Deal of the Day: $450 Coupon for HP Envy 15 Core i5 Laptop

If you’re looking for one of the best 15-inch laptops money can buy, look no further. The HP Envy 15 boasts serious chops, featuring a 2.5-GHz Intel 2nd Generation Core i5 processor, 6GB of memory and 1GB AMD Radeon discrete graphics. An optional 1080p display, Beats Audio with six built-in speakers and subwoofer, and aluminum design rounds out the laptop’s good looks. What’s more, the entire package is just 1.11-inches thick and weighs 5.79 pounds. Normally $1,349, the 15.6-inch HP Envy 15 is just $899 plus free shipping through a deal at LogicBUY.

When we reviewed the HP Envy 15, we gave it 4 stars and an Editor’s Choice, and for good reason — the Envy 15 boasts solid performance and graphics, excellent Beats audio with a dedicated volume button, bright full 1080p display, relatively fast boot time and a comfy well-backlit keyboard. Our configuration played the latest games with ease, and more expensive configurations feature up to a Core i7 processor and 16GB of memory. 

Base Specs: 2.5-GHz Intel 2nd Generation Core i5-2450M processor; 1GB AMD 7690M graphics; 6GB DDR3 RAM; 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive; 8-cell battery; HD webcam; 802.11n WiFi; Backlit Keyboard; Adobe Elements 9 Bundle; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS; 2-year warranty

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CardSpring API for Instant Coupon Discounts with Cards Debuts at SXSW

At SXSW 2012, online coupon website RetailMeNot.com has partnered with CardSpring to let festival-goers tie coupons and discounts directly to their credit and debit cards. The promo was executed via a campaign called “What the Truck?” in which RetailMeNot utilized the CardSpring API, a developer platform which enables the building of mobile and web applications for payment cards.

It’s not as confusing as it sounds. In What the Truck‘s case, the RetailMeNot program used CardSpring’s tech to build out a new way to link coupons directly to people’s plastic cards—whether debit or credit—which frees users from the inconvenience of having to print or bring along those extra physical coupons. All they have to do is get the web app, which lets them browse vouchers for food trucks around the vicinity of the SXSW conference. Then, users can sign up, register their credit or debit cards, link the coupon, and pay normally with their card at the truck. The linked coupon is automatically applied at the time of payment, letting the user effortlessly shave $2 off a delicious Texan taco.

And that’s just one application for CardSpring. “CardSpring is a platform—the way iOS is—that lets developers create programs to bridge the physical act of paying with the online space,” explained Jeff Winner, CTO of CardSpring.

Winner gave us a few other examples of how CardSpring’s API could be utilized. Someone who buys a drink at Starbucks, for instance, might be able to unlock a corresponding virtual badge on Farmville. Or someone might build a “verified Yelp,” where users would only be allowed to write reviews for a place if they had purchased something from them earlier, information which an app using the CardSpring API would be able to verify.

Winner revealed that there has already been a lot of interest from the developer community over the API, but also that it’s somewhat difficult to nail down how huge apps built for this platform could get.

“It’s like when Apple came out with iOS. Some apps grew incredibly popular, while others didn’t fare so well. It’s bit too early to tell,” Winner said. “But we would like to do that—become the iOS for the mobile payment space. Then it’ll be exciting to see how things will play out.”

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