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iPhone Twitter App Showdown: Tweetbot vs. Twitter
There are dozens of Twitter clients for the iPhone, but the official Twitter app and the third-party Tweetbot are two of the most popular. One’s free, the other’s pretty expensive at $9.99. Let’s dig into the main differences between the two, and see if the difference in experience is worth the difference in cost.
Sleepcast Uses Your Favorite Speakers for Your Phone’s Alarm
Android/iOS (Beta): You probably use your phone as an alarm clock, and you may even use it to play music isntead of a generic alarm tone, but what if you could use your favorite speakers or home stereo to wake you up instead of your phone’s tinny speakers? That’s what Sleepcast does.
This Week’s Top Downloads
Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week.
How to Use Vinegar to Make Your Cocktails Taste Amazing
Vinegar is probably the last thing you’d think to reach for when you want to make a refreshing drink. But with a little sugar, a handful of past-its-prime fruit, and about a week in the fridge, vinegar can transform into one of the most complex, mixologist-approved flavors to ever grace your cocktails.
Keep Your Front-Loading Washer Stink-Free With These Four Tips
Some front-loading washers have had issues with mold and mildew, and that means nasty smells that get into your clothes. Here are some easy ways to keep that from happening.
Build Your Own Internet-Connected Handheld Weather Station
A weather station is a fun project that teaches you a ton about electronics with the added benefit being an actually useful little device. Instructables user Ingenerare has a guide for making your own little tiny weather station on the cheap.
Highlight Your Impact, Not Your Tasks, For a Better Resume
You have one page to prove to a potential employer that you’re worth hiring. Don’t waste time transcribing every task you ever carried out. Highlight how much impact those tasks had for the company.
Make an Egg-Free Caesar Dressing Out of Cashews
Caesar dressing may be one of the tastiest salad serums around, but not everyone can get behind the idea of raw eggs. For those who are a bit squeamish (or allergic), there’s a simple substitution: cashews.
How a Calendar Actually Sabotages Your Time Management Efforts
We all struggle with time management, and we all want to know the best ways to conquer our schedules. In this video, Dan Ariely
, a behavioral economics professor at Duke University and friend of Lifehacker
, says the calendar definitely isn’t one of them.
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