Firefox Rolls Out Biggest Design Overhaul in 3 Years

Firefox Rolls Out Biggest Design Overhaul in 3 Years


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Mozilla got personal with the biggest update to its Firefox browser since 2011 to users on Tuesday, ushering in a much-welcomed modernized look with a collection of new customization features.

The company is introducing these tools as a part of a greater effort to compete with other browsers, and the launch comes at a time when Mozilla needs it most. The company is still rebounding from the controversy surrounding its cofounder Brendan Eich, who recently stepped down as CEO following a public outcry over his support toward the ban on gay marriage.


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The modern design update, which is available now, is noticeable right from the start, but also incorporates changes baked into the browser itself. The focus of the design is customization and the ability to access your preferences from a browser quickly — such as tabs and bookmarks — and to edit and delete features you don't want, too.






The design update to the Firefox browser has rounded tabs.


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The design borrows a few elements from the Google Chrome browserThe design borrows a few elements from the Google Chrome browser, not only in a clean aesthetic but also with rounded tabs and a three-bar menu. The new Firefox menu located on the top-right hand side of the browser combines the major controls, features and add-ons in one place, so it's easier to access them when you want.



It's also possible to bookmark pages and manage them in the same place; a button next to the star at the top of the browser holds all the functions for managing this section.






A look at the new Firefox menu.


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In addition to rounded tabs, the design makes it easier to see the pages you're currently visiting and de-emphasizes other tabs in the background. It's also possible to "pin" tabs to call them out.





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The update also makes it easier to access these tools across all platforms with its Enhanced Firefox Sync. By creating an account and adding multiple devices (only Android smartphones and tablets for now), it gives you access to your search bar history, saved passwords, bookmarks and more.

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The 6 People Every Startup Needs

The 6 People Every Startup Needs
BY GABRIELLE KAROL | FROM FOX BUSINESS| April 28, 2014|
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There’s no magic bullet for startup success, but your team can often make-or-break it, says entrepreneur Bernd Schoner.

Schoner, who has a Ph.D. from MIT and was co-founder of RFID technologies startup ThingMagic, sold his company to Trimble Navigation in 2010 for an undisclosed sum.



ThingMagic had an original team of five co-founders. But by the time the company was acquired, Schoner says only two were remaining – leading him to think more closely about team dynamics.

“There are certain roles that people assume in a typical tech company or startup that make sense and I think if you are careful about that, then your odds of success go up,” says Schoner. He is author of the upcoming book: ‘The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide."

Related: Ben Horowitz talks leadership

While some companies start out with just one or two employees, Schoner says there are six key personality types he believes make for a great team. Here is the recipe for his dream lineup:

No. 1: The prima donna genius

“I think it’s commonly accepted in a tech startup that you better have someone with technical knowledge,” says Schoner. “You want to have someone be able to lead the technical agenda of the team.”

No. 2: The leader

Typically the CEO, Schoner says it’s important to have one person calling the shots.

“For larger founder teams … It can get very tricky if there are five opinions and all have equal weight. Democracy is great, but not in a startup,” says Choner. “The leader or CEO doesn’t always need to be right, but if [he or she] is a leader figure that others can look up to, then that’s a good thing.”

No. 3: Industry veteran

Schoner says this person is often missing in younger startup teams, but he stresses the importance of having someone on staff who has been around the block.

“Someone who really knows the industry can be of extreme value. They’re not just going for what’s cool or new. They really have the experience to understand what’s needed in a particular industry,” says Schoner.

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No. 4: The sales animal

“The sales animal is the person who knows not just the technology, but also knows how to sell it to a customer,” says Schoner, who says young technologists often miss the value of having a sales expert on-board. “When we are trying to have someone pay money, it’s not about the technology – it’s about the value we can provide to the customer.”

No. 5: The superstar

The superstar may also be the tech genius or the CEO, says Schoner, but he or she is the person who can rally people around the company.

“That’s the guy to build your marketing strategy around. He’s the guy you want to send to conferences and industry meetings,” says Schoner.

No. 6: The financial guru

Especially when you haven’t yet brought a product to market, it’s important to keep track of costs.

“Having the financial personality is important. You want someone who has enough ability to handle numbers,” says Schoner. However, if you’re not yet at the stage where you can support a staff of six, Schoner says you can leave this person off the list – as long as someone else on the team has a good sense of money management.

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A Doctor's Declaration of Independence

A Doctor's Declaration of Independence
It's time to defy health-care mandates issued by bureaucrats not in the healing profession.

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Updated April 28, 2014 7:34 p.m. ET

In my 23 years as a practicing physician, I've learned that the only thing that matters is the doctor-patient relationship. How we interact and treat our patients is the practice of medicine. I acknowledge that there is a problem with the rising cost of health care, but there is also a problem when the individual physician in the trenches does not have a voice in the debate and is being told what to do and how to do it.

As a group, the nearly 880,000 licensed physicians in the U.S. are, for the most part, well-intentioned. We strive to do our best even while we sometimes contend with unrealistic expectations. The demands are great, and many of our families pay a huge price for our not being around. We do the things we do because it is right and our patients expect us to.

So when do we say damn the mandates and requirements from bureaucrats who are not in the healing profession? When do we stand up and say we are not going to take it any more?
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services dictates that we must use an electronic health record (EHR) or be penalized with lower reimbursements in the future. There are "meaningful use" criteria whereby the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services tells us as physicians what we need to include in the electronic health record or we will not be subsidized the cost of converting to the electronic system and we will be penalized by lower reimbursements. Across the country, doctors waste precious time filling in unnecessary electronic-record fields just to satisfy a regulatory measure. I personally spend two hours a day dictating and documenting electronic health records just so I can be paid and not face a government audit. Is that the best use of time for a highly trained surgical specialist?

This is not a unique complaint. A study commissioned by the American Medical Association last year and conducted by the RAND Corp. found that "Poor EHR usability, time-consuming data entry, interference with face-to-face patient care, inefficient and less fulfilling work content, inability to exchange health information between EHR products, and degradation of clinical documentation were prominent sources of professional dissatisfaction."

In addition to the burden of mandated electronic-record entry, doctors also face board recertification in the various medical specialties that has become time-consuming, expensive, imposing and a convenient method for our specialty societies and boards to make money.

Meanwhile, our Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements have significantly declined, let alone kept up with inflation. In orthopedic surgery, for example, Medicare reimbursement for a total knee replacement decreased by about 68% between 1992 and 2010, based on the value of 1992 dollars. How can this be? Don't doctors have control over what they charge for their services? For the most part, no. Our medical documentation is pored over and insurers and government then determine the appropriate level of reimbursement.

I don't know about other physicians but I am tired—tired of the mandates, tired of outside interference, tired of anything that unnecessarily interferes with the way I practice medicine. No other profession would put up with this kind of scrutiny and coercion from outside forces. The legal profession would not. The labor unions would not. We as physicians continue to plod along and take care of our patients while those on the outside continue to intrude and interfere with the practice of medicine.

We could change the paradigm. We could as a group elect not to take any insurance, not to accept Medicare—many doctors are already taking these steps—and not to roll over time and time again. We have let nearly everyone trespass on the practice of medicine. Are we better for it? Has it improved quality? Do we have more of a voice at the table or less? Are we as physicians happier or more disgruntled then two years ago? Five years ago? Ten years ago?

At 58, I'll likely be retired in 10 years along with most physicians of my generation. Once we're gone, who will speak up for our profession and the individual physician in the trenches? The politicians? Our medical societies? Our hospital administrators? I think not. Now is the time for physicians to say enough is enough.

Dr. Craviotto is an orthopedic surgeon in Santa Barbara, Calif., and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.


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Want to Become the Most Interesting Person Around? Start With These 7 Steps

Want to Become the Most Interesting Person Around? Start With These 7 Steps.

BY HARRISON MONARTH | April 28, 2014|
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How do you become the most interesting person in the world?

To be sure, I’m not referring to the silver fox from the Dos Equis beer commercials, who once ran a marathon just because it was on his way, whose organ donor card lists his beard and who speaks fluent French -- in Russian.



The bar doesn’t have to be that high.

In a noisy world where personal branding is a professional imperative and where we constantly compete with equally qualified rivals for clients, jobs, promotions, assignments or funding, not to mention admiration and affection, being just a little more interesting and memorable can be the deciding factor in our favor.

Related: What Separates a Great Leader From a Good One?

The following list of seven rules should yield some promising results for those who want to up their game with some new skills and behaviors:

1. Master conversational skills. The ability to converse is a key competency for successful client pitches, board room presentations, management meetings and the myriad hallway conversations that influence major business decisions. Skillful small talk and more substantive conversations can make anyone more interesting, provided one has something interesting to say. To get better at it, widen your interests and learn about anything from current events to local issues. Keeping conversations balanced by showing sincere interest in others is critical. A report in Psychological Science cites a study that shows that people who engage in deeper, more substantive conversation are happier than those who keep interactions superficial. Happy people are definitely more interesting than miserable ones.

2. Learn to make a solid business case. Occasionally we get lucky. We ask for something -- resources, money, time, support -- and we get it. But for the most part, the higher the stakes, the more scrutiny our requests are under. Entrepreneurs, managers and executives who cannot make a solid business case, linking needs to strategic goals, detailing risks, opportunities and projected ROI, based on research and analysis, are discounted by the decision-makers who can green-light a project. By clearly showing value, telling a compelling business story and answering tough questions from stakeholders, we become valued players in a serious game.

3. Cultivate a reputation of expertise. Experts are in demand. Turn on any television channel and you can watch a parade of authorities in various domains give their perspective on healthcare, airline security, the economy and climate change, to name a few. Particularly in times of uncertainty, we corner the experts to get answers and find out what can be done to either avoid loss of some sort or make gains. If you’re more of a generalist, find ways to go deep into a subject matter that can benefit others, and share that information where needed. A key is to make specialized information accessible and easy to understand. Otherwise, you’ll notice eyes glazing over and confusion replacing curiosity.

Related: 10 Tips on How to Be a Better Entrepreneur in 2014

4. Resolve conflict and dispute between others. In a recent executive coaching survey, CEOs mentioned “conflict-management skills” as their top priority. Being able to help others resolve disputes and conflicting agendas is not just an asset in the C-suite, where leaders have to manage the expectations of a multitude of stakeholders. Even among friends, those who can keep a cool head and balance reason and emotion when arguments threaten to spiral into conflict and hostility, have the respect and admiration of their peers.

5. Build relationships and connect with people. Whether we are individual contributors, startup entrepreneurs or corporate leaders, we need the help of others to accomplish our goals. Being an interesting person helps in building and managing relationships, but the reverse is also true. If we actively engage others, by, for example, inviting someone to lunch, involving a co-worker in a project, asking for a favor, offering support, or sincerely inquiring how someone is doing, we not only become visible, we become relevant. That's the foundation of mutually gratifying relationships. Make it a goal to communicate authentically with others and become more interesting to them in the process.

6. Engage in active listening. Aside from the fact that engaged listening makes us better informed about people and issues, giving someone our full and undivided attention can have a profound effect on their perception of us. Listening attentively is a “giving” rather than a “taking.” Contrast this with the person who primarily keeps the focus on themselves and the difference becomes crystal clear. When we’re listened to, we matter. Those who do most of the talking believe they matter. We become more interesting when we listen to others.

7. Live life and share experiences. “Life is best lived inside, behind a desk,” said no one, ever. Our experiences and what we choose to share are what make others take an interest in us. People often live vicariously through the adventures of their more socially active peers. It doesn’t have to be running with the bulls in Barcelona -- we easily become a little more interesting when we discuss experiences of enjoying a meal at an exotic new restaurant, learning a challenging skill like waterskiing or attending opening night at the museum.

Standing out in a positive way has wide-ranging benefits. These rules are merely a starting point as we manage ourselves to become the most interesting person in the world.

Related: 3 Ways to Boost Your 'Executive Presence' While Pitching for Funding


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Take college and university courses online completely free

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In recent years massive open online courses (MOOCs) have become a trend in online education. The term was coined in 2008 by David Cormier, manager of web communications and innovations at the University of Prince Edward Island. The first MOOC was created the previous year, at Utah State University.

MOOCs are designed like college courses but are available to anyone anywhere in the world, at no cost. You do not receive a college credit, but you will receive a certificate of completion when you complete all coursework. The courses span dozens of subjects and are taught by some of the leaders in those fields. The courses are designed to be interesting, fun and rigorous; the courses are not just in science, and not just in English.

Coursera is perhaps the most well-known of the online education facilitators. Their latest numbers indicate that they have 17,000,000 enrollments from students representing 190 countries. There are 240,000
students in their most popular class. Coursera has over 400 courses in more than 20 categories, created by 85 Universities from 16 countries. Their courses are available in 12 different languages.

EdX is another non-profit course site created by founding partners Harvard and MIT and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. EdX offers MOOCs and interactive online classes in subjects including law, history, science, engineering, business, social sciences, computer science, public health, and artificial intelligence (AI). It has partnerships with tertiary institutions in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, China and Korea.

MIT has their own open courseware, where most of the materials used in the teaching of almost all of MIT's subjects are available on the Web, free of charge. They have more than 2,000 courses available. Stanford also has their own online and open courses. These are great options if you prefer to work at your own pace, as compared to structured classes like those offered at Coursera and EdX.

European institutions are also getting in on the act. Germany-based Iversity offers courses in both English and German and the first courses went online in October this year. Future Learn is a subsidiary of the British Open University and is currently in its beta stage. It already has partnerships with universities across Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The courses will begin this coming November.

For those looking to learn a language Duolingo offers completely free language education. If you're interested in learning a valuable skill CodeAcademy teaches programming and coding in online, free and interactive lessons.

Other sites, like Open Culture, are not affiliated with tertiary institutions. On Open Culture, the editor finds the free courses and audio books on the web and hosts them on the site. The courses are audio & video and can be downloaded straight to a computer or mp3 player.

This is by no means a complete list of all site and institutions that offer free online courses.http://www.mooc-list.com/ has many more listed.


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Scientists have built an 'off switch' for the brain

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Research could help towards developing treatment for neurological disorders such as epilepsy
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Scientists have developed an “off-switch” for the brain to effectively shut down neural activity using light pulses.

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In 2005, Stanford scientist Karl Deisseroth discovered how to switch individual brain cells on and off by using light in a technique he dubbed 'optogenetics'.

Research teams around the world have since used this technique to study brain cells, heart cells, stem cells and others regulated by electrical signals.

However, light-sensitive proteins were efficient at switching cells on but proved less effective at turning them off.

Now, after almost a decade of research, scientists have been able to shut down the neurons as well as activate them.

Mr Deisseroth’s team has now re-engineered its light-sensitive proteins to switch cells much more adequately than before. His findings are presented in the journal Science.

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, which funded the study, said this improved “off” switch will help researchers to better understand the brain circuits involved in behavior, thinking and emotion.

In the upper left opsin, the red color shows negative charges spanning the opsin that facilitated the flow of positive (stimulatory) ions through the channel into neurons. In the newly engineered channels (lower right), those negative charges have been changed to positive (blue), allowing the negatively charged inhibitory chloride ions to flow through.“This is something we and others in the field have sought for a very long time,” Mr Deisseroth, a senior author of the paper and professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioural sciences said.

“We’re excited about this increased light sensitivity of inhibition in part because we think it will greatly enhance work in large-brained organisms like rats and primates."

The new techniques rely on changing 10 of the amino acids in the optogenetic protein.

“It creates a powerful tool that allows neuroscientists to apply a brake in any specific circuit with millisecond precision, beyond the power of any existing technology,” Mr Insel explained.

This technique could help scientists develop treatments for patients with some brain diseases as it could allow problematic parts of the brain to be switched off with light and tackled with minimal intrusion.

Merab Kokaia, PhD, a professor at Lund University Hospital in Sweden who has used optogenetics to study epilepsy and other conditions praised the research.

"These features could be much more useful for behavioral studies in animals but could also become an effective treatment alternative for neurological conditions where drugs do not work, such as some cases of severe epilepsy and other hyper-excitability disorders," he said.


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Obamacare deals blow to one-doctor medicine

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Obamacare deals blow to one-doctor medicine
By Dan McSwain5 P.M.APRIL 26, 2014

💬COMMENTS 90Dr. Doug Moir fills out a patient’s medical history on the computer after her visit. Moir has less time for patients since electronic health record software became federally mandated. Peggy Peattie • U-T

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Despite the predictions of fortune tellers in politics and think tanks, we won’t know for years whether the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, will ultimately leave people sicker or healthier, richer or poorer.

Yet already the law is speeding the demise of an American small-business institution; the one-doctor medical practice.

Their problems began in the late 1990s. Government cost controls steadily eroded revenues while simultaneously boosting costs, by stacking on requirements for paperwork and accounting.

Some doctors adapted by figuring out ways to see more patients. Others just accepted falling incomes.

Now, Obamacare has delivered a major blow to productivity.

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In a slow-motion version of the problems that crippled online insurance “exchanges” for months, doctors who see patients under Medicare and Medi-Cal programs have been forced by federal law to install expensive, complex software systems that sharply reduce time for patients.U-T Graphic: Medicare payments to doctors — Aaron Atencio

For many doctors, it’s the final straw. Surveys suggest that older physicians are retiring in high numbers. Younger ones are closing practices and taking jobs with integrated health systems.

Early this month, I spent a few hours with my friends Dr. Doug Moir, a heart specialist in Escondido, and his wife, Margaret, who runs the business side of their one-doc practice (which also includes a nurse and assistant).

Both Moirs are pillars of the Escondido community. Just thinking about their volunteer schedule wears me out.

Over a 40-year career, Doug has helped thousands of people, both inside and outside his practice. At a robust 72, he’d love to keep going, but he increasingly questions how long he can afford it.

“This year we’re looking at putting money into the business to keep it going,” he said.

Federal data backs up Margaret’s account of revenue pressure.

Pricing is largely set in the U.S. by Medicare, the federal program for people over 65 (most of Doug’s patients), which pays on a fee schedule that covers thousands of procedures and provides a benchmark for private insurers.

In 1997, Congress imposed a payment formula that, at first, kept pace with costs. But in 2002, the formula produced a 4.8 percent reduction, prompting lawmakers to intervene each year.

Since then, increases have ranged from zero to 1.8 percent, far below inflation.

Doug Moir is a noninvasive cardiologist, which means he doesn’t perform lucrative procedures like heart surgery or inserting stents. As a specialist, he can’t easily crank up patient throughput by handing off procedures to less-skilled assistants.
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According to Medicare’s database, Doug’s average payment in 2012 was $52.70 for a Doppler echocardiogram, which uses sound waves to peer inside a working heart. In 2011, the national average was $86.64.

Under a quirk in the Medicare formula that is eventually being fixed, payments are lower in San Diego County, which the government viewed as a low-cost, rural county.

Both figures strike me as modest; medical references say an echocardiogram can take from 20 minutes to one hour to complete.

My plumber often gets a better hourly rate. And my plumber usually gets paid.
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Saudi Arabia Is Building the World's Tallest Tower — It's Twice the Size of Empire State

Saudi Arabia Is Building the World's Tallest Tower — It's Twice the Size of Empire State
By Eileen Shim April 21, 2014

The news: Burj Khalifa, meet your dethroner.

Saudi Arabia is expected to break ground next week on Kingdom Tower, a 200-floor behemoth in the coastal city of Jeddah. The tower will stand 3,280 feet high, making it 568 feet taller than Dubai's Burj Khalifa, and will become the new titleholder for the tallest building in the world — for now.

The skyscraper will not only be staggeringly tall, but also expensive: It will need around 5.7 million square feet of concrete and 80,000 tons of steel. Overall, Kingdom Tower is expected to cost around $1.23 billion to complete over the next five years.



















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In order to facilitate moving about the 500,000-square meter building, there will be 59 elevators, including five double deckers. For visitors going up to the observation deck, there are super-speed elevators that travel at 10 meters per second — which means it will only take 1 minute, 40 seconds to reach the top.










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But that's not all. Kingdom Tower is one part of a massive development by the Red Sea. The plan is to build a new town called Kingdom City, which will consist of "over 5.3 million square meters of urban development including housing, commercial property, hotels, offices, shops, educational and commercial centres." Authorities hope that it will jump-start the economy in the region and create new jobs.










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The building is designed by the Chicago-based firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; Smith also designed the Burj Khalifa. Kingdom Tower's height and striking design are meant to "send a message of strength" about Saudi Arabia's economic and political stability, said Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.










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How does it compare to the rest of the world? Kingdom Tower dwarfs all other buildings by far. And as you can see, the U.S. — even with the new One World Trade Center — is far behind.










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That's especially interesting given how the U.S. essentially invented the skyscraper race. From 1930 to 1931, New York was home to the three tallest buildings in the world in a row: the Bank of Manhattan, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. But since then, countries in Asia and the Middle East have been showing off their rising economies, while America has been watching from the sidelines.

It's also important to keep in mind that One World Trade Center is now the tallest building in the U.S., and given its symbolic significance, it's unlikely that a taller building will be built in America any time soon.

Is there an end to the race? At some point, one building will hit the proverbial glass ceiling: There are structural limits to how far a building can physically go, and you have to consider human comfort as well. William Baker, a structural engineer who worked with Smith on the Burj Khalifa, believes that theoretically, one could construct a building twice as high. It's up to anyone with the money to take up the challenge.


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Saudi Prince's $500 Million Airbus A380 Will Blow Your Mind

When people who are just a little bit rich travel, they fly first class. When you're really rich, you rent a private jet. When you're insanely rich, you fly on your very own private jet with your name painted on the wings. When you are a multi-billionaire Saudi Prince, you fly on a mind blowingly lavish$500 million customized Airbus A380. Recently it was revealed that Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, who has a net worth of $18 billion, purchased a $300 million Airbus A380 and is spending an additional $200 million remodeling the plane into a flying palace that makes Airforce One look like a hunk of junk….


Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal is one of the wealthiest people in the Arab world. Thanks to thousands of extremely shrewd investments, the Prince was able to turn a modest fortune into more than $18 billion. Through his investment firm Kingdom Holding, Prince Alwaleed has bought up large stakes in companies like News Corp, Apple, Citigroup, Twitter and more. He owns luxury hotels like The Savoy in London, the Fairmont in San Francisco, the Plaza in New York and the Four Seasons. He owns several yachts, more than 200 cars and three incredible palaces that cover a combined 5 million square feet. When Prince Alwaleed takes delivery of his $500 million Airbus, it will be one of four massive private jets. It will also be the largest and most expensive private plane in the world.


$500 Million Airbus A380

The base Airbus A380 costs $300 million and normally fits around 800 passengers. Prince Alwaleed's Airbus A380 is being completely stripped and remodeled with the following mind blowing luxuries:
- One parking space for his Rolls Royce
- Concert hall with grand piano, seating for 10 and stage for private entertainment
- Marble tiled steam room with spa treatments
- A "wellbeing" room complete with flat screen TVs on the walls and floors that shows passengers what they are flying over
- Five master bedroom with king sized beds, private bathrooms and showers
- 20 smaller private rooms
- Private elevator that connects the master bedroom to the tarmac for quick entrances and exits
- Boardroom with holographic monitors
- A prayer room with computer monitored prayer mats that automatically adjust to face Mecca






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7 Tips for Naming Your Business

7 Tips for Naming Your Business

BY YANIK SILVER | April 23, 2012|
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Entrepreneurs fret over packaging and a host of other details as they get started, and then leave one of the most important aspects as an afterthought.

The sad truth is that the right name can sometimes make all the difference when it comes to propelling a business to success, rather than just slogging on.

Consider this: Would you like "Patagonian toothfish" on your plate tonight for dinner? Hmm… not so much? Ok what about "Chilean Sea Bass?" That's much better, right? Or another example is how Marion Morrison put on a cowboy hat, slung on a six-shooter and became "John Wayne."




A Quick Guide to Naming Your Business

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Names are quite powerful. I pretty much started as a copywriter. I know that words are incredibly important. Each one has a distinct difference. Get the name right, and you get branding as a by-product of your advertising.

Here are seven things I consider when determining a business-related name:

1. The name needs to sound good when it's said aloud.I'm a big fan of alliteration, using words that start with the same consonant, Coca-Cola or Jimmy John's. Just make sure to say it aloud -- a lot -- and make sure this isn't a "she sells seashells on the seashore" situation. People need to say the name on the radio, a video or in conversation.

2. Use a name that has meaning to it and conveys a benefit. If you heard it you'd know right away what it is. For example, my first "real" book was called, "Moonlighting on the Internet." The word "moonlighting" instantly conveyed that this was about using the Internet in your spare time to make extra money. Also make sure the name isn't too generic. Personally, I think Boston Chicken made a mistake when it changed its name to Boston Market. Don't try to be everything to everybody with your name.

3. Avoid Web 2.0-ish syndrome. I still don't know if you spell Flickr with an "er" or not. And I definitely have no idea how to spell delicio.us without looking it up. This sort of mildly dyslexic spelling is so last decade. Potential customers for your new venture of "Computer4You" should be able to easily look up the name, and they shouldn't be asking whether a "you" is a "u."

4. Beware initials. They are so boring. Yes, IBM and 3M have gotten away with initials, but these are multibillion-dollar corporations that have been around for decades. You can do the same when you've brought in billions of dollars over a hundred years. Until then, rely on a name that is interesting.

5. Use specifics. Don't use a generic name that doesn't mean anything. I like names that take advantage of details such as numbers and days. My buddy Tim Ferriss found a pretty specific and compelling name for his book "The 4-Hour Work Week." Other titles that use numbers to focus in on specifics include "8 Minute Abs" and "5-hour Energy."

6. Make sure you can trademark the name. Depending on how big you want to build the brand, this is an important consideration. It's worth it to check USPTO.gov -- or a new site calledTrademarkia.com -- before settling on a name.

7. Test it out on Google AdWords. One of the great features of the "find keywords" tool onAdWords is that it will list similar search phrases, along with how many global and local monthly searches each are getting. Some AdWords searches with the name you are considering can ensure there isn't a slightly different name out there that might get more attention on the Internet.

If you really want to get advanced, try to come up with a name that could be eventually used as a verb, or lends itself to the creation of your own "language." People who go to TED, the conference for Tech, Education and Design, now call themselves "TEDsters." My company, Maverick Business Adventures, recalls "Maverick Moments" stories about happenings during a trip.

Think it through, and your name will be a multiplier in your favor.


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8 Websites That Will Dramatically Increase Your Internet Productivity

8 Websites That Will Dramatically Increase Your Internet Productivity

Take your procrastination to the next level.posted on October 24, 2013 at 1:52pm EDT

Chanel Parks


According to this Quora thread, the following sites will creatively keep you entertained.


1. Coursera

Coursera / startups.fm

Try taking some academic classes from the best sources in the country. Oh, and it’s FREE!

Source: Quora

2. Instructables

Instructables / instructables.com

This site curates a bunch of DIY tutorials for your everyday use. Finally, a place that gives you more things to pin on Pinterest.

Source: Quora

3. Duolingo

Duolingo / themetaq.com

Actually learn a foreign language or two, because you don’t remember shit from your high school Spanish class.

“It gets you to 1500 words which is somewhere between basic and conversational.”

Source: Quora

4. Big Think

Big Think / bigthink.com

Let this site do the talking, because it will Blow. Your. Mind.

“The ideas can help you think flexibly and act decisively in a multivariate world.”

Source: Quora

5. FutureMe

FutureMe / futureme.org

Send a letter to your future self and track life’s triumphs and setbacks. It’s like a digital time capsule!

Source: Quora

6. Lumosity

Lumosity / lumosity.com

The perfect platform for keeping your mind sharp after hours of Facebook stalking.

Source: Quora

7. Goodreads

Goodreads / women2.com

Must love books and compiling impossible “to-read” lists.

It “is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. You can build your virtual bookshelf here :)”

Source: Quora

8. TED Talks

Flickr: tedxsomerville

Watch a range of brilliant (and not so smart) talks about topics like death and online dating. #Fascinating

Source: Quora


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