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I used Cue for over a year while I was at my previous job. It was a nice app and service, though I didn’t find any of the add-on features compelling enough to pay monthly.

Update:  Looks as if Cue was acquired by Apple. It would be nice to see some of the features in Cue show up in iOS.

Images of women from 41 different ethnicities were laid over one another before a computer programme deduced the common look

Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be an average Filipino woman in the mix. ffff

A short video with four simple rules to make the next Star Wars movies great. They seem to be all valid points.

Seriously Samsung? I wonder what shade of gold it will be. The Samsung Galaxy S4 has an excellent plastic feeling back, so the gold may be the gaudy type. We’ll see.

Eggs, for example, can be consumed three to five weeks after purchase, even though the "use by" date is much earlier. A box of mac-and-cheese stamped with a "use by" date of March 2013 can still be enjoyed on March 2014, most likely with no noticeable changes in quality.

My confusion is with the flash pasteurized milk. The expiration date is so far ahead in the future. But once you open it you only have about 7 days to use it - according to the side of the box.

Wardrobing is the purchasing clothing, using it, and then returning it to the store for a refund. I was aware of the practice but did not know it had a name. (This practice also applies to tools, electronics, etc.) Looks like Bloomingdale’s is trying to do something about this problem.

Do you wonder how the look and feel of apps change before upgrading to iOS 7? Well, tapframe’s page can give you a sense of the changes.

Thinking of upgrading your iOS device today? You should read this article on Macworld on how to prep for the upgrade.

When the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s were announced, people in the office I work in commented, “And it doesn’t have NFC?!?!?” Looks like Google is slowly moving away from NFC, or at least hedging their bet in case adoption stalls.

Overall, I’ve only heard negative comments from my Android friends about the new iPhone presentation. A funny thing I’ve always noticed, and just realized, regarding my Android-using friends: they always want to talk about how much better Android is than an iPhone (not iOS, but the iPhone). It’s as if they need to justify the choice they’ve made on the phone they are using. All I can say to their criticism is if it works for you then great. An iOS device just happens to fit my needs.

But within minutes of winning the title, Davuluri, whose talent routine was a Bollywood fusion dance, was the target of racist social media comments.

If you’re #Miss America you should have to be American," said one on Twitter.

“WHEN WILL A WHITE WOMAN WIN #MISSAMERICA? Ever??!!” asked another.

Davuluri, however, brushed aside the negative comments.

“I have to rise above that,” she said. “I always viewed myself as first and foremost American."

Social media often shows the ugly side of people. I suppose the only thing to do is take the good with the bad. fff

Of course, families should eat out—especially in a city such as San Francisco where young palates can be exposed to a wide array of flavors. What’s more, mothers and fathers deserve a break from cooking and kids need to learn how to dine in an environment where they’re expected to behave.

This is in response to a blog post relaying an experience of being kicked out of a restaurant for having a stroller. 

Dining out with kids can be difficult, especially if one of them is fussy. We’ve been on our way to a restaurant when one of the girls was throwing a big tantrum. Our solution was to avoid going out at that time and just get takeaway food. We tend to stay in the more family-friendly places, where any stray outburst from kids is expected.

"We are facing something completely new and we have to be careful," Gachet continues. "I don't want to see this land in the hands of [foreign] companies."

Sounds promising.

But nowadays, Wall Street sees Apple very differently — and this morning’s much-hyped iPhone announcements from the tech giant did little to stop its year-long descent into stagnation. Apple’s gold phones, 64-bit processors, and fingerprint sensors barely budged the needle on Wall Street, as shares fell more than 2 percent from the day’s opening price of $506.20.

From a consumer point-of-view, I like what I see in the iPhone 5S. But I’m a user of the iPhone 4S, so this is considered a major upgrade for me. I don’t believe Apple needs to innovate with each new iPhone release. I think they need to keep doing what they are doing, putting out a solid product that fits my needs.