If you’ve previously owned an iPhone and don’t receive texts on your current non-Apple device, it may be because you’re still registered with the iMessage service. Now, you can deregister your number on Apple’s site even if you don’t have your iPhone anymore, in two easy steps. All you need to do is head over to Apple’s new Deregister iMessage page, enter your phone number to receive a confirmation code, and then type the code in to confirm the process. If you still have your iPhone, you can alternatively put your current SIM card back into your iPhone, launch Settings from the…
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Breaking bad habits: What we can learn from Vietnam War veterans and their heroin addictions
Nov09
on November 9, 2014
at 6:30 pm
James Clear writes about using behavioral science to master your habits and improve your health. His free guide, Transform Your Habits, has been downloaded more than 80,000 times. This post originally appeared on his blog. It was 1971 and the Vietnam War was heading into its 16th year when two congressmen, Robert Steele from Connecticut and Morgan Murphy from Illinois, made a discovery that stunned the American public. While visiting the troops in Vietnam, the two congressmen discovered that over 15 percent of US soldiers had developed an addiction to heroin. (Later research, which tested every American soldier in Vietnam for heroin addiction,…
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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. You can audit your content in many ways—be it a quick-and-simple social media audit or a full-scale blog review. You can take the time to run the numbers yourself (a useful exercise!), or you can plug a URL into I’m the type to always plug our Buffer blog URL into a tool to get feedback. If it’s free and simple, count me in. I’ve bookmarked several of my favorites and dug up a handful of other useful graders and tools to come up with the 12 website graders, content scores, and social…
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Apple’s iPhone 6 represents the cutting edge in mobile device technology and manufacturing. Available in two sizes and featuring new Retina HD displays, the lightning-fast 64-bit A8 processor for faster performance and improved battery life, and the groundbreaking iSight camera that shoots 1080p video at 60fps and 240fps for slow-motion, it’s the perfect device to fit into your life. We loved the iPhone 6 Plus, as you can see in our review — now, you can get your very own iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus in our giveaway — no purchase necessary! Just visit the Giveaway page and submit…
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