Tech: Gadgets for Long-distance Lovers: Yay or Nay?

Long-distance relationships (LDRs) suck. No one who has ever been in a similar setup or is currently in one will ever tell you that it’s great or that you should really try it. At best, LDRs can be bearable when they are short term. Maybe a summer apart, two months, three months tops. Any longer than that and it becomes a recipe for disaster, brewing resentment and jealousy even if you are both doing your best to make it work. As one UWeekly contributor puts it “LDRs do not work out often, and when they end, it’s a mess.” Of course, as difficult as LDRs are, there are some experts who disagree; they don’t think that such relationships are doomed to fail....

Tech: Best of the Worst: Annoying Apps You Should Never Download

While browsing Imgur, we stumbled upon this golden kernel of truth: You can fairly judge a man’s character based on what movie he knows Tim Curry from. For us, it’s Oscar, and you can make of that what you will; although we may also say The Three Musketeers for randomness’ sake. These days, however, we try not to be too Judgy Judgerson about people’s lack of appreciation for Mr. Curry. As much as possible, we try to conserve all that energy for assessing an app’s worthiness. Of course, we still can’t stop ourselves from judging users who prefer to waste their smartphone’s memory by downloading useless apps. We can’t help it, we’re self-proclaimed app snobs. And so, to counter all the negative juju from being such judgmental folks, we’re going to do you guys and gals a public service by listing down the apps on our hate list....

Tech: So Teens are bored with Facebook – What Does This Mean for Your Business?

So it turns out, teens really are over Facebook. Even the social networking giant admitted this. In its 10-K report, Facebook said: “We believe that some of our users, particularly our younger users, are aware of and actively engaging with other products and services similar to, or as a substitute for, Facebook. For example, we believe that some of our users have reduced their engagement with Facebook in favor of increased engagement with other products and services such as Instagram. In the event that our users increasingly engage with other products and services, we may experience a decline in user engagement and our business could be harmed.” And it...

Health: Running for Fitness

Being fit is one trend that has been gaining popularity in society these days. Everyone's talking about various fitness regimens, eating organic and different physical activities that help burn the fat and achieve a body society deems “fit”. Today, when everyone depends on toll free numbers, websites and all that technology can offer to make routines easier, the importance of being fit cannot be emphasized enough. Especially because the great things technology gives us can also be a curse, leading us to have sedentary lifestyles. With the advent of technology, the number of people that are classified to have sedentary lifestyles skyrocketed. To those who are not familiar...