The Mogo Blog

Get some Klout - (perfect for job hunters)

Your Klout score and why it matters so much. Nikki digs deep to find out a new trend in personal online scoring – find out what your reach is, and how it can effect your life on and offline. Does your Klout matter? Read on to find out! This will be especially helpful to any Mogo-ers that are finishing school and entering the job market. Good luck! When Sam Fiorella applied for a marketing position at a large Toronto firm, he was sure that his excellent portfolio and 15 years of marketing exper

Join the Crowd: Artists and Designers and Everyone are using “Crowdfunding” to get things done, and I dig it

Lately it seems like everyone out there has something they want me to help them pay for, be it an album, a film, an art project, a book, schooling, or even helping their journalistic website stay afloat. And while that might sound like grumbling, I actually think it’s a cool offshoot of the power of the internet. “Crowdfunding” is not really new, per se, but with the increasing power of sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, getting a lot of people to give a little bit of money to make your proje

Decide.com take the guess work out of when to buy goods

Are you ready to make a big ticket purchase? When it comes to electronics and appliances, there is a ton of research that needs to go down before clicking ‘buy’. But one of the toughest things (especially with electronics) is predicting when a new release is coming – and avoiding the buyers’ remorse of picking up the final run of an item before a similarly priced improvement hits the web/stores. Thanks to Decide.com [http://decide.com], you can get some high power algorithmic support in your c

Use the Onavo App to slice your data bill down to size

Here’s a great app that can actually save you a decent amount of cash. Onavo is an app for iPhone and Android devices that is a watchdog for other apps. Basically, Onavo checks out which apps are running — and which of them are using your data. It reports back to you with what it found – make a few changes in preferences and you’ll stop the flow of costly data for apps you’re not currently using. Here’s how Onavo describes their product: > Onavo puts smartphone and tablet users in control of

App review: Had a glass brings big value on cheap wines

On the heels of Valentine’s Day, here is a great app to increase your knowledge of fine wines (at totally reasonable prices). HadAGlass [http://www.hadaglass.com/] is $2.99 in the app store, and after downloading it on my iPhone a few days ago, it’s already paid for itself. This app features 100 of the best wines under $20 — since it gives such a detailed recommendation, I was able to save money on the wine I wanted, making the ~$3 purchase point of the app worthwhile. I looked like a wine pro