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Moving chairs in Starbucks
Traditional paddy rice farmers had to share labor and coordinate irrigation in a way that most wheat farmers did not. We observed people in everyday life to test whether these agricultural legacies gave rice-farming southern China a more interdependent culture… Read More ›
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Seiko SBEP003
Rotating bezel Case back with 4 screws Power save Alarm function (three-channel daily alarm) Timer function World time function (44 cities) Dual-time Sound demonstration function Nice to see Seiko taking on Casio at this game. These two brands are kings… Read More ›
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Oris Divers Sixty-Five first thoughts (reference 01 733 7720 4055-07 8 21 18)
If there is one watch that has floated around in my subconscious for some time, it is the Divers Sixty-Five from Oris. It ticks all of the boxes for what I want in a modern watch- Decent lume (not too… Read More ›
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Fake reviews everywhere
Fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet, a BBC investigation has found. BBC 5 live Investigates was able to buy a false, five-star recommendation placed on one of the world’s leading review websites, Trustpilot. It also uncovered… Read More ›
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Identity and Emotion are Central To Motivating the Teen Brain
New evidence shows that the window for formative brain development continues into the onset of puberty, between ages 9 and 13, and likely through the teenage years, according to Ronald Dahl, professor of community health and human development at the… Read More ›
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Interrogating Zuckerberg
Soooooo funny!
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Final Versa final thoughts and the future of smart watches and I need three wrists, and…
I didn’t expect the arrival of the Fitbit Versa to cause so many conflicting thoughts in my mind, but I am a fickle character so am left pondering much more than just a simple fitness tracker. The Versa is a… Read More ›
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iPhone X is brilliant, Siri is not
When it came to overall customer satisfaction, iPhone X owners in our study gave the product an overall 97% customer satisfaction. While that number is impressive, what really stands out when you do customer satisfaction studies is the percentage who… Read More ›
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100M Prime users / 250M Apple subscribers
Apple now has a customer base of more than 250 million paid subscriptions across its Services offerings of Apple Music, iCloud and App Store continuing payments. Viewed against Amazon’s recent announcement of 100 million Prime members, that figure is substantial…. Read More ›
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Fitbit Versa: two days in (vs Apple Watch)
I have been using the Versa for two days now and feel that this is enough time to start to understand the good points, the bad and the meh… Overall I am very impressed with the Versa as a fitness… Read More ›
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