Day: July 11, 2017

Watch Station joins Shopkick

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Shopkick is excited to announce a new partnership with Watch Station, the premier retailer for designer timepieces. Now you can earn Shopkick points (called “kicks”) when you check into one of the 36 Watch Station stores nationwide — collect points and cash them in for free gift cards!

What Can I Buy at Watch Station?

Even in this era of gadgets galore, the humble wristwatch remains a symbol of technological advancement. Watches were the first “wearable tech,” after all. Think of the multitude of little gears precisely crafted and set to bring you reliable (and stylish) timekeeping. It’s no wonder watches are heavy favorites when it comes to gifts and accessory choices. From timeless to trendy to high tech, Watch Station carries iconic brands and jewelry perfect for every occasion. Shop styles from designers such as Kate Spade New York, Fossil, Marc Jacobs, and more. You’ll find a personalized experience that will leave you feeling fashion-forward and knowledgeable about the ever-evolving watch.

Slim watches available at Watch Station

How to Earn Free Gift Cards While Shopping at Watch Station

Download Shopkick on the Apple or Google Play Store, and stop by your local Watch Station to rack up those points!

Join the battle to defend net neutrality

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Our free and open Internet is at risk. We’re proud to join the fight to defend online freedom during the Internet-wide day of action to save net neutrality, July 12.

What is Net Neutrality?

Right now we have access to every website from every Internet connection in the world.  This democratization of information is easy to gloss over and often taken for granted.  After all, this is all we know – the Internet started this way and has always been this way. Net Neutrality is the basic principle that protects our free speech on the Internet.

What are we fighting for?

Today, this very fundamental right is under threat.  The companies that provide the underlying Internet network connections (telecom and cable companies mostly) want to charge more for our right to access certain websites depending on the content within them.  This will mean that the Internet will become more like cable TV, and will offer premium ‘channels/websites’ for an additional fee.  Without net neutrality, cable companies don’t have to let you use the best things on the Internet; they can force you to use their things unless you pay additional fees. In other words, instead of improving services, cable companies can just make other people’s services worse.

This image from Software Engineering Daily displays what the future will look like without net neutrality:

Internet with and without net neutrality

At Shopkick, we proudly join many major tech companies including Facebook, Google, and Amazon in the fight to save Net Neutrality. Together, we can stop censorship and corruption.

On July 12, the Internet is joining forces to let the government and the world know that the Internet must remain a place of freedom; and should not become like cable TV.  Join the fight to ensure that every website is treated the same, and stop cable companies from charging extra for the content you enjoy today.

Join Us

Learn more and join the action here: https://www.battleforthenet.com/july12