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Estar: The Ultimate Android App to Master Your Battery Life | Mashable

How To Really Stop Checking Your Email Constantly | Mashable

The Top 10 Reasons Apple Rejects Apps From the App Store | Mashable

Smarter Education: The Rise of Big Data in the Classroom [VIDEO] | Mashable

5 Ways the Workforce will Change in 5 Years | Mashable

5 Things You Should Know About Email Unsubscribe Links Before You Click | Naked Security

Review Your Settings with Facebook's New Privacy Checkup Tool | Naked Security

More Robot Autonomy Linked To Human Worker Happiness | ReadWrite

The Internet of Things Will Be Huge, and So Will Hadoop | ReadWrite

The Secret To Hiring Great Developers Is Hiding In Plain Sight | ReadWrite

Timeline: How Messaging Has Grown In The Computer Age | ReadWrite

Why Do Some Old Programming Languages Never Die? | ReadWrite

Why VMware Will Struggle to Embrace the Future | ReadWrite

6 Science-Based Tips to Make You More Productive at Work | Vox

Can Putting a Plant on Your Desk Make You More Productive? | Vox

The Case Against Software Patents, in 9 Charts | Vox

Why College Is Still a Great Investment | Vox

Two Common Misconceptions About Learning | Science Blogs | WIRED

Why Your Library May Soon Have Laser Cutters and 3-D Printers | Design | WIRED

MOOCs Are Dead — Long Live the MOOC | WIRED

This Ant-Sized Radio is Powered by the Messages It Receives | WIRED

Three Essential Steps to Make Yourself More Hack-Proof | WIRED

Middle-School Dropout Codes Clever Chat Program That Foils NSA Spying | WIRED

The Many Cultures of Innovation | WIRED