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Take a trip with me back to my parents' house, and I probably have about 20 photo albums filled from cover to cover of mainly my teenage years — yes, a good portion of my part-time job money went to one hour photo developing shops. Now that digital photos are so easy to take and access on your computer, I often wish my "old" print photos were accessible to share with friends and post in my Read more
Ever want to read your interviewer's mind? LearnVest shares a couple of secrets hiring managers don't want you to know. The next time you walk into an interview, consider the following: Your wedding or engagement ring? Can and may be used against you. Those photos of kids on a hiring manager's desk? They may not actually be the manager's children — but the photo is designed to get you talking Read more
First there's news of a real-life Star Trek Tricorder, and now our science fiction fantasies continue to become reality with word that scientists in Scotland have created their own version of Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver, the device he uses to scan alien beings to check their universal origins and get out of his infamously sticky situations. Researchers from Dundee University created a machine Read more
Social network feeds around the world brim with food photography of all kinds; whether it's a quick memory of Friday night dinner or a Martha Stewart-quality holiday tablescape, we feverishly share online what we eat. Chances are we don't know what really goes into the food we're documenting. Wanting to take a deeper look into our cultural obsession with food beyond the five-star restaurants and Read more
Neon-colored Post-its all over your workstation certainly may brighten the surroundings, but it's doing nothing for your productivity or organizational skills. Get with the digital jotting and convert the mess of paper stickies ruling your life into neatly organized electronic notes and reminders. Sign up for these apps and websites to stay on your game. And if you really can't let go of the Read more
We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. A sleeker, stronger body could be just a tweet or a Facebook post away By Jamie Beckman One of the best tools for peeling off pounds is already in your bag: It's your smartphone or iPad. In fact, all that texting, tweeting, and posting — the average woman spends more than 80 minutes a day on her phone, Read more
Mobile shopping is on the rise. In fact, nearly 60 million users will shop on their mobile phone for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales this year. Just because you might be using your smartphone to shop for gifts this year doesn't mean you aren't at risk for hacking, viruses, malware, or identity theft (especially if you're an Android owner, just sayin'). Since we increasingly put more personal Read more
Steve Jobs introduced iCloud at the Worldwide Developers Conference to an excited audience earlier this week. We've been waiting for a cloud-based service from Apple ever since it bought Lala back in 2009, and while iCloud isn't exactly what we had expected, it certainly has its finer points. iCloud allows you to automatically sync all of your digital info (including photos, books, music, Read more
Steve Jobs introduced iCloud at today's WWDC keynote presentation, which promises to move the center of your digital life to the cloud. Essentially, all of the info you receive on your iDevices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touches, and MacBooks) is sent to the cloud first then gets pushed down into your devices, so you're completely synced at all times. Further, iCloud "just works" with all of your apps. Read more
We protect our house with keys and an alarm system, our banking with passwords and pin numbers, and our computers with spam and virus filters, so why do we leave our cell phones open and exposed? Celebrities like Scarlett Johansson, Prince William, and Blake Lively are just a few unlucky victims of cell phone hacking. Since we increasingly put more personal information on our phones, including Read more
