It’s
two days until Christmas! If you’re
stuck for gift ideas, or you've just run out of time to shop, I have just the
techie solution for you.
There
are techie gift cards available for just about everyone. You can choose a gift card that specifically
suits the interests of the recipient – and you can find all these gift cards at
most supermarkets, as well as some department stores, and specialist electronic
and office supplies stores.
iTunes and Google Play cards
$20,
$30 or $50
You’ll
need to know whether your recipient has an Apple or Android device before you
buy one of these cards. They can be used
to purchase anything (apps, music, movies, books) from the Apple App Store and
iTunes, or from Google’s Play Store.
Perfect
gift for: Anyone
Facebook
Cards
Use
to purchase in-game/app content in participating Facebook games and apps
$15
or $25
Perfect
gift for: Anyone with a Facebook account
PlayStation
Network Card
$20
or $70
Add
credits to a PlayStation Network wallet, or purchase content on any PlayStation
platform.
Perfect
gift for: Playstation players of any age
Xbox
$15, $25, $50
Can
be used to purchase content via Xbox 360 or Xbox One consoles.
Perfect
gift for: Any Xbox players
Nintendo
eShop card
$15
or $30 cards can be used to top up Wii points, Nintendo DS points for Nintendo
eShop accounts.
Perfect
gift for: Any Nintendo players
Games
If
you choose to buy gift cards for a specific game you really should make sure
that it is either a game they play in the case of a gift card that can be used
for in-game purchases; or a game they don’t have but would like to play in the
case of a gift card that is used for a game membership or download.
National Geographic Animal Jam
$15.95
for a three month membership
Perfect
gift for: Young children
League of Legends
A
$10 gift card gives 1380 Riot Points, or $25 for 3500 Riot Points
Perfect
gift for: older teenagers and young
adults
Moshi
Monsters
$6.95
for one month membership, or $24.95 for six months membership
Perfect
gift for: Young children
Runescape
$25
or $40 gift cards can be used to pay for game membership, RuneCoin and Spin
packages.
Perfect
gift for: Teenagers and young adults
(minimum age 13)
Minecraft Gift Card
$25
Allows
you to buy the Minecraft software, and download by redeeming the code on the
card
Perfect
gift for: from 7 up
Club
Penguin
For
$34.95 you get a six month membership to this children’s’ favourite.
Perfect
gift for: Young children – up to 12
There’s one more option for last minute gifts – give them an app
You can buy
an iPhone, iPad,
or iPod Touch app from the App Store and send it as a gift. Open the App
Store app on your own device; touch and locate the app you want to gift and tap
it. Next tap the Share button – that’s the box with an arrow
pointing upwards – then tap the Gift option.
Enter your
friend’s email address, type a gift message, and select the day you want to
send them the gift on. Tap the Next button and confirm your Apple ID password
to buy the app.
Unfortunately
you can’t gift an app through Google, so your best option for Google users is a
Google Play gift card.
