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Hide YouTube Comments With DerpTube

Hide YouTube Comments With DerpTube

Ah, internet comments. How you make me doubt the viability of democracy. If you’ve ever spent more than five minutes on the internet, you’ve had learn to avoid looking at the internet comments of just about everything to avoid hating humanity entirely. But of all the websites out there, all which have their own little ...

5 Best Colleges for Return on Investment

5 Best Colleges for Return on Investment

Over the last week, we’ve already shown Payscale’s ranking for the best Ivy League schools based on return on investment (ROI), as well as the worst schools for ROI, what about colleges for those of us who aren’t going to be getting into Harvard Law anytime in the near future? Well, look no further; Payscale ...

AT&T Launches New Prepaid Service with 4G Access

AT&T Launches New Prepaid Service with 4G Access

After becoming the first major carrier to ditch service contracts, T-Mobile created a lot of buzz about wireless contracts and the alternative of prepaid service. On the heels of T-Mobile’s new strategy, AT&T has launched a new prepaid subsidiary called Aio Wireless. It will be slowly launching across the U.S. over the next year, currently only ...

Saving an Excel File as XLSB Dramatically Reduces Size

Saving an Excel File as XLSB Dramatically Reduces Size

While we hope you never have to deal with Excel spreadsheets large enough to worry about file size, you may find yourself in the situation at a future desk job. Saving an Excel document using the XLSB format will reduce the size of the file while maintaining full functionality. The XLSB file type stores data ...

5 Worst Colleges for Return on Investment

5 Worst Colleges for Return on Investment

While the value of a good education arguably can’t be counted in dollars, your salary after graduation certainly can. The result is that sometimes, the cost of attending college can actually outweigh the long-term benefits. So which colleges are worth the bill, and perhaps more importantly, which aren’t? Last week, Payscale.com released their annual survey ...

Free Today: Clear, a Simple To-Do List App for iPhone

Free Today: Clear, a Simple To-Do List App for iPhone

If you’re having trouble getting things done despite having a schedule and using popular to-do apps, you may need to get back to the basics. Clear is an iPhone app that brings simplicity back to your to-do list, for an easy-to-use, no-frills experience. It’s also free today only, courtesy of Starbucks. So if you’d like ...

Financial Aid at Private Colleges at Record High, Says Study

Financial Aid at Private Colleges at Record High, Says Study

As public universities continue to raise tuition in order keep afloat, more students of private colleges are receiving record-breaking amounts of financial aid to help cover the expenses of college. According to a new study released by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUB), financial aid at private college now covers approximately ...