Free goodies from Project Fi at the airport in San Jose

Posted on by Jules Wang

The Project Fi Travel Trolley is what Google calls a vending machine full of sleeping masks, socks, charging cables and so on that’s currently sitting across gate 25 of San Jose International Airport. And everything in there is all free… if you’re subscribed to the MVNO service.

If you happen to be taxiing in or out of Silicon Valley for the next while and happen to pass the Travel Trolley by, call up *#*#359948434#*#* on your phone (that’s “FLYWITHFI” on the number pad). You’ll get taken to a page on the Project Fi app with a QR code you can scan at the machine.

You’ll only be able to grab an item from the machine once every 24 hours, so choose wisely — you’ll likely not be able to go double-dipping unless you’re a Project Fi fan who flies into work every day, you jetsetter.

Can’t get out to SJC? Maybe wait until the trolley moves off to somewhere else. Or, get some free apps and referral credits with the Fi for the Holidays campaign.

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Android Pay holiday promo in the UK takes advantage of crackers

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This year, if you use Android Pay in the UK, you know that you at least have one cracker’s contents that will be all to yourself.

The mobile payments system, which launched in the country in May, has launched a campaign called “shop. tap. reward.” Every in-store purchase or Transport for London tap with Android Pay this month will net you a virtual cracker in the app.

100,000 gift cards are up for grabs, any one of which could be a £10 card for Costa Coffee, some movie tickets or up to £500 gift cards. Even if you don’t happen to win anything, every cracker you open up will also net you a coin. Collect five coins and you’ll get £3 good at Costa Coffee (up to 250,000 allotments are available).

The contest is available to persons aged 16 or older in all nations except Northern Ireland through December 31.

Android Pay has also lodged itself as a payment option for Uber in Great Britain and users can get half-off their next 10 rides at up to £5 per ride. New TfL features for Android Pay are also being included in the app.

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Across all seven territories supporting Android Pay, you’ll find new Android Droids celebrating your purchases for the holiday season!

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RadPad Android Pay promotion ended after excessive participation

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Every time you make a payment with your credit card, the bank that issues your card takes a cut of the final bill. If you’re into mobile payments, the tech company behind it also asks for a cut of each transaction. These small cut, but single-digit percentages can make a difference in the bottom line.Take RadPad’s promotion, for example. The company allows its users to not only find an apartment, but have tenants pay landlords through credit cards and debit cards in addition to the more ...

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That definitely looks like an HTC-made Nexus in a Google Photos promo

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Google continues its promotional campaign for its Photos service, but with one big detail that feels quite out of touch.The Instagram clip shows some Google groupies ready posing for the ubiquitous “freeze jump” shot when just as the phone’s about to take the photo, an iOS prompt tells us that the phone’s storage is full. We pull back from the screen to see a hand flick away the prompt, right past the Google Photos pinwheel logo.“Never run out of storage ...

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Verizon Galaxy Note 7 pre-orders tipped to start August 3

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Tomorrow morning is when the Galaxy Note 7 will become a known entity. Taiwan will see things kick off on Friday. And soon, the world.Given how Samsung has been able to claim domination with its Galaxy S7 releases this front half of the year, we ...

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OnePlus 2 price dropped to $300, OnePlus X available for $200 stateside

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In case you needed further proof that the OnePlus 3 is nigh (under three weeks away, apparently), and set to cost even less than its predecessor upon launch, the China-based company responsible for so many great deals these past couple of years just outdid itself with a fresh round of global smartphone ...

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