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Tell Your Boss Anything Anonymously Emails Your Boss [Webapps]
Ever wanted to give your boss feedback, but didn't want to do it to their face? Tell Your Boss Anything is a simple webapp where you can anonymously email your boss, and they can respond right back to...
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Find Joy to Overcome the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) [Happiness]
Caterina Fake wrote about the Fear of Missing Out last year, and the FOMO meme took instant hold amongst those of us who love the digital life. We're keenly aware that our constant connection to those...
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ManualCorrect Makes Autocorrect More Intuitive on iOS [Jailbreak]
iOS (jailbroken): iOS' autocorrect feature can be confusing: you have to tap the autocorrect window to ignore the correction, which just doesn't make sense. ManualCorrect flips this behavior to...
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10 Ways to Reinvest Your Health Insurance Rebate Check Back into Your Health...
If a health insurance rebate check arrived in your mailbox this week, how about putting it towards your health? The checks are part of the Affordable Care Act, which requires insurers to pay out if...
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Don't Worry; It's This Week's Open Thread [Open Thread]
It's been a stressful week, but worry not: The weekend approaches, and we're kicking it off in this week's open thread. Same drill as always, open-threaders: You can chat and ask questions with your...
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Manage Your Money with Google Calendar [Personal Finance]
Google Calendar is a really simple but effective tool for keeping an eye on your cash flow and making sure all your bills get paid. In addition to repeating bill "events," you get color-coding for bill...
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Make an Egg in a Bacon Cup, and Other Incredible Bacon-Cup-Based Foods [Food...
Attention bacon lovers: If you don't own a muffin pan already, you'll probably want to pick one up real soon. You can turn bacon into ingenious edible bowls by baking bacon in a miniature or full-size...
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Outlook vs. Gmail: A Feature-by-Feature Comparison [Email]
Microsoft announced its Outlook webmail service this week, and it's a suprisingly robust new webmail client. But can it hold a torch to the current king of webmail, Gmail? To give you a better idea of...
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Microsoft No Longer Using the "Metro" Name for Its New Interface [In Brief]
Microsoft notified developers this week to stop using the "Metro" as the name for the new Windows 8 and Windows Phone interface. Apparently, a German company called Metro AG disputed Microsoft's use of...
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Make a DIY Grill out of a Tin Can [Clever Uses]
If you're in serious need of a grill but don't have one on hand, you can satisfy that hot dog craving with just a tin can and a cooling rack. We've discussed how to build a DIY grill before, but this...
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Credit Cards and Car Rental Insurance: What's Covered and What's Not [Travel]
Even if you're aware of the free car rental insurance provided by credit cards, unless you read the fine print on your credit card agreements and rental car contracts, it's just plain confusing knowing...
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Make Your Notifications Less Intrusive with These Soothing Alerts [Exclusive...
Yesterday, I ripped the sound out of my computer and discovered I really liked it that way. Quiet is great. Unfortunately, it's not practical or realistic. In order to take a step towards compromise, I...
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Password Pilot Saves Your iPhone's App Store Password So You Don't Have to...
iOS (Jailbroken): One of the most annoying things about installing and updating apps on an iPhone is that you have to reenter your password every time. This is an understandable problem, as it's more...
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KDE 4.9 Improves Stability, Performance, and File Management on Linux [Linux]
Linux: KDE is one of our favorite desktop environments for Linux, and this week it released an update that brings increased stability, performance, and apps to the Linux desktop. This update focuses a...
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This Week’s Most Popular Posts: July 28th to August 3rd [Highlights]
This week we discovered ten easy-to-miss new features in Mountain Lion, showed you how to stream the BBC's vastly superior Olympics coverage, met Microsoft's impressive new Gmail competitor, and more....
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Ten Tips for Painting Your Home [Crowdhacker]
Painting the interior of a house: such a basic home improvement, such a perilous pit of tough choices, expensive mistakes, and strained necks. But with a few basic tips, painting your home can be a...
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Slices Organizes Your Cluttered Twitter Timeline Into Manageable Feeds [Video]
Android/iOS/Web: Twitter is great for a lot of things, but it can start to feel overwhelming pretty quickly. Slices is a new Twitter client that helps you discover new people you'll like, and organize...
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Get the Beautiful, Feature-Filled n7player Music Player for $0.99 This Week...
Android: The feature-filled n7player music player is on sale from its usual $3 today, down to $0.99 in honor of its 1 millionth download. We've talked about n7player before, and while it isn't quite...
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Remains of the Day: MacBook Users Reporting Poor Battery Life in Mountain...
MacBook users are reporting decreased battery life after updating to Mountain Lion, Dolphin Browser HD updates with some new features and a new name, AT&T will be shutting down its 2G network by...
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Build Your Own Film/Video Rig This Weekend [Video]
Of all the hobbies you can have, making movies—or just recording great video—is one of the most difficult and expensive, but that's all the more reason to invest in a little DIY. Here are some of the...
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