It doesn’t matter whether your summer plans include hitting the road for a family vacation or just hanging out in the backyard, food is going to be a part of it. And there’s going to be plenty of those hot, sultry, sunny afternoons where you just don’t feel like cooking, so let’s start the summer […]
Light Up Your Back Yard this Summer
It’s Summer, and you’re finding that you’re spending a lot more time outdoors. So you update your back yard, make it warm and welcoming… the problem is nobody can see it. Or each other. Or the great BBQ and refreshing cocktails you’ve spent hours making. That’s why you need to update your backyard lighting. Here […]
Polo Ralph Lauren Celebrates Pride Month
As June marks Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, many fashion and beauty brands are coming out to support the LGBTQ+ community in impactful ways. Several brands are showing their support by creating capsule collections full of rainbow-themed apparel and accessories, donating up to 100 percent of net proceeds to charities […]
Microsoft launches Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with PC and Xbox Games for $14.99 Per Month
Microsoft first unveiled its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription earlier this year, with access to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass games. While it was only in beta before, it looks like Microsoft is now launching this to everyone today with the big addition of PC games. That means for one single $14.99 monthly […]
Subway Partners with Disney’s Aladdin
Disney is introducing a whole new generation to Aladdin, and Subway is offering a chance to not just go see the film, but get your kid a healthy lunch. Sometimes, that’s hard, but Subway has put together a package that includes things like lean proteins, veggies, a drink with no added sugar, and a fruit […]
Updating Your Back Yard? Fake it Till You Make It
It seemed too good to be true, a wildflower seed mat for $6.99 from Walter Drake. Sure, it meant that I’d just unroll it into place, with no digging, preparing, spacing and all that, and you just weren’t sure if it would take root. But after all was said and done… it gave you at […]
H&M Celebrates Pride Month
As June marks Pride Month and 2019 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, many fashion and beauty brands are coming out to support the LGBTQ+ community in impactful ways. Several brands are showing their support by creating capsule collections full of rainbow-themed apparel and accessories, donating up to 100 percent of net proceeds […]
Sitting (in front of the Computer) is the New Smoking!
Despite the growing alarm about the harmful effects of sitting too much, Americans are sitting more than in the past — in part because people are spending more leisure time in front of the computers. The association between lots of sitting and bad health is now well-established, but there hasn’t been a lot of data […]
Spotify Tests Social Listening Feature
TechCrunch reports that Spotify appears to be testing a new feature called Social Listening, which would let multiple users add songs to a queue in real time, somewhat like the defunct social media platform Turntable.fm (minus the chat and open invite policy). The feature, unearthed by reverse-engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, is just a test […]