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Foursquare launches its redesigned mobile app focused on location-based recommendations

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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In one of its boldest moves to date, Foursquare is today launching a revamped and reimagined version of its original mobile app. After removing the check-in functionality for a new app called Swarm, Foursquare has refocused its core app on location-based recommendations. One of the biggest changes is a new tagging system called “tastes.” From the initial on-boarding process, you’ll be able to choose specific food, drink and venue types that you’re interested in. Foursquare throws up a huge list of suggestions based on your prior check-ins, but you can search for new ones too. The company says there are…

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You get 25,000 mornings as an adult. Here are 8 ways to not waste them

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, How-To's, LifeHacks

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James Clear writes about using behavioral science to master your habits and improve your mental and physical health. This post originally appeared on his blog. You’ll wake up for about 25,000 mornings in your adult life, give or take a few. According to a report from the World Health Organization, the average life expectancy in the United States is 79 years old. Most people in wealthy nations are hovering around the 80–year mark. Women in Japan are the highest, with an average life expectancy of 86 years. If we use these average life expectancy numbers and assume that your adult life starts at…

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Here is everything Microsoft added in Windows Phone 8.1 Update

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 1:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile

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Last week, Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8.1 Update and the features it will include. Now the company has posted the changelog for the release over on the Windows Phone 8 update history page. Without further ado, here’s what’s new: Folders. Folders let you organize your Start screen the way you want. Just push one Tile on top of another one to create a folder and get going. Messaging. Combine multiple text messages into one, and then forward them to someone else. Selection. With improved selection, you can now delete multiple calls, messages, or contacts. Apps Corner. Apps Corner lets you…

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Pandora cuts its first deal with artists by partnering with indie record label group Merlin

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 1:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Pandora today announced its first deal with artists by partnering with Merlin, which it described as the world’s largest organization for independent record labels. Its members represent over 20,000 labels, which command around 10 percent of the global and US streaming music markets. The deal, which applies to Pandora’s business in the US, is meant to help independent labels and artists grow both their audiences and their royalties. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the two companies say the agreement is “structured to protect the economics of participating labels.” Here are the partnership’s details: Pandora will accelerate the discovery of…

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Formulas for Sale

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 1:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


101 Ready to Use Excel Formulas

It’s for sale. If you pre-ordered, it’s probably on the way. If you didn’t, well, you know what to do.

I got my copy last night. My wife, who is not an Excel geek by any stretch of the imagination, is excited to read it. At 240 pages, it’s not the usual phone book sized tech book, and it seems more accessible to her. What she doesn’t realize is that it’s packed with awesome formulas and she’s actually going to learn something. That’ll show her.

After being on sale for a few hours it’s the 643,122nd ranked book in the world. Let’s see if we can get that up to 643,121.

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