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• HTC Providing 5GB Of Dropbox Storage For Free
  As seen on SocialTimes.com
  A new trend appears to be emerging with mobile device manufacturers partnering with Internet storage providers to provide free online storage to people who buy their devices. HP partnered with Box.net to provide 50 GB of free storage to Touchpad owners, and Box.net is currently providing a similar offer to iOS users who down their iOS app. Today HTC announced that they are providing 5 GB of free s...
• A paperless election campaign?*
  As seen on Osocio Weblog
  Josh Rachlis is a Canadian eco-comic, actor, musician and copywriter. He is perhaps best known for his viral video ”An Inconvenient Proposal: A love song for Laurie David” in which he attempts to woo the ex-wife of Comedian Larry David through his heroic environmentalism. Now, Josh has thrown his hat in the political ring, running for an Urban Toronto seat (Eglinton-Lawrence) in the Ontario...
• Testing job applicants… for sense of humor
  As seen on The Chief Happiness Officer
  In this short video Colleen Barrett, former president of Southwest Airlines, shares some of the tricky (and hilarious) ways they screen job applicants for sense of humor. I’d love to see way more companies do things like this to ensure a good cultural fit for new hires. The fact is that not every person will fit into every workplace culture and there is currently way too much focus on professio...
• Power of political TV ads overrated
  As seen on Holy Kaw!
  People tend to over estimate the power of political messages to influence other’s opinions, a new study shows. In an experiment, people who viewed negative political advertising said the advertisements had little effect on their own opinions, but believed the ads would have a greater influence on others. “People have a tendency to overestimate the media’s impact, especially when we...
• 5 Fantastic Daily Email Newsletters for a Better Life
  As seen on Brain Pickings
  What world peace has to do with dog soap and why everything you knew about baby carrots is wrong. For all its wonders and curiosities, the web can be an overwhelming place. And, for some of us, so can the inbox. But the fact remains that email is still the most manageable way of consuming information, so the past few years have seen a boon of smart, thoughtfully curated email newsletters that serv...
• Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO
  As seen on SocialTimes.com
  Steve Jobs, the visionary behind the progress of Apple from a simple desktop computer maker to a worldwide technological icon, is stepping down as CEO today.  The move comes without any precedent, and will undoubtedly have a large impact on Apple’s future.  Jobs recommended the current COO, Tim Cook, to take over the duties of CEO. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in...
• 8.74 million species on Earth
  As seen on Holy Kaw!
  Census time again, but don't look for a form in the mailbox. This census estimated the number of species on Earth. Eight million, seven hundred and four thousand eukaryote species share this planet, give or take 1.3 million. Eukaryotes have cells with nuclei and other membrane bound structures, which means bacteria and other simple organisms were excluded from the count. Full story at Discov...
• Soothe Your Sore Eyes With F.lux’s Time-Sensitive Lighting
  As seen on Simply Business
  When you spend more than 10 hours a day staring at a computer screen, you’ll welcome anything that can help reduce the risk of eye strain. A cool cross-platform utility called F.lux can do just that. F.lux works by changing the colors of your computer monitor based on the time of day. In the daytime, when ambient lighting is strong, F.lux sets your display to bright daylight tones. At night, wh...
• Texting Will Change the World
  As seen on Digitizd
  Jamie Holmes notes at the Atlantic that 48 million people now have cell phones but no electricity, and 1.7 billion will soon have phones but no bank account. For those people, and the rest of the developing world, text messaging is a lot more than a way to figure out what you’re doing tonight. It’s a game-changer: Afghanistan provides a lively example of the potential of another SMS-based serv...
• Apple’s OS X Lion and New MacBook Air Will Be Released Today
  As seen on TheBlogIsMine.com
  Apple reported its new OS X 10.7 Lion is launching July 20, and that iPad and iPhone sales are up, as part of its July 19 earnings call. Photo: Apple Apple is preparing for the launch of the next version of its desktop operating system, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, as well as a refreshed MacBook Air. We might see these new product in stores as early as Wednesday, AppleInsider reports, quoting sources famil...

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