Articles filed under Washington Post
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You are now liable for what you say when you butt dial someoneJul 25, 2015 7:40 am - Butt dialing, a source of anxiety for anyone with a cellphone, just got more horrifying. A federal appeals court in Cincinnati ruled Tuesday that somebody who accidental...
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App reviews: NASA, AlphabearJul 25, 2015 7:37 am - NASA With the mysteries of Pluto now tantalizingly in reach, it's not a bad time to brush up on the basic wonders of space. Who better to ask than NASA? The agency'...
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Why Apple is afraid to release Watch sales numbersJul 25, 2015 7:34 am - Apple is sitting on $202.8 billion in cash. So no matter what analysts and the market think of the company's latest quarterly report (not much, judging by the steep drop...
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Retailers embrace in-store phone use in strategy to drive salesJul 25, 2015 7:32 am - GameStop has no doubt that mobile devices have changed the way its customers shop. Smartphones and tablets now account for up to 68 percent of the traffic to the video g...
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The unlikely success story of the Apple retail storeJul 25, 2015 7:31 am - "Sorry, Steve: Here's Why Apple Stores Won't Work," proclaimed a headline in Businessweek in May 2001. Published the day after Apple opened its first retail store in Tys...
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PBS sketches the science of runningJul 25, 2015 6:32 am - So how, exactly, are you running wrong? And what happens in your muscles when you hit "the wall" during the marathon? And is using a Fitbit turning you into the Quantifi...
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Here's how physics can help your golf gameJul 20, 2015 6:00 am - “Drive for show and putt for dough.” In the world of professional golf, this catchphrase means that a perfect drive down the middle of the fairway has little value if th...
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Researcher suggests 5 small habits that could make you happierJul 20, 2015 6:00 am - To those who think of happiness as a “nice to have” luxury or something that comes after a lifetime of sacrifice, happiness researcher Shawn Achor, head of Goodthink and...
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How a manager found some work-life balanceJul 20, 2015 5:45 am - Megan Rice, 31, works late every night as a health care consultant, managing 65 people. She brings work home. She thinks about work when she's not working, so she's alwa...
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Career Coach: Why you should never check email on Sunday eveningJul 19, 2015 7:41 am - Checking your email on Sunday evening again? Though you may take a break from work email on Friday night and Saturday, many of us are back at it on Sunday to get a jump ...