Password Managers

Tim Ferrill recommends six password managers for a variety of devices and operating systems . These include 1Password, Dashlane, KeePass, LastPass, RoboForm and SplashID Safe.

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Graduate Earnings Information Is Hard to Find

Adam Harris writes about efforts to provide potential students with an estimate of potential earnings as the result of obtaining a specific degree at a specific academic institution.

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Google Assistant Tips

Derek Walter shares tips on using Google Assistant .

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Knowledge Management Pyramid

Nathan Kesdever shares the Knowledge Management Pyramid , which values knowledge as more valuable than a store of information.

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Family Information

Michael Simon suggests methods families can use Android apps for sharing information and images.

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Productivity Apps

Paul Mah shares nine productivity apps for Windows computers.

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Future North American Eclipses

GreatAmericanEclipse.com has a colorful chart of eclipses predicted for North America in the 21st century.

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Consciousness

Karl Friston explores consciousness in this essay.

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Prediction and Mental Health

Martin Seligman and John Terney suggests that "We aren't Built to Live in the Moment ."

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Recommended Readings

Oliver Staley reports on recommended readings suggested by industry leaders.

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Worldview Distortion

Michael Dougherty rants about filter bubbles resulting from Internet news and opinion sites.

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Computer Specifications

David Nield suggests the most important computer specifications to be considered when purchasing a new computer.

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Brain Exercises

Erin Brodwin offers exercises for the human brain.

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The Cost of Mis-Information

Julia Belluz notes that measles is on the rise due to vaccine deniers .

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Baumol's "Cost Disease" and the Price of Education

Timothy Lee explains William Baumol's economic theory, called cost disease , which explains why personnel-intensive services such as education are becoming more expensive than material goods which can be produced by automation. It is a problem of scaling and values.

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Paul McNamara is irritated at having to pay a monthly fee for an "unlisted " landline number.

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Collaboration

Michael Frendo suggests that some employees do better work if they can work from home .

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Changing Retail Methods

Jack Gold suggests that current online retail giants may struggle if 3-D printers improve .

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Public Relations and Social Media

Kristin Burnham suggests how companies can defuse a social media crisis .

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Privacy Protection and Abusers

Taylor Armerding observes that unrestricted privacy protection with also protect child abusers .

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Net Neutrality Rulings

Grant Gross explains the FCC's request for comments on its plan to remove some of the restrictions on corporations which privided net neutrality .

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Supporting Obsolete Wi-Fi Technology

Jon Gold notes that old wi-fi technology has many failings, but that organizations with old equipment still must support it.

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Employee Surveillance

The Economist recently highlighted how posh tech offices are loaded with surveillance technology to track the activity of their workers.

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Power-Sipping Edge Browser

Gregg Keiser reports that the Edge browser uses very few resources compared with the competitors.

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Coming Android Update

Michael Simon shares features anticipated in the projected May Android release.

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Secure Data Transmission With HTTPS://

Michael Kan reports that Google Chrome will begin displaying that web pages served with HTTP:// shall be labeled as insecure. FireFox has already been doping this.

This will frighten many users of websites, even if secure data transmission is not important for fiscal security. Therefore, Google has developed a guide for webmasters to enable secure HTTPS:// data transmission, eliminating the message from the viewers of the site.

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