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The app YPlan, which helps users find things to do in London, New York, and San Francisco, has been updated with new features including a redesigned events view, more powerful mapping and search, and new price filters. via The Next Web (TNW).
The Brazilian billionaires who orchestrated the Anheuser-Busch InBev merger are backing a new deal: a $40 billion tie-up of Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz Co. The deal, backed by 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway, is slated to close in the second half of 2015.
via Brewbound
A review of "Everything is Obvious" by Duncan Watts, exploring how common sense often fails to explain social behaviors and advocates for data-driven strategies over intuition.
via Nir and Far.Kendrick Lamar refuses to back down, according to Baeblemusic.com. via The source of this content is Baeblemusic.com.
The FDA recently cleared two new tests for cognitive decline, one using EEG and the other a cognitive assessment on mobile devices. via SharpBrains.
Technology predictions from scientists and inventors who, with the benefit of hindsight, did not quite get it right. via samaltman
Skipping breakfast might not be so bad for you after all. What you eat matters more than when.
via QuartzCondé Nast's video hub is struggling to attract viewers, despite the company's investment in the platform. via Digiday.
Get blown away by this 360-degree sound "Boominator" boombox with a 20-hour battery life. The Instructables build features four 10-inch woofers and blue LED rings.
via HackadayJason Kottke shares some amazing wave photography from Ray Collins. via kottke.org
This article from Harvard Business Review interviews Rich Gotham, President of the Boston Celtics, to discuss trends in the business of basketball.
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