Index An index is a list of data, such as group of files or database entries. It is typically saved in a plain text format that can be quickly scanned by a

You have a Mac and you have heard about a feature called FileVault, but what is FileVault? What does FileVault do and how does it help protect you? Here we

Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors created: 2019-11-15 ; modified: 2019-11-15 Table of Contents No, shorter sleep does not imply shorter life span Also, no – sleeping less than six hours a night does not double your risk of cancer How much confidence should…

On Wednesday, Apple officially released the new 16-inch MacBook Pro . We’ve already compared it in detail to the 15-inch MacBook Pro it replaces , but what about the 13-inch MacBook? Read on as we compare the specs, price, and more of the 13-inch vs 16-inch MacBook Pro. Ecobee HomeKit Thermostat…

I’m typing this on the new 16-inch MacBook Pro using its new Magic Keyboard and I’m not mad at it. In fact, this keyboard is truly is a revelation compared to Apple’s highly criticized Butterfly keyboards. There’s more travel, a cushier feel. It just feels right. The bad news? The MacBook with the…

Gibson Biddle Jun 21, 2017 · 15 min read One of the greatest challenges for the Head of Product at a fast-growing startup is to maintain focus on product

Apple today is releasing its much-rumored new 16-inch MacBook Pro. It is full of good news. Yesterday, Apple held a series of roundtable briefings for the media in New York. There was an on-the-record introduction followed by an off-the-record series of demos. 1 The introduction was led by MacBook…

After my first day with the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, I’m very optimistic about it. 🎧 Hear more on today’s Accidental Tech Podcast! Two years ago, I wrote a wishlist to fix the MacBook Pro , and the 16-inch doesn’t actually deliver most of it. But time and technological progress are slowly getting…

10 main takeaways from Mark W. Johnson’s book “Seizing the white space: Business Model Innovation for growth and renewal”. Igeneris Jun 8, 2017 · 5 min read The White Space: where the actual magic happens (credit: Beatriz Pitarch) Written by Claudia del Prado, analyst at IGENERIS What is this white…

Getty Images/Ringer illustration After striking out in their pursuits of superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving this summer—a swing-and-a-miss that compounded the pain of trading Kristaps Porzingis , losing the chance to draft Zion Williamson , and watching Anthony Davis go to the NBA’s other…

Insurance and Your Contractor The Importance of Additional Insureds ByC. Jaye Berger, Esq. 2007 Aug Insurance Co-op buildings routinely require contractors to provide a Certificate of Insurance before any work is started either in a building or for individual shareholders. The managing agent or the…

Back in 2015, I wrote a blog post called Dropbox: the First Dead Decacorn . At the time, it was the most widely shared take I’d ever written. I learned several things from writing this piece, and none of them had to do with Dropbox: I learned, for instance, that a great way to get people to click on…

For many of us, our occupations almost entirely rely on the use of computers. Even though computers have provided great benefits to the workplace, they present ergonomic challenges. Here are some ergonomic tips for the setup and use of single- and dual- monitor computer workstations. Remember that…

You might have seen webhooks mentioned in your apps' settings and wondered if they're something you should use. The answer, in a nutshell, is probably yes. Webhooks are one way that apps can send automated messages or information to other apps. It's how PayPal tells your accounting app when your…

A webhook is an API concept that’s growing in popularity. As more and more of what we do on the web can be described by events, webhooks are becoming even more applicable. They’re incredibly useful and a resource-light way to implement event reactions. So, what exactly is a webhook? A webhook (also…

Health savings accounts: Is an HSA right for you? Health savings accounts are used to save money for future medical expenses. Discover how these plans work. By Mayo Clinic Staff Health savings accounts (HSAs) are like personal savings accounts, but the money in them is used to pay for health care…

Health Savings Accounts: An Overview A Health Savings Account (HSA) is like a personal savings account, but it can only be used for qualified healthcare expenses. To be eligible, you must be enrolled in a High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). Health Savings Accounts also have some important tax…

Doing the perfect thing is more important than doing things perfectly. Most people think of productivity as a series of hacks and tactics to get more done in

Scheduled Transactions You can plan for future and recurring transactions right in the account register—and then use that information to help you budget. In

Is nature inherently random? According to some interpretations of quantum mechanics, it is, explaining why we can’t precisely predict the motions of single

The Internet and the Third Estate https://t.co/5PMlC7qGdf Mark Zuckerberg suggested that social media is a "Fifth Estate"; in fact, social media is a means by which the Third Estate — commoners — can seize political power. Here history matters.

Last week, Tesla reported a profit for the third quarter on Oct. 23, surprising analysts. The electric car maker reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.86,

I watch your actions not just captions in the sh*t you post —Rick Ross, “Big Tyme” This month, I will be releasing a new book on culture, What You Do Is Who You

Macs have all kinds of great automation tools , but Keyboard Maestro is easily the most powerful among them. With it, you can automate almost any repetitive task you do on your Mac—from opening web pages at a specific time to rating iTunes songs—with just a little bit of set up. Keyboard Maestro is…

The new Apple AirPods Pro true wireless earbuds have landed (known as the AirPods 3 to some), bringing active noise cancellation, a (finally) much better fit, and an improved design, in a bid to lure more iPhone users into the true wireless fold. Apple’s latest buds are a lot more expensive, with…

Engadget Sponsored Links Earlier today, I popped in a set of Apple AirPods, jumped onto an uptown 6 train, and began a short journey to our New York office. That would be a pretty apt description of any of my daily commutes to work, but today was different: Because I was using the new AirPods Pro ,…

Google said in a paper published on Wednesday that its quantum computer had needed only a few minutes to perform a task that would take a supercomputer at least 10,000 years. Credit Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Google said on Wednesday that it had achieved a long-sought…

iOS 13 and macOS 10.15 Catalina have been unusually buggy releases for Apple. The betas started out buggy at WWDC in June, which is not unexpected, but even

Content seeding is a strategic approach to scatter content across the Internet. Content creators spread content to various locations where that content will be

As a marketer, you know that your marketing is driving traffic to your client's websites, but do you have the hard data to prove it? On a client call, can you show which exact tweets or guest posts generated leads, and which ones failed? There is an old Peter Drucker quote – "what gets measured gets…

Published October 7, 2019 in Jira Software Jira Cloud for Mac is here It’s fast, it’s clean, and it’s Dark Mode! The Jira Cloud app is now available on the Mac App Store with macOS Catalina. Published October 7, 2019 in Jira Software Co-Founder & Co-CEO It’s been more than 30 years since I switched…

French startup Herow, which enables developers and marketers to serve contextual messages in mobile apps, adds $8M to its $10.6M Series B, closed in 2015 (@psawers / VentureBeat) https://t.co/0e1EOj0zh4 https://t.co/aFk7itorZ8

If you’re a running skeptic, there’s a chance you look at Nike’s Vaporfly 4% shoes with some suspicion. In early tests, research has shown that these shoes can improve running economy by 4 percent , but the $250 shoes continue to be put to the test in labs to find out how they make runners more…

Rationalism is a particular view about the way the world is; what we can know about it; and a bit about what people are like. The basic idea is that you can’t trust your senses, only your intellect. There are a number of reasons for believing this, the simplest and most commonly-cited of which are…

What Is the Winner's Curse? The winner's curse is a tendency for the winning bid in an auction to exceed the intrinsic value or true worth of an item. Because of incomplete information, emotions or any other number of subjective factors regarding the item being auctioned can influence bidders and…

Before you search, web crawlers gather information from across hundreds of billions of webpages and organize it in the Search index. The fundamentals of Search The crawling process begins with a list of web addresses from past crawls and sitemaps provided by website owners. As our crawlers visit…

The words 'Romantic' and 'Classical' usefully bring into focus important themes in our personalities. We're all both, but which are you a little more of? If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/all/ SUBSCRIBE to our channel for new films…

Marcel Proust Marcel Proust was an early 20th-century French writer responsible for what is officially the longest novel in the world: À la recherche du temps

What is a Prediction Market? The prediction market is a collection of people speculating on a variety of events—exchange averages, election results, commodity prices, quarterly sales results or even such things as gross movie receipts. The Iowa Electronic Markets, operated by faculty at the…

The China Cultural Clash https://t.co/4q7oajePr4 The NBA controversy in China highlights a culture clash that both tech companies and the U.S. government need to take to heart. Plus, why Tiktok being Chinese is increasingly a problem.