Handy tips and tricks for OS X Lion

The general consensus on the Internet is that OS X Lion is pretty sweet, and that may be obvious becauseover 1 Million of you already downloaded it. There are however a few if not a lot of you complaining about minor issues and I have to agree, there are a couple of things that just feel buggy or unfinished. It could be that those issues take a little getting used to or that they are just plain annoying....

5 min · 1042 words · Danny Brown

Happy Birthday! Foodspotting celebrates its first year.

Foodspotting, everyone’s favorite food photograph app turns one year old tomorrow, Jan. 15th, and they’re celebrating with “World Foodspotting Day.” My favorite way to describe Foodspotting? “IfFlickrandFoursquarewent out on a date, ate too many oysters and drank too much champagne, the result 9 months later would look very much like Foodspotting.” Using the mobile app, users can snap a photo of a dish, tag it and share it with friends on Foodspotting or via Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, etc....

3 min · 499 words · Sarah Stevens

Happy days. Spotify to launch in the US tomorrow

The long-awaited US launch of Spotify is set to happen ‘within days’ according to sources that spoke toGigaOM. The site is reporting that the US launch is slated to occur in mid-July and reports fromThe Noisecastpinpoint the release between July 5th and July 15th.Updates below. Since July 15th is coming up pretty quickly, the information, which The Noisecast says that it obtained from a major record label executive, indicates that the launch of Spotify in the United States is just days away....

4 min · 683 words · Judy Gomez

Happy Earth Day! 10 apps that make it easy to go green.

Today, Friday, April 22nd is officially Earth Day in the United States. For some, Earth Day passes by just like Columbus Day (October 12th) or Video Games Day (July 8th), but it is a day celebrated by the green community and a gentle reminder to be extra kind to Mother Earth today. The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970 and was originally founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in....

6 min · 1171 words · Paul Gonzalez

HappyRambles: A feel-good service that aims to make you happier

HappyRambles, a startup based in Ottawa is aiming to make people happier by offering users a gratitude journal to report what they’re grateful for. When you Google search “Psy­chol­ogy+Gratitude Journal” you’ll find a parade of links pertaining to positive psychology including stud­ies from Robert Emmons, Professor of Psy­chol­ogy at UC Davis, an individual that studies gratitude for a living. The concept of the service itself is really basic but some studies indicate that thankfulness and gratitude are important factors in the recipe of happiness....

2 min · 399 words · Daniel Brown
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