The decision-making process has perhaps been made more challenging alongside improvements to Chrome OS itself. With each successive launch of a new version, the difference made by variations in performance becomes more prominent. When the OS first launched, premium devices weren’t necessarily a lot more capable than budget gadgets. Now, a high-end device can be utilized for everything from light browsing to Android development. But they can also be used for heavier tasks such as for image or video editing....

The Ring Intercom is a WiFi-connected, DIY addition that works with some audio intercoms. Making it super easy for apartment dwellers and landlords to add it to their apartment buildings. It’ll also help raise the living quality at said apartment, allowing landlords to charge more. This isn’t Ring’s first foray into apartment living, but this will likely be a lot more useful than the Ring Peephole Cam, and hopefully be around longer....

So without further ado, here are all of the Black Friday deals that are still available, ahead of Cyber Monday.

What makes this moment notable, even though this yucky feeling had happened a bajillion times while looking at Insta, was a recognition of how that image impacted me. If I think about my technology consumption like a diet, what I just ate left me feeling bloated and heavy—perhaps the equivalent of eating an entire bag of Cheetos. In the past, I might have scrolled on for thirty minutes, continuing with my day and feeling some unnamed uneasiness, but not really noticing or connecting my feelings to anything in particular....

Conference organizers have announced one keynote speaker thus far: Paul Grossman, Director of Research, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Basel Hospital, Switzerland. Abstracts for submission are due October 19th. For more information on the conference, click here. 10/2/12 [photo ©flickr.com/storebukkebruse]