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Virgin Mobile will be rolling out a new no-contract wireless plan, sold exclusively through Walmart. The mobile operator will be offering Americans the ability to activate up to five phone lines for a monthly fee starting from just $7 for each line. Available on August 9th, those who opt for Virgin Custom will have the option to customize everything to suit current needs and requirements, so long as you only enjoy using some of the popular social networks available.
The idea is to better empower customers (who can't afford or do not wish to take out contracts) when it comes to selecting how much they require from a wireless plan, while making it so subscribers can only access the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. Subscribers will be able to manage their plans through a mobile interface. Instead of offering unlimited access to all websites, Sprint will restrict access to just a few of the popular apps. Other apps may be added in future, but for now you'll need a data plan for everything else.
Pricing will see subscribers charged $5 for each of the big sites detailed above, while $15 will allow access to all four. That's on top of the $7 line rental.
For the time being, enjoy the helpful little video published by Virgin Mobile. Interested? Stay tuned for August 8th when this new wireless plan becomes available.
Source: Virgin Mobile, via: WSJ
Some people hate doing nothing. I am not one of those people. The calmness of inactivity peacefully re-centers your soul. It's not boring. It's soothing. And these GIFs wonderfully made by artist Rebecca Mock perfectly capture that accomplished feeling of doing nothing.
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Whether you're a college student doing research or a professional drafting up proposals, these are the very best document editing apps for iPad!
The iPad is a great writing utility and that includes editing and drafting documents, no matter what kind of work you do. From embedding images and charts to writing a term paper for college, there are lots of App Store apps for iPad that specialize in document creation and editing. Not sure which one is right for you? Follow along for a list of my current favorites and who I think they're best suited for!
Pages is part of Apple's iWork suite and focuses strictly on creating and editing documents. You can quickly and easily create invoices, resumes, outlines, and much more. You can also embed shapes and charts in just a few taps that are easy to manipulate and work with. All of your documents can also be stores in iCloud so you can access them on any other iOS device or Mac exactly as you left them on your iPad.
If you want a complete solution across iOS and OS X or prefer something with an easy to learn and use experience, look no further than Pages.
Google Drive is Google's own documents suite which lives on the web. You can access it in any browser and through the Google Drive app for iPad. That includes being able to view and edit text documents you create in your Google Drive. You can also invite others to collaborate or view your documents in just a few taps.
If you share a lot of documents or already live and breathe Google services, Google Drive is your best choice.
POLARIS Office 5 is a complete office suites that lets you edit and create documents as well as spreadsheets. You can link in your cloud storage services and pull your documents directly from them for viewing and editing in POLARIS. Once you're done, just save them up and you're good to go. As far as document editing is concerned, you can also import images and shapes from your Camera Roll to documents.
If you want an office suite that can pull from all cloud storage services, including Google Drive, check out POLARIS Office 5.
GoDocs was built for use strictly with Google Docs and in order to use it, you'll need to have a Google account. Your documents are then saved and synced between Google Docs and GoDocs. The thing I really like about GoDocs is that it gives you the flexibility of viewing documents in either desktop or mobile versions since it essentially loads Google Docs inside the main frame of the app. That also means you get all the benefits of Google Drive on the web.
If you use Google Docs but don't particularly care for Google's official offerings, be sure to give GoDocs a try.
Documents to Go is also a complete office suite, much like POLARIS Office. You can pair it with the desktop application in order to wirelessly sync documents to and from. Documents to Go also supports sync with iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, and other cloud services through their premium version. When it comes to actually editing documents, the interface is simple enough that anyone can pick it up and use it.
For a simple interface that's easy to use and can sync with many services, including the desktop — Documents to Go is worth a hard look.
Documents 5 by Readdle does not have editing capabilities for documents but it's one of the best document management suites around. It supports many different file types for viewing and acts as a central hub for many of Readdle's most popular products including Scanner Pro, Printer Pro, and more.
If you're only looking to manage and share existing documents on your iPad and don't need to edit them, Documents 5 by Readdle is hands down the best choice - especially if you're already using other Readdle products.
Microsoft Word for iPad was just recently released and is Microsoft's official version. You can open and view Word documents for free but to create, edit, and manage them — you need an Office 365 subscription which costs $120 a year. After that, you'll get all the functionality you get from the Office 365 version of Word.
If you're used to Microsoft Word, prefer it, and don't mind forking over some cash, you can finally have Microsoft Word on your iPad.
If you create, edit, and manage documents on your iPad, what apps do you use? And if you're using something other than what's listed above, be sure to let me know why!
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Jony Ive and Marc Newson's charity auction to raise money for (RED), the AIDS charity, has netted nearly $13 million. Forty-three items were auctioned, including several designed by in a collaboration between Apple senior vice president of Design Jony Ive and renowned industrial designer Marc Newson.
The dozens of products weren't only designed by Ive and Newson. They included designer pens, suitcases, a car, an SUV and much more. But Ive and Newson's designs fetched some of the highest prices - a pair of solid rose gold Apple earpods, for example, were expected to fetch $25,000, but were sold for $461,000. Ive and Newson's aluminum "The (RED) Desk" was anticipated to sell for a half million dollars; it went for $1.685 million. A Steinway grand piano customized by Ive and Newson was estimated at $200,000, but it sold for $1.925 million. A Leica digital camera was expected to fetch $750,000; it sold for $1.805 million. A new Mac Pro, customized with a red aluminum exterior, fetched $977,000.
Ive and Newson were recently interviewed by talk show host Charlie Rose on PBS.
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The UFC was reportedly considering putting Todd Duffee on their December UFC 168 card but the heavyweight will miss not only that event but may be also out for a year or more after being diagnosed with Parsonage-Turner syndrome. The knockout artist was awoken recently by shooting pain in his back and armand also had numbness and weakness.
“It felt like somebody stabbing me in my back,” Duffee told Sherdog.com.
“I kind of freaked out. Should I go to the ER? What do I do? It was that kind of pain. I just couldn’t move. I could kind of lift my shoulder to a certain extent, but I couldn’t use my hand fully. I could like pulse it, but I couldn’t close it. I couldn’t pick up anything with it or anything like that.”
Duffee got several tests done over the next few days to attempt to determine what was wrong with him. Finally, a neurologist diagnosed him with Parsonage-Turner syndrome, a condition where nerves are affected negatively and that causes numbness, weakness and pain in the arms.
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“It’s one of those moments where your whole perspective on life changes and you have to start kind of looking at things differently,” Duffee admitted.
Doctors told Duffee that it could be a year until he fought again and the fighter said that it took him over a month until he was able to once more even make a fist with his right hand. The twenty seven year-old is optimistic that he will recover quickly, however.
“Already I’ve had a very fast recovery,” Duffee said. “I’m very advanced.”
Duffee made his return to the UFC Octagon after over two years last December, winning a TKO over Philip De Fries. His overall record stands at 8-2.
We wish Duffee a speedy and full recovery and look forward to seeing him in the ring again soon.
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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/ufc-heavyweight-todd-duffee-rare-nerve-disorder-183033258--mma.html
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