Metro Detroit housing hits median sales price of $165,000, an eight-year high. But inventory continues to shrink.
Read More Artists Turned Apple’s App Store Guidelines Into A Lovely Comic Book
Five artists illustrated the App Store review guidelines.
One of the more unusual things to come out of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this year is a lovely comic interpretation of Apple’s app review guidelines.
NYC Legislators’ Upgrade To The Lawmaking Process: Reading The Comments
A resolution in the city legislature would allow citizens to officially comment on proposed laws through the Internet rather than in person.
Since the dawn of blogs, people have been able to share their thoughts—for better or worse—in the comments section. Now, New York City’s government might be catching up.
Can Target And Techstars Turn Minnesota Into The Next Silicon Valley?
With its first retail-oriented program, Techstars and Target are hoping to turn Minneapolis into a hot new destination for entrepreneurs.
If you’re one of the 600 hundred million people around the world who work shifts, trying to plan out your day can be a nightmare. You’re given a printout of your schedule several weeks in advance but you might be asked to change shifts at the very last minute. If you have a sudden emergency, you must scramble to find a co-worker who can replace you. The problem is that there’s often no formal way to do this: Often, you’re left to your own devices, which means reaching out to your colleagues through a Facebook group or texting them on WhatsApp. “They’re really relying on just SMS and basic pictures of their schedule,” Atif Siddiqi, a former retail employee says.
For Apple, Apps Are The New Platforms
After years of pursuing new devices to extend the broad reach of apps, Apple now implores developers to go deep.
After last month’s Google’s I/O conference, I wrote about how its announcements followed a theme of lowering barriers, such as not requiring a separate device for Android Auto, or a PC for advanced virtual reality, or even installation to experience an app. While Apple also announced efforts to make app development child’s play at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote on Monday, it focused more on embedding apps deeper into the fabric of the core experiences that make up its emerging uberplatform.
The Simple Brain Trick That Will Transform Your Memory
Where apps and calendar reminders fail, this method has been proven to help you remember all those little things.
If you use alerts on your phone or sticky notes on your desk to remind yourself to complete a task, researchers have found an easier, more effective way to trigger your memory . . . and it involves an alien doll.
What Saudi Women Really Think About Their Country’s Investment In Uber
In a country where women are not allowed to drive, the deal was a bad omen.
What is the role of major American companies when they expand their business into countries that have different values and attitudes? And does that change when one of those countries invests a significant chunk of money in an American firm?
How Leaders With OCD Leverage Their Coping Skills
The challenges of managing and living with obsessive compulsive disorder can make some people better equipped for leadership roles.
OCD can be hell, but as Winston Churchill, who reportedly had OCD, famously said, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
Five Ways To Speak Passionately Without Getting Too Emotional
Showing emotion can be a good thing, but you still want to come across as focused, not frazzled.
Good speakers are passionate—and it shows. Bad speakers are dull, plodding, humdrum. There’s no sense that they’re animated by their material. And it’s true—showing that you truly care about a subject can go a long way toward winning over your listeners.
How Does “Creativity” Translate Across Different Cultures?
A new report shows the variety in attitude and approach to creativity in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Brazil, Turkey, Russia, China, and India.
What is creativity? What does it mean to be creative? And, assuming you can come up with your own definition, how do you think it differs from others around the world? Those are just a few of the questions addressed in a new report from agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky London and Vlad Glaveanu, an associate professor at Aalborg University’s International Center for the Cultural Psychology of Creativity in Denmark.
