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Justin Lavelle is the social media director and blogger for BeenVerified.com. He is based out of Northern Virginia.
Recent Articles by Justin
3 Must Dos Before Selling Your Phone
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March 30, 2015
Apple announced today that it will be expanding its phone trade-in program and for the first time allow users of competing smartphones to trade in their devices for a credit towards a new iPhone. For those who made the switch away from Apple and now have buyer’s remorse, to those whose resistance to the iPhone is crumbling in the face of cool new additions such as Apple Pay and connectivity to the forthcoming Apple Watch, this news is potentially exciting.
Read More >Don’t Believe Everything You Read on Facebook
March 7, 2015
Our parents used to tell us “don’t believe everything you see on TV.” Their parents told them, “don’t believe everything you read.” Has the time come to warn our kids about the dangers of believing every Facebook update they encounter? Sadly, the answer appears to be yes…and it’s not just kids who are the gullible ones, we are too! In fact, according to a recent survey, a majority of Americans now view search engines (something Facebook aspires to be) as a more credible source of news than actual news sites.
Read More >Felonies, Misdemeanors and Politicians
April 2, 2015
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was recently indicted by the Justice Department on 14 corruption counts. It is alleged that the senator intervened on the behalf of a Florida doctor’s business interests in return for lavish gifts and money over as many as 20 years. While it may be surprising that a prominent politician would potentially put him or herself in such a position, it is not exactly uncommon.
Read More >Five Great Reasons to Avoid Answering That Call
February 23, 2015
We all receive phone calls from unusual numbers, sometimes multiple times per day. Often they come from telltale 800 or 888 numbers, but there are also myriad out of town area codes. Is it your old college buddy Bill from Charlotte who just got a new phone or a robotic voice offering you a discount on mattresses? It often feels like more of a hassle these days to answer your phone than it is letting it go to voicemail or risking missing an important call.
Read More >Hang Up on this IRS Scam
March 19, 2015
According to the Associated Press, a nationwide tax scam has cost Americans over $15 million and counting since 2013. In fact, testimony from a Treasury deputy inspector general notes that these scammers are operating the largest and most pervasive scam on record. The odds are you or someone you know could be or already has been targeted. As tax season approaches deadline day, it’s likely that this scam will become even more frequent immediately after April 15th.
Read More >How many times will you move in your life?
January 30, 2015
According to data blog FiveThirtyEight, the average person will move 11.4 times in his or her lifetime. That’s a lot of moves in its own right, but the potential for younger people to move even more than that is a real possibility. There are a number of reasons for this, including the effects of the financial crisis which some pundits have speculated means more younger people renting rather than buying their homes.
Read More >Online Dating: Don't "Happn" Upon the Wrong Person
March 26, 2015
With all the investment flowing into the online dating space at the moment, it’s understandable that increasingly outlandish ideas will find backers and then appear in your mobile phone’s app store almost as quickly as they were dreamt up. The latest incarnation, aimed at those who don’t find Tinder risqué enough, is Happn, an app that takes instant matching to the next level. What level that is exactly, is “to be determined”… just like the backgrounds of the dates that Happn will set you up with.
Read More >Russia’s Version of Tinder Hacked—Next Target: USA?
January 28, 2015
Bloomberg reports today that 20 million users of a Russian online dating site Topface had their user names and email addresses hacked and offered for sale via an online black market. The owners of the dating site, which uses a similar format to Tinder here in the States, were quick to note that no password or payment information was compromised, as the the majority of users log in with their Facebook details.
Read More >SparkStarter Allows Your Married Friends to Set You Up
February 17, 2015
It seems like every day there is a new online dating app coming to market. Part of this has to do with the fact that so many people are now dating online these days. As the numbers grow, so does the demand for different methods to match up with unknown singles in your area. The latest app to enter the online dating arena is SparkStarter, which utilizes Facebook profiles to help create matches.
Read More >Tinder Charges Older Users Extra For Premium Access
March 3, 2015
Question: What’s more difficult than kissing your carefree twenties goodbye? Answer: The realization that with your 30th birthday, Tinder will charge you twice as much to access its Tinder Plus premium service. What will Tinder Plus offer? For starters, the much coveted ability to “reverse swipe,” which allows users to reconsider potential dates they have rejected. This will be a clutch added feature for those particularly desperate nights when users find new matches unavailable or unwilling.
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