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The grocery delivery company is offering some of its partners software without manpower.

Since its launch in 2012, Instacart has continually evolved its grocery delivery service. In the beginning, CEO Apoorva Mehta made deliveries via Uber. Then an independent fleet of couriers shopped for the items on customers’ lists and delivered them using their own vehicles. Eventually, in-store Instacart employees handed deliveries off to couriers. And now, in the latest iteration, Instacart is piloting an option in a handful of stores that involves no delivery and no Instacart workers.

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If you want a promotion after less than 12 months on the job, you’ll need to show it’s a more obvious choice than it might seem.

You’re six months into your job and doing well at your company. You feel you’ve already settled in, and you’re ready for more responsibility. So you schedule some time with your boss and ask, “So, what can I do in order to get promoted?”

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Get your tabs under control, supercharge Gmail, and generally stop clicking so much with these handy Chrome add-ons.

Webster’s defines productivity as “the quality or state of being productive.” Helpful, no?

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As its devices mature, Apple’s next step is presenting a more unified experience for developers and users.

Apple CEO Tim Cook opened up the company’s WWDC week by noting that his keynote would focus on the company’s four device platforms: Apple Watch, Mac, iPhone/iPad, and TV. The operating systems that power these products have been the foundation of Apple’s enviable technology ecosystem—its collection of hardware, software, and services that complement each other and enhance the value of the aggregate even more than each component.

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The company announced a number of changes to its operating systems that show a new focus on machine learning and personal assistant tech.

Think Different. That’s the simple and iconic slogan Apple used during the second coming of Jobs, during his reinvention and revitalization of the company in the late ’90s. Yes, there are second acts in American life. Jobs gave one to Apple, and it’s still living it.

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