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Don't get stuck in the IT past

Microsoft was the butt of jokes in the IT industry (remember those Apple Mac vs PC ads). Microsoft (or its ad agency) seems to have developed a sense of humour in this video, poking fun at VMWare, the EMC subsidiary it competes with in the virtualisation space. Even if you don’t get the fine points of the technology, this 1970s-inspired spoof pokes lots of fun at technology salesmen.

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To worldwide radio on your smartphone

THERE’S BEEN talk for a while that Apple might decide to ban apps that only allow you to listen to a single radio station.If you are a radiophile, one app per station doesn’t make sense – and that’s where TuneIn Radio comes in. The free app allows you to listen to over 50,000 stations, in better quality than some Irish stations manage with their own apps, and better still, it’s available on iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone.

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Runkeeper to log your workouts

SOMETIMES YOU just want an app to do one thing and do it well. If you work out regularly RunKeeper is just the trick, tracking your route using GPS and even letting you create your own training program and listen to a preferred playlist. Despite the name, it records cycling, walking, skiing and rowing to name but a few activities, and unlike competing apps doesn’t need a working data connection to record activity. Available for iOS, Android and Windows Phones.

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750 words to create your own private journal

Writing is therapeutic or so they say. Based on a concept of “morning pages”, which some writers use to clear their minds, the creator of 750 Words gives you, the budding writer, a private space to vent whatever is on your mind in, well, 750 words of course. With lots of social features such as badges and stats to keep you motivated, 750 Words promises to make sure your deepest, darkest thoughts are never shared with the wider web.

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