms. You open the door to the hallway and see huge flames that make it impossible for you to escape or for you to reach your sleeping children…

If you think back to 5 years ago, cyber security wasn’t a term used often. You didn’t really hear about consumers, businesses and the government having their information stolen. It simply wasn’t common. Unfortunately, the times have changed and our digital lives are at risk for being attacked. We need a plan of action for protecting ourselves online. A plan that allows us to still be active on the Internet without fearing our identities being stolen or our money being taken from us…