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These 12 Tips Will Help You Get The Most Out Of Your iPhone

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You can do a lot with your iPhone. There are plenty of cool features that might not be so obvious. Kind of like finding an Easter egg.

To get the most out of your phone, you just have to know where to find them.

Your phone charges a little faster if it's in Airplane mode. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen. Tap the airplane icon on the left. Turning this feature on on when you need to charge it a little bit faster.



You can check your app history by double-tapping the iPhone's home button. A sideways scrolling list will appear on screen. This shows the last apps you used in chronological order.



Activate Siri and say "read my email." Siri will read the name of the sender, time and date, as well as the subject of the email. If you want to reply, Siri will listen to your response and send it for you.



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The Top 32 Prospects In The 2014 NFL Draft

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With less than a month to go to the NFL Draft, a consensus is starting to form.

Using the prospect rankings from seven of the biggest draft experts, we came up with an expert consensus list of the top 32 players in the draft.

Right now there are 15 players (Johnny Manziel included) who are in all seven experts' top-25 rankings.

Those experts are the following: ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN's Todd McShay, SB Nation's Dan Kadar, CBS Sports' Rob Rang, NFL.com Bucky Brooks, NFL.com's Daniel Jeremiah, and NFL Network's Gil Brandt.

32. Jason Verrett, cornerback (TCU)

Previously: 27th

Average rank: 18.0

Top 25's: 1 out of 7 rankings

Thing to know: He seems like a pretty great character. He already declared that he wants to be defensive rookie of the year in 2014.



31. Xavier Su'a-Filo, guard (UCLA)

Previously: Unranked

Average rank: 15.0

Top 25's: 1 out of 7 rankings

Thing to know: He's the only highly regarded guard prospect in the draft.



30. Morgan Moses, offensive tackle (Virginia)

Previously: unranked

Average rank: 14.0

Top 25's: 1 out of 7 rankings

Thing to know: He pulled a hamstring at his Pro Day, which doesn't seem like a good thing. But he's still climbing on draft boards.



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9 Big Questions About Summer's Blockbuster Movies

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The summer movie season is getting underway earlier than ever this year with Friday's release of Marvel's “Captain America:Winter Soldier,” and Fox's sequel to “Rio” the week after.

But the real blockbuster pile-up begins in May. Every week for four months, studios will release at least one movie — sometimes two or three — they expect to gross at least $100 million.

Some of them — sequels like “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” “How to Train Your Dragon 2” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction” — are guaranteed to make money. But there are plenty of franchise aspirants that could self-destruct. Think “After Earth” or “Lone Ranger” last summer.

Studios will look to Angelina Jolie, Channing Tatum and Seth MacFarlane to guide them through the sand traps. But none of them are sure bets, which makes this summer all the more interesting. Here are the nine biggest questions for Hollywood over the next few months.

Here's what we need to know before Summer movie season >

Will Michael Bay Deliver For Paramount?

Paramount has adopted a less is more approach for the summer, releasing just three movies. There is a wild card to this risk-averse strategy: Michael Bay.

He produced two of Paramount's three movies, “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” which he also directed, and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” an extravagant reboot of the popular comic book.

Bay is a vital partner for Paramount given his stewardship of the “Transformers” franchise, which has grossed $2.67 billion worldwide at the box office. This latest battle of Decepticons and Autobots, in which Mark Wahlberg replaces Shia LaBeouf, will gross hundreds of millions (if not billions).

Yet for Paramount to escape this summer unscathed, it will need “Turtles” to work as well. With a budget north of $120 million, that is no guarantee.

Also read: Mark Wahlberg Boasts ‘Transformers Age of Extinction’ Will Be 2014's Biggest Hit

Bay, the excitable, talented alchemist of comedy and explosions will need to be something new — consistent.



Which Movie Will China Save?

Overeager journalists, bloggers and social media pontificators prematurely label movies flops all the time. Many buried “Noah” before it opened, just as most of Hollywood gave up on “World War Z” last summer.

Yet a funny thing happens with a lot of those “flops”: God, also known as the foreign market, intervenes.

Also read: China Box Office Hits $3.6 Billion in 2013 – Biggest Foreign Haul Ever

Take last summer's “Pacific Rim.” The movie grossed $101.8 million in the U.S., a paltry sum given its $190 million budget (and many suspect it cost a lot more). People labeled the movie a failure. Yet it saved itself from damnation by grossing $309 million overseas ($111.9 million in China alone). Will Legendary be making the sequel Guillermo Del Toro thought up? No. Was that movie a huge flop? No.

There are several candidates for overseas salvation this summer, in particular “Edge of Tomorrow” — Tom Cruise plays big overseas — and “Jupiter Ascending.” Speaking of “Jupiter Ascending”…



Can Seth MacFarlane Do It Again?

Seth MacFarlane built a television empire worth billions by blending sardonic wit with childish humor. Yet many doubted he could transition successfully into the movie business.

He silenced critics with “Ted,” a comedy about a talking, drinking, womanizing teddy bear that grossed $549 million at the box office in 2012. It simultaneously initiated the resurgence of Universal and established MacFarlane as a filmmaker.

See photos:49 Summer Movies on Our Radar: From ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ to Tina Fey's Next Comedy

Before suiting up for “Ted 2,” MacFarlane returns with “A Million Days to Die in the West,” a Western comedy produced by Media Rights Capital. Once again, he will face doubts.

We know MacFarlane can write and direct, but he also stars in this one, anthropomorphizing a voice viewers have heard for years. He has also selected a genre, the Western, which Hollywood shuns, ostensibly, because those movies don't make money.

Well, except when a singular talent like Quentin Tarantino makes one. MacFarlane is cut from a similar cloth.

Also read: The Brilliance of ‘Cosmos’ – Seth MacFarlane Uses His Power for Good



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10 Castles You Can Actually Afford To Sleep In

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Talabgaon castle indiaCastles require a lot of upkeep: Just ask Queen Elizabeth, who's currently looking at an $83 million bill for long-needed repairs to Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

Yet while Her Majesty can afford to foot the bill, other château owners have wised up and have opened their properties to guests.

Far from being drafty old fortresses, these hotels have modern amenities while still maintaining their unique histories.

Best of all, a stay in one of these castles won’t cost you a king’s ransom.

Chateau De La Caze in Sainte-Enimie, France

Tucked into a crook of the steep Tarn River gorge, Chateau de la Caze is a gorgeous castle built in the 15th century as a honeymoon home for a French noblewoman. Some of the best rooms are on the top floor, where you can walk out onto the terrace to view the river below and bathe in a circular turret, complete with arrow slits. Tapestries, antiques, and artwork adorn the rooms and halls. Weather permitting, dine at the top-notch terrace restaurant, with its views of the river on one side and the impressive cliffs on the other (doubles from $185).

Insider Tip: Take a drive 35 miles southwest to the stunning Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world and considered one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. In nearby Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, visit one of the half-dozen or so caves where this famous blue cheese is aged.

Plan Your Trip: Visit Fodor’s France Guide



Dalhousie Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland

Set among lovely grounds overlooking the River Esk, the main part of this redstone castle was built in 1450, and you can still see openings in the parapets from where defenders poured boiling oil on intruders.Dalhousie’s wood-paneled library is a popular gathering spot before dining in the castle’s more formal restaurant, set in the centuries-old, barrel-vaulted dungeon. For an extra dose of atmosphere, treat yourself to a themed room, including one that houses the castle’s 500-year-old well (double from $210, includes breakfast).

Insider Tip: If you really want to feel like lord of the manor, try the hotel’s falconry experience ($140). Observe owls, Harris hawks, and buzzards in flight before they land on your gloved hand; you’ll even get to handle one of their eagles.

Plan Your Trip: Visit Fodor’s Edinburgh Guide



Castel Pergine in Trentino, Italy

Perched high on a hill in the rugged western Dolomites, with dramatic views of the upper Sugana Valley and Lake Caldonazzo, Castel Pergine is about as close as you can get to an authentic medieval castle experience. Built in the 13th century on an important Roman road, the castle appears much like it did hundreds of years ago. Rooms are modest but comfortable—and even cheaper if you choose one with a bathroom down the hall. Dinner in its well-regarded restaurant is not to be missed (double with bathroom from $165, includes breakfast).

Insider Tip: The Dolomites are renowned for winter skiing, but it’s also a wonderland of outdoor activities in the warmer months. Hiking is one of the most popular activities, but you can also arrange a bike or horseback tour. Mix with the locals on market days: Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Plan Your Trip: Visit Fodor’s Dolomites Guide



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How To Use Tinder, A Socially Acceptable Way To Call Someone Ugly Or Attractive That's Worth $500 Million

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couple in love kissingTinder is a year-old mobile dating app that was recently valued by investors at $500 million.

It works a lot like Hot or Not, allowing users to quickly judge each others' looks based on profile pictures. If both people find each other attractive, Tinder allows them to "match," then message back and forth to schedule a date.

The Los Angeles-based startup was founded by four entrepreneurs, Sean Rad, Justin Mateen, Jonathan Badeen, and Christopher Gulczynski, and it is backed by IAC, the parent company of Match and OKCupid.

In February Tinder was generating 10 million matches per day.

Here's how the $500 million dating sensation works.

When you open the app, it welcomes you with basic instructions.



If you like someone and they like you, it's a match! You're then allowed to message each other. If not, you go your separate ways and no feelings are hurt.



Tinder makes you sign in with Facebook, because it pulls your most recent profile photos and a few other tidbits for your dating profile on the app.



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What Marijuana Does To Your Body And Brain

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It's 4/20. For those not in the know, "4/20" is the unofficial holiday for pot smokers and marijuana legalization activists around the world to celebrate by lighting up on April 20.

The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim traced the term back to 1971. A group of California high school friends, known as the "Waldos" used "4/20" as a code word to refer to the time of the day when they would smoke outside of school.

This year, for the first time, residents of Colorado, Washington, and Uruguay can celebrate the day with legal recreational marijuana.

The plant, best-known for its "feel-good" effects and touted for its uses for multiple diseases, can also be damaging to our bodies and minds.

The high you get from marijuana mostly comes from a chemical called Tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, which is found in varying potency in different strains of cannabis.

Most of THC's effects happen in the brain, where the chemical interacts with receptors on brain cells called cannabinoid receptors. Our bodies actually make chemicals very similar to THC, which are used in normal brain function and development. THC co-opts these natural pathways to produce most of its effects.

Marijuana makes us feel good.

When THC hits brain cells, it causes them to release dopamine, a feel-good brain chemical. This is a part of the brain's reward system, which makes you feel good when you do things that ensure the survival of yourself and your offspring. These things include eating and having sex.

When over-excited by drugs, the reward system creates feelings of euphoria.



But that's not all good. It can mess up your reward system.

When the rewards system is overstimulated, for example, by the abuse of drugs like cocaine, it can go haywire and cause a dependence (or in extreme cases addiction) on whatever is providing the rewarding feeling. It can also diminish how rewarding normal things, like eating, feel.

This can cause apathy and dependence on the drug.



It blocks memory formation.

The active ingredient in marijuana acts in the part of the brain called the hippocampus to alter the way information is processed and how memories are formed. Animal studies have shown that this is particularly true while the brain is still developing— specifically why the legal smoking age is 21 in the states that have legalized it.

This blockage of memory formation can cause cognitive impairment in adulthood if use happens during adolescence, at least in rats. It can also quicken age-related brain cell loss, though marijuana has been shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.



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23 Health Benefits Of Marijuana

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Recently, CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta reversed his opinion on medical marijuana.

While recreational marijuana is controversial, many people agree with Gupta's new stance, and believe that the drug should be legal for medical uses.

While the benefits of smoking pot may be overstated by advocates of marijuana legalization, the new legalization will help researchers study the drugs' medicinal uses, and better understand how it impacts the body.

Currently only 6% of studies on marijuana analyze its medicinal properties.

Keep in mind, though, that there are negative effects of smoking too much pot or using it for non-medicinal purposes. When overused or abused, pot can cause dependency and mess with your memory and emotions.

There are at least two active chemicals in marijuana that researchers think have medicinal application. Those are cannabidiol (CBD) — which seems to impact the brain without a high— and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — which has pain relieving properties.

Also keep in mind that these same health benefits can be gained by taking THC pills, Dronabinol, which in some ways is more effective than smoked marijuana.

Randy Astaiza contributed to an earlier version of this story.

It can be used to treat Glaucoma.

Marijuana use can be used to treat and prevent the eye disease glaucoma, which increases pressure in the eyeball, damaging the optic nerve and causing loss of vision.

Marijuana decreases the pressure inside the eye, according to the National Eye Institute: "Studies in the early 1970s showed that marijuana, when smoked, lowered intraocular pressure (IOP) in people with normal pressure and those with glaucoma."

These effects of the drug may slow the progression of the disease, preventing blindness.



It may help reverse the carcinogenic effects of tobacco and improve lung health.

According to a study published in Journal of the American Medical Association in January 2012, marijuana does not impair lung function and can even increase lung capacity.

Researchers looking for risk factors of heart disease tested the lung function of 5,115 young adults over the course of 20 years. Tobacco smokers lost lung function over time, but pot users actually showed an increase in lung capacity.

It's possible that the increased lung capacity maybe  due to taking a deep breaths while inhaling the drug and not from a therapeutic chemical in the drug.



It can help control epileptic seizures.

Marijuana use can prevent epileptic seizures, a 2003 study showed.

Robert J. DeLorenzo, of Virginia Commonwealth University, gave marijuana extract and synthetic marijuana to epileptic rats. The drugs rid the rats of the seizures for about 10 hours. Cannabinoids like the active ingredients in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (also known as THC), control seizures by binding to the brain cells responsible for controlling excitability and regulating relaxation.

The findings were published in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.



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The Incredible Story Of How White Supremacists Almost Took Over A Tiny North Dakota Town

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When Brooklyn-based filmmakers Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker first arrived in Leith, North Dakota to shoot their documentary "Leith, N.D.,""No Trespassing" signs had just popped up all around town.

"There were these 'No Trespassing' signs everywhere," Nichols told Business insider. "Chris and I were really nervous sometimes because we would be shooting B-roll, and we were worried we were inadvertently going to go on someone's property and not realize it because property there was so vast. Everyone in the town just wanted to be left alone, and they didn't want people snooping around or getting too close."

Nichols and Walker flew to North Dakota after reading a New York Times article about the war brewing in Leith between the town residents and a man named Craig Cobb, who was inviting white supremacists from around the country to stay on his swastika flag-adorned properties.

Leith   Cobb's house   No Weather Productions"Cobb got to the town over a year before we arrived, and was undetected for about a year," Nichols explained. "He seemed like just a sort of peaceful, quite, kind of weird guy."

Most of the residents in the tiny town of 24 thought Cobb was strange. But since he kept to himself, so did they. The only waves Cobb made were whenever he went around town asking people if they had any land to sell — even properties without any working sewer.

Then in August 2013, town mayor Ryan Schock received a call from the Southern Poverty Law Center alerting him to who Cobb really was — a well-known white supremacist.

"Schock really had no idea what a white supremacist was, he was just kind of confused," Nichols said. "But once he found out about Cobb on the internet, he started going around and telling people in the town. There is one black resident that lives [in Leith] and Schock wanted everyone to feel safe."

A "Pioneer Little Europe"

Even after the town was aware of Cobb's beliefs, a majority of the residents didn't mind as long as he didn't stir up trouble.

But stirring up trouble was exactly Cobb's agenda — on his website, he had Google images of Leith charted off with descriptions of plans to create his personal Aryan settlement.

When the residents of Leith saw the website, they finally understood: Cobb was trying to take over and set up his own "Pioneer Little Europe,"as his supporters dubbed it.

Leith   Sign on Cobb's property  No Weather ProductionsTensions came to a head on September 22nd, when Cobb held a rally in town with Jeff Schoep, the leader of the National Socialist Movement. "We have to start somewhere,"Schoep told Reuters at the time. "So if we start in small towns and spread out from there, it's sort of a test ground in that sense, where if we're able to get off the ground here, then we're able to get off the ground in other places." At the time of the protest, Cobb had already  purchased 13 lots, some for as little as $500.

Hundreds of demonstrators (many of them Native Americans from nearby reservations), along with activism group UnityND, descended upon Leith to protest the American Nazi group with signs that read, "No Hate In Our State" and "Don't let the door KKKick you on the way OUT!"

There were also around a dozen armed state troopers dressed in SWAT team gear, as well as a dozen neo-Nazis on Cobb's property with a banner that read, “Anti-racist is code for anti-white.”

The sleepy cattle-farming community was completely overrun. That's when the "No Trespassing" signs starting appearing on every property. Leith residents wanted their town back.

Leith Fights Back

By the time Nichols and Walker arrived in Leith to shoot their documentary, the residents were taking a stand.

Meanwhile, Cobb had invited dozens of white supremacists to squat on his land, with the hope that with their votes he could take over the city council, thus taking over Leith.

Leith   Main Street  No Weather ProductionsOutsiders thought that the town only had two options: let Cobb take over, or dissolve so there would be no city council and the town could be absorbed into the larger Grant County.

But the 24 Leith residents were not going to let that happen. The majority of them had been there all their lives, and did not want to see their town dissolved.

Instead, they created a brilliant legal strategy that would force Cobb and his sympathizers to lose their foothold.

"They hired this legal team that came up with a strategy that would force Cobb or any other people who were likely sympathizers to Cobb to have potable water on each of their properties," Nichols explained. "A lot of the white supremacists that were coming down were just sitting in Winnebagos on one of Cobb's properties. The ordinance said that Cobb had 30 days to get everything up to code, knowing that that would be a fairly expensive process. Right after that is when everything sort of fell apart for Cobb."

The Aftermath

On November 16th 2013, Cobb was taken to jail in handcuffs after allegedly "patrolling" around the town with rifles and threatening citizens, according to The Bismarck Tribune.

In February, Cobb pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor menacing charges and one felony terrorizing count as part of a plea deal. He remains in jail and has yet to be sentenced. If a judge accepts the plea agreement, Cobb faces four years of supervised probation and will no longer be allowed to own guns.

"I'll be so glad to get out of the state," Cobb told the Associated Press in November. "And I'll never come back to North Dakota."

Mayor Ryan Schock told the AP that people in Leith want Cobb to pay for the ordeal he has put the town through. Cobb has sold off his property in Leith, including his house.

Nichols and Walker are currently finishing their documentary, endeavoring to tell both sides of the story from an unbiased viewpoint. They hope to complete it this spring, and focus on the travails of the town as well as the aftermath.

"[Residents are] just totally fatigued, and they're upset that all of the press about their town is about neo-Nazis and white supremacy," Nichols said. "These are people that really don't want the attention, but they're happy to get it if it means that people will have an idea of what they're going through."

For more information about donating to their "Leith, N.D." documentary, you can contact the filmmakers at noweatherproductions@gmail.com with inquiries. You can also visit their website and Facebook page for more details about the film.

Leith   Welcome Sign  No Weather Productions

SEE ALSO: Sriracha Fans Will Go Crazy For A New Documentary About The Beloved Condiment

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29 Awesome Photos Of Musicians Performing At Coachella

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After nearly 200 musical acts performed for two consecutive weekends in Indio, Calif., Sunday marks the final night of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Some of the musicians performing are more well known than others, but everyone puts on a show for the thousands of fans who traveled from near and far.

In case you didn't have the chance to attend this year, we put together the most awesome photos of musical performances we could find.

Pharrell was joined by Gwen Stefani and dancers in robes during the festival's first weekend.



During the second weekend, Jay Z surprised the crowd during Pharrell's performance.



Rappers Busta Rhymes and Spliff Star came out onstage, too.



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CITI: Here Are The 20 Best Stocks In America (GOOG, FB, V, EBAY, HOG, BA, SBUX)

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Citi's army of analysts and strategists have examined the universe of stocks they cover and screened them for what they considered to be the 50 "World Champions.''

These companies boast "leading business models and market share," wrote Citi's Robert Buckland, Robert Garlick and the global equities research team.

The analysts' considered three selection criteria: market cap of at least $3 billion; at least a top 3 market share in a third of their businesses; and a global reach as measured by significant revenue outside of their home market.

To narrow it down to the top 50, Citi analysts then looked at both historical financial performance and forecasts of the same measures between 2014-2016. 

We've highlighted 20 of the U.S. buy rated stocks and ranked them by estimated total return (ETR). We also pulled a few key quotes from the 212-page note that highlight what makes each of these companies a world champion.

Note: Closing price as of April 17.

FMC Technologies (FTI)

Estimated total return: 20.8%

Target price: $63

Current price: $54.80

Dividend yield 2014E: 0.00%

"FTI firmly maintains its leading position in the manufacture of subsea technologies for oil and gas production, one of the fastest growing segments of the oilfield equipment market," according to Citi's Robin Shoemaker.

Source: Citi



VMWare, Inc (VMW)

Estimated total return: 20.9%

Target price: $120

Current price: $103.17

Dividend yield 2014E: 0.00%

"VMware has been at the forefront of this shift to cloud computing, and the company is moving quickly to adapt to new cloud paradigms, including the cloud management layer, where the company has introduced vCloud and other advanced cloud management technologies," according to Walter Pritchard.

Source: Citi



Polaris Industries (PII)

Estimated total return: 20.9%

Target price: $156

Current price: $135.39

Dividend yield 2014E: 1.38%

"Over the past three years, PII has consistently shown significant market share gains in every core business unit and has over-delivered on retail expectations," writes Citi's Gregory Badishkanian.

Source: Citi



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28 Killer Home Trading Desks From All Around The World

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Consider this a friendly reminder of what really matters — the place you call home.

For traders, home is their desk. It's where markets happen (and markets = life). That's why we asked our readers to send us photos of their desks to check out how people are doing this all over the world.

They obliged, and we put the photos together in this slideshow. We're ready for another installment, though, so e-mail your trading desk set-up to jlaroche@businessinsider.com or llopez@businessinsider.com

Until then, check out these trading spaces.

A Chicago-area trader sent us this desk. He trades options, commodities, and stocks. He uses CQG and EOS as his trading platforms.



This trader has a great view of the Manhattan skyline.



This set-up belongs to a pair of forex traders in Malaysia. 'We make our office as spacious as possible with minimum clutter and with as much green as possible. We have a fridge loaded with food and drinks. We have a sofa bed that we can use for relaxing or resting. Our place is so conducive, we do not want to trade anywhere else,' one of the traders tells us.



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9 Tricks Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, And Other Top Execs Use To Run Meetings

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Americans sit through some 11 million meetings every day— with the unproductive ones costing companies $37 billion a year. 

Since we've already looked at the most egregious meeting mistakes, we decided to explore how the most successful executives run effective meetings. 

After combing through the business literature, we discovered that Yahoo's Marissa Mayer grills her employees like an expert chef, Amazon's Jeff Bezos can't stand it when people agree, and Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg wields a mighty notebook. 

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg sticks to a strict agenda.

Sandberg brings a spiral-bound notebook with her to every meeting. In that notebook is a list of discussion points and action items. 

"She crosses them off one by one, and once every item on a page is checked, she rips the page off and moves to the next,"Fortune reports. "If every item is done 10 minutes into an hour-long meeting, the meeting is over."



Tesla CEO Elon Musk demands that people be super prepared.

Musk has incredibly high standards. He has a reputation for firing people if they miss a deadline. So if you're meeting with him at Tesla or SpaceX, you have to be ready.

As one anonymous Musk employee shares on Quora:

"When we met with Elon, we were prepared," the commenter shared. "Because if you weren't, he'd let you know it. If he asked a reasonable follow up question and you weren't prepared with an answer, well, good luck." 

What else would you expect from the most badass CEO in America? 



The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs kept meetings as small as possible.

Jobs led Apple to become one of the world's most valuable companies, creating consumer-friendly products with sleek designs. 

He ran meetings with a similar minimalism. He hated when they were too big, since too many minds in a room got in the way of simplicity. 

In one tale, Jobs was in a weekly meeting with Apple's ad agency and spied someone who didn't regularly attend. He asked who she was, listened to her reply, and politely told her to get out: "I don’t think we need you in this meeting," he said. "Thanks."

Jobs carried the same standard with himself: When President Obama asked him to a meeting of tech darlings, he declined. The guest list was too long. 



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15 Ways Men Can Make Their Clothing Last Forever

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It’s no secret that men are becoming more stylish thanks to social media and an updated shopping experience.

Guys who have invested time and money in their wardrobes should take care of their clothing so that it lasts for more than just a season.

With these 15 wardrobe hacks, your clothes will last longer, look better, and maybe even last a lifetime.

Hang your suits and dress shirts on cedar wood hangers. The cedar acts as a repellent for moths and absorbs moisture. And unlike wire hangers, these thicker hangers will not damage or stretch out clothing.



Rotate your clothing. Store shirts, pants, and suits that you won't need until next season to make room for other clothes and avoid an over-stuffed closet. This will give your clothing a chance to breathe, and make it easier to find that lucky shirt or tie.



Invest in quality shoe trees. They will maintain the shape of your nice work shoes, prevent the leather from warping or cracking, and absorb any excess moisture from your shoes so they don’t rot from the inside out.



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Apple And Google Have A New Strategy To Make Sure They Have The Best Smartphone Apps

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Google and Apple have always been at war over apps, but the conflict is now heating up specifically over video games reports Ian Sherr and Daiuke Wakabayashi of The Wall Street Journal.

The companies are trying to convince game developers to release new titles on Android or iOS first.

In exchange, Google and Apple are offering these developers a promotional boost for their programs by giving each app premium placement at the front of their respective app stores. 

App store promotion is a big deal. Search and discovery has traditionally been a big challenge for developers trying to get their new apps to take off. But if an app gets featured by Google or Apple, it can drive a ton of sales.

The report mentions that Apple had struck a deal like this to promote the popular app "Plants vs. Zombies 2" for a few months before it arrived on Android.

Google and Apple want to stay one step ahead of each other in the app marketplace. Apple is the top destination for developers, but Google is quickly bridging the gap in terms of app downloads. Developers still tend to make apps for Apple devices first though because they're likely to make more money from iPhone/iPad users.

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2 High School Students May Have Solved The Most Annoying Thing About Ketchup Bottles

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High-school seniors Tyler Richards and Jonathan Thompson really like ketchup.

So much so that when they started a year-long program through the Project Lead the Way program at their Kansas City high school, they knew they wanted to focus on the biggest problem with ketchup — the watery discharge that can ruin a great burger or hot dog bun (via Grub Street).

“Wet bread’s gross,” Thompson explained simply to KCPT.

The two students said they spent a week sketching out solutions to the problem, and eventually landed on a model that is based on the Pythagorean cup idea (the same principle behind the toilet).

The final prototype, which they 3-D printed, looks like a regular cap from the customer’s perspective. But the inside resembles an upside-down mushroom that traps water from escaping the bottle.

“Basically kind of what’s happening is that there is no way the ketchup can go through [the regular end of the cap],” Richards explained to KCPT. “So [the pressure] pushes the ketchup up and over and through the tube, whereas the water will be sitting at the bottom."

ketchup gifThe students said market research indicates that the mushroom cap could be made for about 23 cents and that consumers might be willing to pay up to $3 for the solution.

“It’s mostly just been kind of fun because there aren’t many classes where you can just do a year-long project on ketchup,” Richards said.

Watch a video of the pair describing their project below.    

SEE ALSO: 10 Ingenious Reinventions Of Everyday Products

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The Most Powerful Person At Every Age

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Most Powerful People at Every Age_03 updatedFrom Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal bundle of joy — third in line of succession to the British throne — to 98-year-old David Rockefeller, the oldest billionaire alive, it's evident that authority transcends shape, size, and age.

Power is, in fact, relative to a person's capacity to enact change or direct the behavior of others when compared to his or her peer's ability to do the same.

In creating this list, we considered three criteria to determine power. A person's sphere of influence was the greatest indicator, followed by potential for acquiring future power, and estimated net worth. If two candidates of the same age seemed equally powerful, their net worth served as the deciding factor.

Now it's time to meet the most powerful people in politics, tech, finance, entertainment, sports, retail, and culture, ages 0 to 100.

AGE 0: Prince George of Cambridge

Son of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

What makes him powerful: After his grandfather and father, the royal bundle of joy is third in line to succeed his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. In April, the 8-month-old embarked on his first royal tour, a 19-day visit to New Zealand and Australia.



AGE 1: Margaret Laura “Mila” Hager

Granddaughter of former President George W. Bush

What makes her powerful: The younger twin daughter of Laura and George W. Bush, Jenna Bush Hager and her husband, Henry Hager, gave birth last year to their first child, Margaret Laura Hager. Little "Mila" joins the Bush family as the first granddaughter — and great-granddaughter — to two former U.S. presidents.



AGE 2: Blue Ivy Carter

Daughter of Beyoncé and Jay Z

What makes her powerful: Blue Ivy — a name her parents tried (unsuccessfully) to trademark — is the offspring of hip-hop and pop's two biggest moguls. She's already a fashion trendsetter, world traveler, and recording artist, having appeared on Jay Z's song "Glory" and Queen Bey's song "Blue."

 



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10 Gorgeous Photos From New York City's Massive Historical Archive

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New York City's Department of Records took its enormous collection of vintage photos of the city— 870,000 and counting — and put it online this month.

Visitors to the department's website can now see what NYC's boroughs used to look like, reaching as far back as the 1890s.

The following photos from the collection show city landmarks, development, and civic life.

A hand-colored glass lantern slide represents a street in the Lower East Side from the 1890s.



Canal Street on January 22, 1913.



The Manhattan Bridge with subway cars, June 24, 1915.



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E-COMMERCE AND THE FUTURE OF RETAIL: 2014 [SLIDE DECK]

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The retail industry is undergoing a dramatic shift: E-commerce is capturing a larger share of sales than ever before. 

We've created a slideshow highlighting the retail categories where e-commerce is having the most impact, and where there is still opportunity for disruption. The shift away from physical retail toward digital retail is happening faster than many observers expected. 

BI Intelligence is a research and analysis service focused on mobile computing, digital media, payments, and e-commerce. Only subscribers can download the individual charts and datasets in Excel, along with the PowerPoint and PDF versions of this deck. Please sign up for a free trial here.

 







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13 Awesome Androids, Cyborgs, And Robots In Film

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r2d2 star warsEveryone loves lists and movies. I love mechanical life forms too.

So I’ve rolled all three into one with a little engineering spin.

This list is by no means comprehensive — it’s simply thirteen of my favourite androids, cyborgs, and robots.

Blinky tried to help an unhappy boy.

"BlinkyTM" is a short film about a boy, Alex (Max Records), and his robot.

Blinky doesn’t go on adventures, he’s just a toy meant to placate Alex while his parents fight.

Blinky isn’t what most people would call an interesting character, but what he illustrates in this short film is enough to make feuding parents think twice about how they treat their kids. Alex ultimately resents his robot companion since he doesn’t solve the underlying unhappiness he feels as a result of his parents decaying relationship.

Alex and his parents pay for their mistakes when a combination of robot abuse and a short circuit turn Blinky into… well… you’ll just have to watch the film.

Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vimeo.



Johnny Five strives for acceptance in "Short Circuit."

"Short Circuit" comes out of the 1980′s golden era of off-the-wall yet watchable science fiction comedies. The technology is laughably campy by today’s standards; Johnny Five’s clumsy arms and binocular eyes remind of us of a time when CDs were a hip new thing and Chrysler’s K Cars were an acceptable form of transportation. From a robotics-engineering standpoint he’s about 30 years too early to even exist. Only now are robots smart enough to avoid trampling small children.

Johnny Five strives for acceptance and acknowledgement. He is largely misunderstood and unable to properly communicate. If not for his funky engineering design and oddball personality, he might have been just another Hollywood character trying to fit in.



Bishop demonstrates that not all androids are the same.

Bishop (Lance Henriksen) isn’t the first android in the "Alien" franchise, but he’s far and away the best.

His large contributions to the film as the level-headed Bishop go a long way towards teaching Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) that not all androids are the same, righting the wrongs of android Science Officer Ash from the first film.

No film in the franchise adequately explains how the androids function, but moviegoers are treated to a hybrid of machine and organic guts whenever they are inevitably maimed or impaled by an alien.



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12 Amazing Airbnb Rentals In Brazil

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The World Cup is fast approaching, and anyone planning to head down to Brazil should look into a place to stay, if they haven't already found one.

Renting from sites like Airbnb can be a great alternative to traditional hotels. They allow you to search by location and price point, in addition to offering a taste of local life. 

We've created a list of some of the coolest Brazilian homes you can rent on Airbnb. They each have something amazing to offer, from beach access to gorgeous art. 

As an added bonus, many of these rentals include free, home-cooked breakfasts. 

The World Cup begins in São Paulo on June 12 and ends in Rio de Janeiro on July 13, with matches taking place in 12 cities across the country. Hosts often increase their rates during special events, so prices listed here have been adjusted to reflect the change. 

Lounge by the pool at this resort-like rental in Rio.

This one-bedroom apartment is new, fully furnished, and located near Rio de Janeiro's historical and cultural center. 

Cost: $172/night

Accommodates: 3

Neighborhood: Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro



Nap in a hammock overlooking Copacabana.

Located in one of Rio's notorious favelas, this rental is a little bit off the beaten track, but it promises an authentic Brazilian experience with breathtaking views. 

Cost: $279/night

Accommodates: 2

Neighborhood: Leme, Rio de Janeiro



Sleep close to the action at this eclectic Rio apartment.

Cosme Velho is at the foot of Corcovado, the mountain where Rio's famous "Cristo Redentor" statue stands. This fun flat will give you easy access to that and other important landmarks. 

Cost: $316/night

Accommodates: 2

Neighborhood: Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro



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