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Stuttering and its impact
Calm down, slow down. Those are two phrases I heard a lot growing up as tips to get rid of my stutter. While there are recent studies indicating social anxiety may indeed be a component for stuttering, comments like these (although well intentioned in trying to help) are drawn from the perceptions that people who — read more
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Apple continues to support (RED)
www.apple.com/red/ I’ve been supporting (RED) since launch a few years back by Oprah and Bono. Apple has been one of the early supporters and now is making its biggest commitment to date. Check out the site for details, and the App Store on your iPhone for the (RED) apps. I find this fundraising model is — read more
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Facebook launches Groups app
Facebook today has launched another standalone app, this time for their Groups service. The app has a nice clean interface with opportunities to discover additional groups based on interests and area. You can also create new groups, configure all of your group alerts from within the app and join and leave groups. It also displays — read more
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Apple introduces iMessage deregistering tool
http://9to5mac.com/2014/11/09/how-to-deregister-imessage-phone-number/ Apple link to deregister iMessage If you’ve left your iPhone for another platform but have missed text messages, it’s most likely because your mobile number is still registered to the iMessage service. If you still have your iPhone, this is probably the easiest way to turn off iMessage. Most people unfortunately don’t realise this — read more
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Microsoft makes Office free on mobiles
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/microsoft-makes-office-free-mobiles Microsoft Office on mobiles is now free. The previous version of Office Mobile allowed you to view Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files but to create a new document, an Office 365 subscription was required. Now the one Office Mobile app has been replaced with three individual apps, and they all allow you to create — read more
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iPhone 6 Health App tracks your steps
It’s been just over a week with my iPhone 6 and have only just begun to explore the Health app on the device. Now it should be noted the app just added functionality to work with third party apps with the updated iOS 8.0.2. This means that the Strava app can add data into the — read more
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Facebook and the side affects of the ‘Like’
I’m going to try this experiment to see if my news feed can be less promo and more friends. Perhaps there should be a setting to not allow likes for certain posts. How to make Facebook work better for you: Quit the ‘Like’ — read more
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iOS 8: Photos goes beyond 30 days
Finally, the picture limit for backups will be removed with the arrival of iOS 8, which should be available within the next 1-2 months. There are quite a few additional interesting updates to this latest update, which I will highlight in the coming weeks. iCloud Photo Library won’t just store 1000 pictures for up to — read more
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The power of the group
If you could do it yourself, you’d have done it already I recently read this quote and it really struck home with me as it relates to stuttering. For people who stutter, there is a certain bond we all have which is unexplainable. We all know how the other is feeling at that moment of — read more
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1001km for 2014, so far!
After a 37km night ride tonight with a friend, I’ve surpassed the 1000km mark, 1001km to be exact, for 2014 thus far! I’ve only been riding since early last year, and this is the first year I actually have been keeping track of my km’s, and I find it self motivating to be honest. I — read more