The Art Of Writing Your Own Bio: How To Toot Your Horn Without Sounding Like A Blowhard By Jonathan Rick, fastcompany.com The problem with your bio isn’t the boasting—it’s who’s doing the boasting. After college, I did what most liberal arts grads do when they come to Washington: I interned at a think tank. As … Continue reading Write a good bio
From An Apple Alum, An App That Makes Design Presentations A Cinch By Shonquis Moreno, fastcodesign.com Called Context, the software allows designers to mock up backgrounds and settings, without resorting to photoshop or outside photography. Context, a new app created by a designer for designers, is poised to make it vastly easier and fast… From … Continue reading Context app for presentations
Why The Human Body Will Be The Next Computer Interface By Fjord, fastcodesign.com Fjord charts the major innovations of the past, and predicts a future of totally intuitive “micro gestures and expressions” that will control our devices. By now you’ve probably heard a lot about wearables, living services, the Internet of… Why The Human Body … Continue reading The human body is the next interface
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Your iPhone Is A Reliable Research Lab By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com A new study says that smartphones are feasible for use in psychological testing. Josef Bless, a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway, was listening to music on his phone when he noticed the similarity… RT @PopSci: Your iPhone could … Continue reading iPhone as psycho research lab
Basis Band Review: The Only Fitness Tracker Worth Buying By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com The first fitness tracker that could actually help you get in shape, thanks to a goals system that works with your life and sensors that actually track your fitness. The Basis Band is the best fitness tracker on the market. It’s the … Continue reading Basis band is the best fitness tracker
Square unveils ‘Business in a Box’ by Daniel Terdiman, cnet.com The online-payment company’s Business in a Box bundle has everything needed to get up and running with Square Register. iPad not included. Square today unveiled its “Business in a Box” package, a bundle including all the components needed… http://flip.it/Z0OIN Related articles Square unveils Stand for … Continue reading Square business in a box
Scan Documents From Your Smartphone With Scandock Anita Li, mashable.com Smartphones are multi-purpose gadgets that organize our lives. While it’s not uncommon to hear of mobile devices doubling as planners, cameras and recorders, what about scanners?The Scandock claims to turn your smartphone into a “professional-grad… http://flip.it/8RTQo Related articles ScanDock, The $500 Stand For Your iPhone … Continue reading Scan dock smartphone scanning
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Take A World Tour Of Apple’s Newly Trademarked Stores By Addy Dugdale, fastcompany.com First it won ownership of a rountangle—that’s a rectangle with rounded corners—and now Apple has patented its store design. You know, lots of giant glass, pale wood, and nerds in royal-blue tees. Apple has won itself a trademark for its retai… RT … Continue reading Apple’s trademarked stores
Why Tweaking Your Career Vocabulary Can Radically Improve Your Life By Amber Rae, fastcompany.com Reimagining the words we use to define work—and ourselves—is a powerful exercise. Words are powerful. The language we use influences how we think, feel, act, and interact with the world. That’s why I propose a new kind of dictionary. O… RT … Continue reading Re-imagining the words of work
In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a ‘Better Way’ Sarah Mitroff, wired.com Consumer internet companies are notorious for selling us something we don’t really need, whether it’s Foursquare telling us to check-in to the restaurants and shops we enter, or Facebook encouraging us to share every detail of our lives. But it’s… In … Continue reading Solving unmet needs through startup companies
3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places in the U.S. John Koetsier, venturebeat.com Three billion check-ins and tens of millions of tips ought to add up to something. In Foursquare’s case, that means the “Best of” series, which highlights “the most awesome places in cities across the U.S.”The location-based social network, which … Continue reading 3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places
boston.com Do you know someone with a snoring problem? Buy them a pair of running shoesand not just so they can lose weight. Thats the argument in an article in the current issue of the always entertaining Medical Hypotheses. The author,… An antidote for snoring: exercise Related articles Do All Dogs Snore? (dogster.com) Snoring Mouthpiece … Continue reading An antidote for snoring: exercise
Hitcase and ChestR Mount let the iPhone see some action Ben Coxworth, gizmag.com With rugged, mount-equipped iPhone cases such as the Optrix XD, it’s now possible to use your phone as an actioncam. Most of these cases, however, aren’t designed to be mounted on the user’s chest – a viewpoint that often offers some of … Continue reading Hitcase and ChestR Mount let the iPhone see some action
Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter Will Shanklin, gizmag.com If someone asked you what you can do with an iPhone, you could say playing games, listening to music, watching videos and even making phone calls. One thing that you probably wouldn’t mention is checking your blood oxygen saturation. But you can n… Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse … Continue reading Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter
Qmountz jumps into the iPhone-to-actioncam market Adam Williams, gizmag.com iPhone users looking to turn their device into an actioncam have been spoiled for choice as of late, and Qmountz by Maptaq is the latest protective case and mount package to join the fray. .. Continue Reading Qmountz jumps into the… http://flip.it/hgBZv Related articles Qmountz jumps … Continue reading Qmountz jumps into the iPhone-to-actioncam market
Jacqui Cheng, arstechnica.com When Walmart announced earlier this month that it would begin selling the iPhone 5 with a surprisingly affordable $45-per-month, unlimited everything plan, there was much rejoicing. After all, you could never get away with paying that little per… Surprise! Walmart’s unlimited iPhone 5 data plan not so unlimited Related articles Unlimited iPhone … Continue reading Surprise! Walmart’s unlimited iPhone 5 data plan not so unlimited
In the Future, Will Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores? BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com A new library in Texas appears to be normal, until you realize it doesn’t have any books in it. In Bexar County, Texas, the center of the San Antonio metropolitan area’s breakneck growth, a population boom has left some residents… RT … Continue reading In the Future, Will Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores?
Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com No more caring about minutes. Free phone calls over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G! Facebook just let loose with a new update to the Messenger app for iPhone, which until now was restricted to text messaging, sort of like … Continue reading All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook
iPhone 5 coming to Walmart’s Straight Talk prepaid plans January 11th Brad Molen, engadget.com Customers have been able to enjoy the iPhone experience on Walmart’s Straight Talk “BYOD” phone plans for quite some time now, but the prepaid provider will begin directly selling the iPhone 5 — as well as the iPhone 4 — on … Continue reading iPhone 5 coming to Walmart
Miveu intros updated X case that turns your iPhone 5 into a rugged POV camera, we go straps-on James Trew, engadget.com We’ve seen rugged cases for iPhones before, even those that claim to give it action-cam credentials. Miveu rolled up to CES and revealed its latest offering that incorporates a wide-angle FOV lens (much like … Continue reading Miveu intros updated X case that turns your iPhone 5 into a rugged POV camera
Geonaute’s 360 degree sports camera catches all the action, even our hands on James Trew, engadget.com Sport and action cameras are big business, and even though there are a couple of main players, it doesn’t stop other’s trying to get a bite of the apple. Geonaute, however, have come at the situation from a different … Continue reading Geonaute 360 degree sports camera catches all the action
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