Tag: data

If it were possible to develop Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome because of texts from your mobile provider, Brett Anderson would be suffering from it.

The financial planner from Hudson, Wisconsin used to get a little 'ping' every time his family exceeded its monthly data usage. Every notice meant he was being charged another $15 for more gigabytes—it would add up to an extra $100 or so a month.

A year after Travis Kelso-Turner and his husband got married, their to-do list of financial tasks still daunts them.

"I'm still finding times I have to fill out new paperwork because of the name change," said the 30-year-old Las Vegas resident, who is executive director of the Executive Pride networking group for corporate executives advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the workforce.

A Troubled Marriage and Depression Can Promote Obesity

Researchers from Ohio State University recruited 43 healthy couples, ages 24 to 61, who had been married at least three years and measured how their mood affected metabolism. In a two-day study the couples were given a questionnaire that asked a variety of things, including past mood disorders. The couples were then given high fat meals, which included eggs, turkey sausage, biscuits and gravy. The meals, which ran 930 calories and 60 grams of fat, mimicked that of common fast food meals.

What an eye opener! I’ve recently switched from an HP to a MacBook Pro. I couldn’t be happier with the change—so much so that I treat my laptop like a member of the family. It shows me movies, organizes my pictures, my music, my life. But the switch has highlighted a serious identity crisis. It’s not what you think—not that kind of identity crisis! It’s the kind that leads to identity theft. While migrating my data from one laptop to the other, it struck me just how much vital personal and professional information we keep on mobile computing devices: