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Polar’s New Android Smartwatch Can Train Serious And Novice Athletes

The M600 has a robust heart-rate sensor, built-in fitness training, and a battery that can last two days on a single charge.

A few weeks ago, some friends of mine convinced me to sign up for a 5k at the end of August. I haven’t run a distance like that in probably seven years, and I never was much of a runner anyway, but I agreed. How hard could running 3.1 miles actually be? Turns out, pretty hard. My training has been, well, embarrassing.

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Microsoft Announces Five New Travel And Entertainment Bots For Skype

The bots—from Hipmunk, IFTTT, Skyscanner, StubHub, and Spock—represent the second wave of voice-controlled Skype assistants.

A few months ago at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, CEO Satya Nadella described a new bot development framework called Conversations as a Platform. It consisted of a number of developer tools to make bots that understand the human voice and use machine learning to answer questions and deliver useful information.

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Leadership Lessons From The Man Who Runs The U.S. Olympic Track Team

CEO Max Siegel shares his strategies for managing a team on a high-stakes project: the Olympics.

At this moment, 129 American track and field athletes are settling into their living quarters in Rio de Janeiro as part of the 555-person strong Team U.S.A. They are getting acclimated to the weather and training daily, using every last minute to prepare physically and mentally for one of the most important events of their lives. But behind the scenes, Max Siegel has been planning this moment for years.

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Five Common Mistakes To Avoid When Quitting Your Job

Sometimes the best way to show respect for an employer you’re leaving is to make a clean break and set a plan for your exit.

Is there really a way to leave a company without burning a bridge? Of course there is! But many people wind up souring relationships they’ve spent a long time building based on the way they head out the door. Here are five of the subtler (yet all too common) blunders to avoid when it’s time to give your notice.

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Every Human Body Contains Traces Of Gold, But Only A Few Can Find It

Dicks’ Sporting Goods Olympic campaign continues to celebrate the brand’s American Olympians/employees.

Back in March, Dick’s Sporting Goods (DSG) began its 2016 Summer Olympics marketing sponsorship with a commercial that celebrated American amateur athletes and Olympic contenders. But these athletes aren’t just contenders, they’re also DSG employees, part of an initiative that employs more than 200 athletes from 36 Olympic and Paralympic sports in 106 of its stores in 34 states across the U.S.

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Dropbox’s Paper Is Now Open To Everyone And Available On Mobile

The collaboration tool is now available for anyone to use, and has new iOS and Android apps.

In October Dropbox unveiled Paper, a solution it had been working on that enables teams to collaborate on different projects. The product is essentially exactly what it sounds like, a piece of virtual paper where teams can write things down. The digital pages can also handle things like YouTube videos, Google docs, and images, all of which automatically appear embedded on the page when added.

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