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Wednesday morning, Twitter users flocked to the social media site to complain that Google Apps weren’t working. The problems started with Gmail and Google Drive before spreading to Google Documents, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Presentations. Google quickly addressed the situation and users were advised to check the Apps Status Dashboard for updates as they investigated the case. We are often inconvenienced by crashing servers or website maintenance, but Google? We take it for granted that giants like Google will be able to run their services smoothly, constantly. When they can’t,…

If you are one of those people who suddenly has had a change of heart about your career path, don’t worry because you are not alone. The average American changes careers around 7 times in their lifetime. With 71% of Americans who are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” from their jobs there are several reasons as to why people change careers. So why aren’t people satisfied? Being underpaid is the number one reason for job dissatisfaction, with lack of growth opportunities, no career advancement and feeling trapped coming in 2nd, 3rd and 4th. An even better question is “What are…

Who doesn’t love the television show MythBusters? This show takes science and technology and smashes them together like two Tonka Trucks. Their style is go big or go home, which is right up my alley, since watching things blow up or finding facts that are true or not make for a fun time. James Franklin “Jamie” Hyneman, one of the co-hosts of the show who is well known for his walrus mustache is an American special effects experts and owner of M5 studios (where Mythbusters is filmed.) …

Communication itself is imperative to understanding each other, it keeps us from isolation and provides us a way outside our own minds, but why is communication within a business so important? This seems obvious, yet many businesses still make the mistake of not listening to co-workers or ideas from employees, the key ingredients to a company is understanding what is going on within that company. It seems as though many businesses are still ignorant to ensuring that information regarding what is happening at the company in every department is valuable knowledge to the entire company. Some…

The social bookmarking site, StumbleUpon has been working diligently to improve its site for its users. Already they have released new features on the site in the UK, features like personalized suggestions as you stumble and updates for their mobile app on the iPhone and Android. Due to these changes, StumbleUpon has updated their Terms of Service (TOS) which will cover the new features and hopefully be more transparent for their users to easily understand. …

Who doesn’t enjoy sitting down to read a good book? However, have you ever thought about what it takes to make a good book? The length, content, and audience are all important factors when it comes to creating a bestseller. The average length of a best selling book is an average of 375 pages. Although, 87% of people will finish a book that is 300 pages. And only 35% of readers will finish a book that is 700 or more pages. When it comes to content, books with a female protagonist are 40% more likely to become a bestseller, men are ten times as likely to show interest in books that feature a male protagonist….

Cats are loved by the Internet, perhaps it is their sassiness, their independence or their purrfect way of getting what they want when they want it. Dogs are pretty awesome too, especially when they pull moves like a cat. Watch how this big dog gets owned by a little puppy. The timing is exceptional and ultra-cute. His slick moves are almost like Jagger, almost. …

People who use social media for business or for pleasure are among various social networks and for some, people like to blog on either their own blogs or by mixing it up on other blogs as well. To keep track of it all there is a place that allows you to attach certain social sites; RSS feeds and enables you to add clippings back to articles you may have written across the web. …

This is how to use an auto tuned app the right way, not to mention the fact that he is giving an amazingly creative review for 5 Guys cheeseburgers. I personally am not a fan of auto tuning a song that was until I found the app Songify, which allowed me to turn my words into an auto tuned rap, I was hooked on pretending to be Lil’ Wayne. But I digress. …

Pinterest can be such a fun place to post pictures you either take yourself or find on the web. Creating creative boards that you can fill with pictures displaying your interests is easy, and sharing your personality through visualization seems to be the latest trend. Although Pinterest will allow its users to pin from a Browser plug-in or from a website through the “pin it” button, you may notice that if you copy and paste the title and url into the description box, you will get sent to a Pinterest jail-like pop-up. This pop-up will remind you of Pinterest’s etiquette or even warn you that what…