As reported on LifeHacker. by Heidi Grant Halvorson Feeling stressed? Of course you are. You have too much on your plate, deadlines are looming, and people are counting on you. You are under a lot of pressure—so much that at times, you suspect the quality of your work suffers for it. This is life in the modern workplace. The difference between those who are successful and those who aren’t is not whetheror not you suffer from stress,…
As reported on LifeHacker. by Alan Henry Do you know how to actually protect yourself during an earthquake or hurricane? What about a tornado or fire? You’ve probably heard lots of conflicting information over the years. We hope you won’t ever need it, this start-to-finish guide to handling disasters will help you remember what you should really do during an emergency and afterwards to recover as quickly as possible. To break down the best practices to keep…
As reported on Wired. BY NATHAN HURST Deep in Utah’s high desert, Adobe is putting the finishing touches on its latest outpost — a low-slung but stylish 280,000-square-foot compound.Sadly, the circumstances surrounding the building sound more mysterious than their reality, even with the NSA’s new data center as a close neighbor. The location in the south suburbs of Salt Lake City is an up-and-coming region for tech business sometimes called “Silicon Slope.” Adobe’s new campus will operate as the…
As reported on Wired. BY SARAH MITROFF ToPo Athletic’s line of men’s shoes. From left the RT, RX, and RR. Photo: ToPo Athletic Tony Post has gone from five fingers to two toes, all in the quest for the ultimate sneaker. The former Vibram CEO, who brought us the FiveFinger shoe, is finally showing off his next shoe project from his startup ToPo Athletic. Just like the original Vibrams, ToPo’s (Tony Post, get it?) first line is sure to elicit…
As reported on Wired. BY WIRED STAFF With Texas Chainsaw 3D ushering in a new chapter to the mega-franchise, Jordan Crucchiola and Jay Dayrit bravely ingested all six previous films — that’s a lot of splatter, even for them — and are here to weigh the new movie against the old. Does TC3D branch out, or is it just a retread of the same old clichés? Find out now in the latest Bloodline.
As reported on The Verge. By Joshua Kopstein Eyebeam’s media archive weathers the storm, but backing up is hard to do Hard drive crashes and corrupted files repeatedly instruct us on the importance of keeping media backups. But when data loss looms as the result of massive physical damage from a major natural disaster, finding better ways to digitally archive our history suddenly becomes a moral imperative. As countless tri-state area residents were left without power,…
As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILLIAMS Facebook is a data company. Today’s news about its new search features proves it. So did last week’s news about the company testing what it can charge people to send Mark Zuckerberg a message. And tomorrow at Open Compute Project’s Open Compute Summit, Facebook will again show why becoming the world’s largest data broker depends on the success of its massive data-center buildout. The Open Compute Summit is Facebook’s creation, really. The company open-sourced its…
As reported on TechCrunch. by NATASHA LOMAS Wearable connected devices are having a moment — largely anticipatory — as excitement builds about the potential for sensor-packed mobile kit that you strap to your person and use to augment/record activity from your daily life. Yesterday Google announced the first hackathons for its Project Glass smart specs to get developers thinking about building apps for a new type of mobile device, while a smorgasbord of wearable fitness tracking gizmos such…
As reported on TechCrunch. by RIP EMPSON Over the last year, Google has slowly been unveiling its plans around Project Glass, the company’s R&D program responsible for attempting to bring wearable computing to the mainstream. Complete with augmented reality and an integrated display, Google’s smart glasses have had many geeks on pins and needles, especially as “Explorer” editions of the glasses have been expected to begin showing up early this year. Today, Google sent out its…
As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg For those who haven’t yet found a reason to check out the three-month oldPlayStation Mobile store, Sony’s got a rather compelling one for ya: freebies. Starting today, one game will be available gratis every seven days as part of a “New Year giveaway,” which will last six weeks in total. To obtain the complimentary titles, you’ll need either a Vita, or a device that’s been PS-Certified — an honor currently bestowed…