App of the week: App Lock

App of the Week, App Lock
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Name: App Lock Platform: Android Price: Free Mission: Protect Your Privacy It’s common practice nowadays that upon obtaining access to your friend’s phone, tablet or laptop, one of the first tasks to accomplish is to post a message on Facebook about how your friend had unsurprisingly changed his or her Read More…

Why less sleep means more weight gain

13-08-12 Why Less Sleep Means More Weight Gain

Over the course of one’s education, it’s a fair expectation that your sleep schedule is going to take a hit. Whether the cause is your intermittent desire to experience the night life, your apparent need to work two jobs while taking 21 units so you can attempt to pay for Read More…

13-08-15 App of the Week, AirDroid

App of the Week: AirDroid

Name: AirDroid Platform: Android Price: Free Mission: Your Android, on the Web Though these high-tech expensive bricks available are increasingly becoming the norm, smartphones can’t escape the fact that they are, by birth, phones. And though their only crime is their existence, the fact that they are (regrettably) phones presents a Read More…

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How technology hurts us

Snapshot of the most depressing thing we’ve laid our eyes on in a while: two nicely dressed young adults, presumably on a date, sitting across from each other in total silence, ignoring one another for the entertainment of their respective smartphones. Unfortunately, this is not that outlandish of a sight. Read More…