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If you expected Apple to wait a week until its new iPad starts shipping for the official launch of iOS 11.3, you’ve lost. iOS 11.3, […]
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Apple journalist John Gruber recently lamented that there are simply no Tetris games available for macOS. And he didn’t mean there are no good games. […]
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If you always go to the same place to get your hair done because someone knows how you look good, ask them for their phone […]
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Letters roll in and celebrations are blowing up the Internet . For high school students awaiting a response from the colleges they applied to, this […]
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There have been four nore’esters in my area of the country in the past six weeks, which means the local produce in March was less […]
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If you’re bored in Silicon Valley, then you’re doing it wrong, judging by the comments on this week’s Hack Your City. We asked for your […]
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Life happens. In one minute you are nearing release, ready to conquer the world. The next time you lose your job or cannot find one […]
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As I was chatting with some helpful, albeit semi-robotic, Amazon customer support person, I thought to myself: I really need to better track the promotions […]
Continue reading »Taking a Long Walk Is As Good for the Mind As It Is for the Body.
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I am not what you would call a “health food eater.” Although my mother supplied the home with this biblical sprouted bread, teen Claire simply […]
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The Instant Pot craze shows no signs of slowing down, and if you own one of the multicooker, you probably need it all. As we […]
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If you’re using Microsoft Edge in any capacity, congratulations! You are incredibly rare, so much so that services like Statcounter don’t even have your browser […]
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Most podcast apps are built around finding and subscribing to shows, not episodes. But Listen Notes, Lifehacker’s favorite podcast search engine , now lets you […]
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Facebook spies on us all the time, and by extension on companies like Instagram and WhatsApp . Now, one app is changing position, allowing all […]
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Organic peanut butter is delicious and can even be part of a healthy diet as long as you don’t eat too much. But when you […]
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Of course, rubbing your face with an egg-shaped cosmetic blender is great, and it makes your makeup look smoother like no other. But, as everyone […]
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After the first job offer, the first thing I did was call my parents. I ran through the pros and cons, explained how it would […]
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If you use a wheelchair, other mobility aid, or medical equipment, you may find that people are looking at your equipment and not at you. […]
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In the article ” How to send an email to busy people,” founder of a startup Jason Friedman gives some good tips on how to […]
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Apple never had time to announce a new, cheaper MacBook Air at its event on Tuesday, but you still have a chance to get one […]
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Once when I was a kid, I was in a food court in a mall and mime sculpted all the kids out of balloons. He […]
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You can’t stop Facebook from tracking everything you do on the social network (unless, of course, you delete your account ), but there is a […]
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If you’ve gotten a genetic test for an early riser and he tells you you have an option that puts you at risk for cancer, […]
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Are you a teacher? You may have trained your cat to play assembly, but that doesn’t necessarily give you an educational discount on Apple hardware. […]
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In comedy improvisation, the “yes and” principle means that you first agree with your partner’s premise, and then add it. The stage will not go […]
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