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Although they may seem late to the game, Post-It brand notes has finally created a helpful note-taking app for mobile devices. However, it appears that for users, the wait may have been worth it; the new app, called Post-It Plus, blows its competitors out of the water with a futuristic ability to digitize real world Post-Its. That's right. With Post-Its Plus, you can upload that cluttered cloud of sticky notes on your desk to your smartphone. Free for iOS users, the app essentially lets them take a picture of their Post-Its, creates digital copies of the notes, and then organize the notes on a digital corkboard. Digitizing the notes is a pretty straightforward process. Users need to arrange their sticky notes so that none of them overlap, and then take the picture in decent lighting. Ot...

The city of Fargo, North Dakota may be best known as the titular setting of one of the Coen Brother's most famous films. However, thanks to a new program that will begin offering classes in October, Fargo may soon become known as something more: a hub for female web developers. Web development, which focuses on the design and creation of websites, is widely considered a thriving, profitable career in the field of information technology. The Bureau of Labor Statistics report that developers earn more than $60,000 and are in high demand, creating an excellent opportunity for qualified job seekers. However, Shannon Luney, a graphic designer from Moorhead, Minnesota reports that 20% or fewer of developers are women. For this reason, Luney and Megan Beck, a fellow graphic designer from Fargo, ...

Oshkosh Defense Corporation, a division of vehicle manufacturer Oshkosh, is currently competing against Lockheed Martin and AM General for a $31 billion military contract with the Department of Defense. Competition for the elite contract is fierce, and was even referred to by Lockheed Martin as being similar to "a knife fight in a phone booth." The purpose and main objective of the contract is to ultimately replace thousands of military Humvees with new tactical vehicles. Oshkosh was pleased to announce that their prototype, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, completed rigorous Department of Defense evaluations, including a review of the company's readiness to manufacture the elite tactical vehicles. Oshkosh claims its JLTV prototype was able to successfully demonstrate the ability to tra...

An in-depth New York Times investigation published last week has revealed that despite on-and-off recalls issued by Honda regarding Takata airbags, the company only reported a deadly flaw years after it first learned of it. The first incident relevant to the recalls happened in 2004, when an Alabama driver in a 2004 Accord was injured by an exploding airbag that shot out metal fragments. Honda and the air bag’s manufacturer, Takata, simply labeled the accident as an “anomaly.” The company neither issued a recall nor notified federal safety regulators. But in the past decade, 11 car companies supplied by Takata have recalled more than 14 million cars over the risk of ruptured air bags. (For scale, that’s approximately five times as many cars as General Motors has recalled due to its high...

The age of printed media may be struggling, as evidenced by the recent shutdown of Venezuela's oldest newspaper and the closure of the Los Angeles Register after only five months. But according to a new magazine funded by Kickstarter, print is far from over. PRINT ISN'T DEAD Magazine is a colorful new quarterly publication that features innovative printed designs from all over the world. The project was funded successfully through Kickstarter, surpassing its £4,520 goal with a total of £6,834. Surprisingly, the magazine was born online. Less surprisingly, the website that publishes the magazine is People of Print, a UK-based site founded by Marcroy Smith to honor the most extraordinary works of printed media across the globe. Given the content, a print magazine is the logical extension o...

Approximately 97% of the public believes uniforms make your employees easier to recognize. Companies throughout the United States are relaxing their dress codes in an effort to adjust to the changing styles of today's workforce. While it was once unacceptable for workers to have visible tattoos, piercings or brightly colored, dyed hair in a corporate setting, such styles are now becoming much more acceptable in the workplace. As big businesses recognize that employees today dress and accessorize differently than they did even 10 years ago, they are focusing more on ensuring that employees are comfortable in their work environment, rather than enforcing tight restrictions on what employees can and cannot wear. Among the major companies changing their policies is Starbucks. After an emplo...

In news that further proves the sheer impact that video marketing is having on the web, a recent survey of marketing professionals found that video advertising's conversion rates often outperform those of other marketing tactics. According to MarketingLand.com, the recently-released report from video marketing and analytics platform Vidyard also found that 71% of marketing professionals reported that the conversion performance of online video content is either "somewhat better" or "much better" than other online advertising content. In addition, 69% of the marketers surveyed said they plan to increase their budgets for video marketing content in the future, MarketingLand.com reported -- certainly no small statistic. “Its the accessibility of video content -- via tablets smartphone lapto...

Organizing ink and toner supplies is stressing small business owners out, according to a recent survey conducted by Staples. The office supply company's Ink and Toner "Know Your Type" survey revealed that a third of small business owners who consider printing important to their business have stress levels that are "high" or "very high." Business owners who spent the most time managing their ink and toner supplies were often the most stressed, according to the survey. This seems to be related to the types of people who run small businesses. Over 70% of small business owners described themselves as "hands-on doers" in the workplace, preferring to take care of issues themselves rather than delegating responsibilities to others and waiting for them to take action. "Small business owners ten...

Home improvement startup Porch has acquired ValueAppeal, according to insider information. ValueAppeal, a Seattle startup, sent its customers a message inviting them to join Porch, and several important members of the ValueAppeal team now list Porch as their employer. As of Tuesday, former ValueAppeal CEO Charlie Walsh’s job title had been changed to senior director of data products at Porch. Company Profiles ValueAppeal was founded as a service allowing homeowners to file appeals regarding their property taxes online. Last fall, however, it ended that service in favor of developing a big data-based predictive analysis service for real estate professionals. The change in services also precipitated doing business under the new name of MostLikely. Porch, a fast-growing company whose em...

A Louisiana woman has filed suit against a grocery store after allegedly suffering serious injuries as the result of a slip and fall accident inside the business. According to the Louisiana Record, Donnea Collins is suing Whole Foods Company Inc. and their insurance company after suffering a slip and fall at the 3420 Veterans Blvd. location in Metairie. According to Collins, she was in the produce section when she slipped and fell in a liquid on the uncleaned floor. She allegedly suffered severe injuries to the muscles, joints, and bones of her ankle, foot, and leg. She says that Whole Foods should have recognized the hazard and cleaned the area accordingly before she slipped and fell. Collins is suing for pain and suffering, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, loss of enjoyment of li...