| Should You Cut the Cord? |
[12 Jan 2015|07:15pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2015/01/should_i_cut_the_cable_cord_decide_on_streaming_services_with_this_calculator.html With the announcement of Sling TV at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, it’s become clear: The era of cord cutting is here to stay. The new service will provide consumers who’d rather not pay for cable TV with live streaming of ESPN, TNT, TBS, CNN, and some other cable channels for $20 a month. Together with two other services that will launch this year, PlayStation Vue and HBO streaming, Sling TV will expand the universe of à la carte digital-media consumption beyond Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. But how many of these services can you subscribe to before you’re paying more than you would with cable? To answer that question, Slate brings you this calculator:
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| Stop Putting Your Email Address in Your Email Signature |
[12 Jan 2015|08:37pm] |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/01/email_addresses_in_email_signatures_no_you_don_t_need_to_do_it.html Email signatures, like the people who craft them, come in many molds. Some are pithy and professional, bordering on brusque. Others are quirky, incorporating tildes, fuchsia-colored fonts, and motivational platitudes. Too many are overdone, an explosion of links, websites, and, cruelly, fax numbers.
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