Apps help gardeners identify flora, fauna
Smartphones are where it’s at when it comes to garden help. A number of apps allow you to plan, nurture and identify plants. Identification These apps can…
Author: The Smart Reader Staff
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VR won’t match hype in 2016 – or maybe 2017
No killer apps exist. yet. And that is the problem with Virtual reality in 2016. The VR pioneers are all singing the same song on this one. Marc Metis,…
PayPal dumps platforms
Windows Phone, Blackberry and Kindle Fire users will no longer be able to use PayPal’s mobile apps. The online payments company app will work only on iOS…
Want to be smarter, more creative, more motivated? Get enough sleep!
Have you heard them bragging about it? Managers, workers and business people of all stripes are telling about their 16-hour days. They try to make it…
Motivation and longevity
A reader asked Sue Shellenbarger, The Wall Street Journal’s Work & Family advisor, what effect moving from a small town to a big city for a career could…
Book Review Productivity expert tells how to manage thoughts … and transform your work
Charles Duhigg has done it again, this time with his new book, Smarter Faster Better. It’s already a New York Times Best seller. The author talks to…
Amazon’s new Kindle
Amazon continues to invest in its dedicated Kindle readers even eight years after CEO Jeff Bezos introduced them. The latest product is the new Kindle…
Can voice assistants help you in an emergency?
The results of a study by UC San Francisco and Stanford University were recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine. It analyzed the digital voice…
Leadership begins three things you don’t need
You’ve got the know-how and the experience you’ll need to lead others, but you often wonder whether you have the image to be a leader. First, forget about…
Former Secretary of Defense tells how to be a passionate leader
Book Review Former Secretary of Defense tells how to be a passionate leader One top book reviewer says almost any manager or hopeful has a book on how to…