- Study Finds That Drinking a Can of Sugary Soda Every Day Increases Your Risk For Prediabetes
A study done by USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, where they analyzed 1700 middle-aged adults over 14 years, says that if you drink a daily can of sugar-sweetened beverage, you …
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- ASCI calls out ECommerce companies in India for false advertising
Medianama reports that the Advertising Standards Council of India’s (ASCI) Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) has upheld complaints against 109 out of 155 advertisements brought to it in May 2016 alone. Exampels of false…
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- The uselessness of Seth Godin: five reasons why most self-improvement advice (and advice in general) is useless
I sell a compilation of advice culled from the best books and experts, and I can tell you this: most advice is useless. Think of thus: the person with the advice is speaking in English but the receiver of that advice und…
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- The best 19 bits of advice for young people and new graduates I ever read
Google 'commencement address' and you will find many interesting things that are meant to inspire young people on their way to the jungle called life. Most are around the same idea: be prepared for anything. Some, like V…
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- Aaron Sorkin's five main pieces of advice for young people
Aaron Sorkin, the filmmaker who has made a career out of making movies about glib, fast-talking jerks (Zuckerberg for example), recently gave the commencement address at Syracuse University. and he at last spoke some s…
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- Mcdonalds' Happy Meals Toys are only a marketing tool to exploit kids' immature brains
Modern advertising makes sure the devil gets inside your house in a shiny packaging. Take Mcdonalds' happy Meals Toys, for example. Here's what a mother in Caifornia, Monet Parham, who is suing Mcdonalds over the toys is…
Topic: Health, Misleading ad | Read more
- Most identity-theft protection services are glorified credit monitoring services
Identity-theft protection servcices are in the news because of activities of a company called Lifelock, Inc., which paid millions of dollars in 2010 to settle claims of deceptive advertising. However, that hasn't stopped…
Topic: Identity-theft protection, Yro, Misleading ad | Read more
- The #1 secret to losing weight
The FTC did a study and found that 55% of all weight-loss advertisements made claims that were most likely false or didn't provide any proof. Incidentally, the weight-loss industry is worth $30 billion a year, mostly mad…
Topic: Health and nutrition, Misleading ad | Read more
- Should you buy the new iPad? Don't waste your money, go for these options instead
The new, funnily-named Retina screen, is the only thing worth noting in the new iPad. I am not sure what version it is. Will the ipad in 2020 be called iPad 11 or whatI am digressing. Anyway, the new, improved HD-quality…
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- Nike's FuelBand: Do we need yet another wearable exercise monitor?
Will you fork up $149 for Nike's new Fuelband exercise bracelet, gleaming LED lights and all, when there are better, cheaper options in the wearable exercise monitors in the market?
One can imagine middle-class t…
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- $50 LED light bulb from Philips: A luxury item (cheaper ones already in the market)
Philips won a $10 million contest run by the US government, the L Prize from Department of Enenrgy, to build the best (theoritically) eco-friendly and affordable LED bulb.
The prize-winning LED bulb will soon be launc…
Topic: Gadget, Geek, Eco-friendly | Read more
- 15 books everyone must read and keep at all times to survive an apocalypse
Apocalypse reading is big nowadays. It is a staple of modern existence. We always think the worst is around the corner. And personally, I think so too. So, it is best to stay prepared. Lists of essential survival items c…
Topic: Best Books, Books and Literature, Toread, Survival, Booklist | Read more
- The real truth about Facebook Fan Pages: Only 16% actually see a piece of your content
In a presention for its so-called premium service, Facebook revelaed that when a Facebook page owner posts a piece of content to their Facebook page, and that content spams the News Feeds of that page's fans, only 16% of…
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- 35 Most Important Apple iPad numbers
A no-nonsense look at facts and figures that really matter, related directly or indirectly to the iPad.
Pricing and Costing
$499 Price of cheapest iPad, with 16GB of memory and Wi-Fi
$829 Price of most expensive iPa…
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- 32 Reasons Why iPad and Apple are Wrong For Us
A rundown of all that is wrong with Apple's latest offering towards world domination, a roundup of what the internet thinks about iPad.
1. iPad is not Green: One e-reader requires the extraction of 33 pounds of minera…
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- Why one educator will not buy an E-book reader
This is the third post in the series about E-book readers, which are an intermediate gadget medium in my opinion. Something better and more open lies in our reading and viewing future, for sure.
This post by a Columbi…
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- 10 things you must know about Apple Tablet and Tablet computers
This is the year of the Tablet computer. Even Google is rumored to be planning a Tablet. The Microsft-HP tablet is also there, to mixed reviews . We have had tablet before but this boom in Tablets is fueled by the rise…
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- The Google Nexus One Termination Fee Problem
It is a big problem. You buy a subsidized smartphone and if you choose to end the contract, you pay damages not only to the carrier (T-Mobile) but also to the seller (Google)
What does the Nexus Fine Print actually s…
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- Decade from Hell: A Review of Indian Television in 2000-2009
One watched TV these ten years as if one was already in hell for one's innumerable sins, watching TV when one was allowed to, forcing unbelievably loud sensations to seep inside one's frying brains, believing the crude a…
Topic: Television, Bestofdecade | Read more
- Will Facebook and Twitter ever make some real money?
Like Facebook before it, Twitter has done deals with cash-rich heavyweights, which has given some hopes that the company is actually profitable. How realistic is that thinkingWhen you put the revenue into perspective and…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Twitter, Facebook, Advertising | Read more
