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The Best Mattresses For That Other Thing You Use Mattresses For
Our lab-coated cousins down the hall at Consumer Reports may test all kinds of products extensively, including mattresses, but we're fairly certain they've never produced a ratings chart like this one. Hilariously-named sleep product review site Sleep Like the Dead polled their users to find out which type of mattress is best for the second most important thing that most people use their beds for: sex. More »

Landlord Offers $50 Off Rent To Tenants For Leaving Positive Ratings
Luke got an intriguing email from his landlord. It was an offer for $50 off his April rent - hooray! - but he had to something unsavory first. His landlord wanted him to go to apartmentratings.com and give the apartment complex 5-star ratings across the board. More »

"Useless" One Of Most The Prevalent Words In 1-Star App Store Reviews. Why?
Marco wrote a script to tease out the most commonly appearing words in 1 and 5 star App store user reviews and found some interesting trends. Among them, the word "useless" is surprisingly popular for 1-star reviews, and it's often for pretty narrowly defined reasons. More »

Kmart Wants To Tape Your Video Game Reviews To Display Cases
Non-gamers who cruise video game aisles looking for gifts are bewildered at the strange sights from the lineup of game boxes. Kmart is asking gamers to help out those customers by submitting user reviews that they'll post near games in the store. More »

Make $20-$40 A Pop Shilling On Yelp

—>Did you know that you can earn $20-$40 at time just for lying? According to this Craigslist ad, a New York business owner desperate for positive reviews on Yelp, an online yellow pages couples with user reviews, is shelling out for shills.  More »