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Quick Tip: Curb Your Appetite with the ‘Apple Rule’

Quick Tip: Curb Your Appetite with the ‘Apple Rule’

In many circles, the term “Apple Rule” may be associated with accounting tricks used by tech companies to record sales in real time. But for the purpose of this tip, the term will be used to help those with over-eating issues fight hunger pangs. It’s one of the most important rules from food journalist and ...

Google Now for the iPhone Takes on Siri

Google Now for the iPhone Takes on Siri

Google Now, the search giant’s mobile assistant, has officially made its way to the iPhone in the latest update to the Google Search app for iOS. Up until now, the feature was only available on Android devices running version 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or higher. The tool uses information gathered from your location and browsing history ...

Smartphones: Your “Remote Control for Life”

Smartphones: Your “Remote Control for Life”

Most college kids these days spend an exorbitant amount of time on their smartphones. When the Facebook app became available 24/7, it was basically game over for productivity. Fortunately, these amazing little devices are good for more than just stalking that chick from Anthropology of Social Classes, and may soon have an even larger hand ...

Quick Tip: Work Around Procrastination

Quick Tip: Work Around Procrastination

You’re never going to beat procrastination. You may motivate yourself through some really hard work and feel an incredible sense of accomplishment, but thinking you’ve found the answer to procrastination will only lead to wasted time down the road. Because once you start putting off work or getting easily distracted, you’ll feel disappointed in yourself ...

Duolingo: Free Language Learning Program Gets Update with New Languages

Duolingo: Free Language Learning Program Gets Update with New Languages

If you’re looking to supplement your foreign language education with some real-world experience, or if you’re an autodidact who simply loves to to learn new languages, then hopefully you already know about Duolingo. Envisioned as way of allowing people to learn a new language without having to pay for high-priced software like Roestta Stone, Duolingo ...

4 Makeshift DIY Phone Stands for Your Desk

4 Makeshift DIY Phone Stands for Your Desk

Forget keeping a stack of books on your desk to hold your phone up; and don’t even think about buying an expensive case or stand. There are plenty of things you may have lying around that make a perfectly good DIY phone stand. Here are four quick and easy solutions for the times when you ...

Simple DIY: Orange Candle

Simple DIY: Orange Candle

If you’re looking to get a little extra out of your citrus fruit, an orange candle is a great way to start. It’s aesthetically pleasing for either ambiance or emergency situations. You’ll need the following: Orange (more than one if you’re not confident in your peeling ability) Plate or cutting board (skip if you dare) ...

Your College Apartment Checklist

Your College Apartment Checklist

Thankfully, dorm housing doesn’t last forever. Soon (or now) you’ll be looking for an off-campus apartment, either for the academic year, your summer internship, or for both. Fortunately, I have you covered with what you’re looking for in an apartment. 1. People You Know The first and most important part of your housing is living ...

Florida Approves Nation’s First Online-Only Public University

Florida Approves Nation’s First Online-Only Public University

On April 22nd, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a bill approving the first public university in the United States where students are only able to attend to class entirely online starting next year. The university will be managed by the state-managed University of Florida, which has allocated $15 million in funds to begin offering online-only ...