It’s dumb, but that’s just how low-on-the-totem Microsoft is when it comes to the smartphone market these days: the only places it can declare victory are areas in which Apple is concertedly not competing. Continue reading →

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The Snooze Button

Posted on January 6, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

Originally posted on A journal of my thoughts:
The Snooze Button was invented some time shortly after the invention of the alarm clock itself, and I remember the day I discovered it as a young boy. It was early in…

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5 New Year’s Resolutions That Might Actually Work

Posted on January 6, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

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Great novels can change your life…and your brain

Posted on January 6, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

Getting lost in a good book can actually change your brain, with neural paths forming in the same way as if you were actually living the experience, scientists have found. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird … Continue reading →

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About the every expanding Chinese Supremacy

Posted on January 6, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

originally published on June 8, 2013, by Michael Snyder, Guest Post This article, entitled “A Little Known Reality” though aimed at a US audience, gives a scary insight into China’s growing economic power. In future, China will employ millions of American … Continue reading →

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GIORGIO MORODER’S headline set at Electronic Beats Festival Vienna

Posted on January 4, 2014 by ivanmconsiglio

During 2013, the Italian producer and composer was brought out of semi-retirement for a Daft Punk collaboration, and since then a swell of interest in his work has led to Moroder taking up DJing. Watch edited highlights from disco legend … Continue reading →