Give Your Budget a Purpose to Make It More Effective

Budgets are easy to break. They get old; they get boring. Money blog Rags to Reasonable points out that budgets often fail because they lack an essential ingredient: purpose. I didnt really think about why or how; I just followed the rules I read in a book. I created a budget, and sometimes I followed it, but mostly I blew it. I quickly realized that my budget lacked a purpose....

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 173 words · Craig Williams

Sign Up for the Chrome Beta on iOS

iOS: Fancy yourself a fan of Chrome on the iPhone and iPad? After confirming your email, youll get aTestflightinvitation to sign up and test iOS betas. Chrome Beta| viaGoogle Operating System

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 31 words · Toni Hicks

Castro, the Simplest iOS Podcast Manager, Adds iOS 9 Features and Goes Free

Today, the apps gone free while adding in a bunch of new iOS 9 features. The apps also now free with an optional patronage if you want to tip the developer. Castro(Free) | iTunes App Store

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 36 words · Cameron Simmons

Firefox Is Finally Available on iOS

Today, that frustration has ended. The mobile net net app also features private browsing and intelligent searching from the omnibar. Firefox for iOS(Free) | iTunes App Store

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 27 words · Madeline Boyle

How to Enjoy the Holidays Without Messing Up Your Weight Loss

The holiday season is hardly the harbinger of impending health and fitness. But despite the abundance of treats and temptations, this doesnt mean your diet will fall to ruins. But thats not true. In reality, studies have shown that this number is closerto only one pound. The fact is, an average adultgains about 0.5-1kgper year. Instead, reframe your efforts and adjust your goals over the festive season. Whats contextually realistic is to aim to maintain your weight and health over this period....

November 12, 2015 · 2 min · 296 words · Travis Wilson

YouTube Music Combines Pandora-Like Discovery with YouTube’s Huge Library

YouTube Music is on par with something like Pandora, where its all about discovery. Of course, instead of just streaming music tracks, youll also get video. YouTube Music(Free) | Google PlayYouTube Music(Free) | iTunes App Store

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 36 words · William Johnson

A Leadership Lesson From an Army General: Use "Briefback" Communication

Kearney explains: We are in a world where most communication is one way. Email is a classic example. With three-way communication, you clear things up easier and faster. As Kearney says, leadership is deliberate: you dont accidentally have successful teams. A 3-star general shares his top leadership lessons| Business Insider Photo byExpert Infantry.

November 11, 2015 · 1 min · 53 words · Sean Miller

Colleges Don’t Always Keep Medical Records Private

(Parents areusually allowed to see their minor childrens records, although that varies by state and situation.) University health centers, on the other hand, arent bound by the same rule. When a university health center refers a student to a hospital, the lines get blurry. ProPublica reports on students who have been burned by their schools release of information they thought would be private. When Students Become Patients, Privacy Suffers| ProPublica...

November 11, 2015 · 1 min · 73 words · Ernest Higgins

Alloy Automates Tasks In Nearly Any App on iOS

You create these actions yourself with runtime workflows, then run those from inside Alloy. If youve tested out Workflow and felt it wasnt powerful enough, Alloys worth a look. Alloy($4.99) | iTunes App Store viaCult of Mac

November 10, 2015 · 1 min · 37 words · Tonya Banks MD

Make Fresh Whipped Cream with a Hand Blender

Combine your ingredients in a bowl, then blend with your hand mixer or immersion blender for 20-30 seconds. Your whipped cream will be done when soft peaks start to form. How to: Make Homemade Whipped Cream in 30 Seconds!| Gimme Some Oven Image fromjeffreyww.

November 10, 2015 · 1 min · 44 words · Derek Hill

Moving 101 Helps Plan Your Move from Start to Finish

Moving can be a big, time consuming headache. Of course, you have options when youre planning your move. Moving 101 helps you weigh these options and plan every step of your move. The tool comes frompreviously mentioned HireAHelper, a site that lets you compare the costs of various moving companies. Check it out for yourself at the link below.

November 10, 2015 · 1 min · 59 words · Paula Robinson

Verify and Repair Permissions from the Command Line in OS X El Capitan

Open up Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and jot down in: That will verify your disk. Next, you might repair by typing in: Repairing permissions will likely take a while. How to Verify & Repair Permissions in OS X El Capitan| OS X Daily

November 10, 2015 · 1 min · 43 words · April Mendoza

Grill Almost Any of Your Favorite Snacks and Boost Their Flavor

Since many of you are big fans of grilling year round (and why wouldnt you be?) Just a few minutes on the grill gave crappy, limp cold pizza a new coal-fired life. To see how the donuts faredas well as some prosciutto and even some leftover fried chicken. Enhance the Flavor of Your Favorite Munchies by Grilling with Binchotan| Bon Appetit

November 9, 2015 · 1 min · 61 words · Elizabeth Cervantes