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Fitbit has partnered with The Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global to launch an exclusive wellness collection for the Fitbit Premium members. Called Deepak Chopra’s Mindful Method, the collection features audio and 10 video sessions led by Deepak Chopra on themes like mindfulness, sleep, stress management, mental wellness and the mind-body connection. Fitbit Premium costs Rs 99 per month while the annual charge is Rs 999. The company is giving a 90-day free trial to users who are new or returning to Premium. The new collection, Fitbit says, will help in better management of a user’s emotional wellbeing through practices like meditation and breathing exercises. Under the collection, Fitbit will roll out more content every couple of week to create a library of more than 30 sessions. Each session will be around 20 minutes long. They will be centred around topics ranging from meditation, managing emotions, winding down for the day, stress relief and more. They will … [Read more...] about Fitbit has a new offering for Premium members to counter stress

The HCMC Department of Transport shared that the city aims at possessing a multi-means public transport system, including 8 metro lines, 3 tram lines, 6 bus rapid transit lines (BRT), and 200 regular bus lines, in order to meet the traveling demands of the community. Due to the dense population in HCMC, leading to the large number of private vehicles, urban traffic at the moment has to shoulder a heavy burden, and the average velocity of vehicles in the downtown is just 20-25km per hour. To tackle this problem, the municipal authorities have adjusted the planning of the urban transport system to implement the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) model. This model maximizes the link between residential, business, manufacturing areas and the existing public transport system. HCMC is going to apply this model along Metro Line No.1 (from Ben Thanh in the downtown to Suoi Tien in Thu Duc City), Metro Line No.2 (the first phase: Ben Thanh – Tham Luong in District 12; the second phase: … [Read more...] about HCMC to pilot bus priority lane

Have you just started out as a WordPress developer only to find yourself battling clients who seem to have sprung straight from your worst nightmares? Are budget wrangles or constant last-minute changes stressing you out? If so, it’s time to put the foot down and commit to making a change. While you can’t always spot dreadful clients in advance, you can put systems in place to manage your business better and make breaking ties with problematic clients much less painful. In this article we’ll discuss ways you can find and attract ideal prospects, best manage your developer business, and part ways with nightmarish clients. Let’s start with identifying the right people. Get to Know Your Ideal Client Are you crystal clear on who you’d ideally like to work with? Sometimes, freelancers and less experienced developers are so eager to get started working that they don’t screen their clients properly. If you find yourself struggling to attract decent clients, it might be time to … [Read more...] about WordPress Developers: How to Manage Nightmare Clients (And Kiss Them Goodbye)

About 40% of the American workforce is going to be comprised of freelancers by the year 2020, meaning that platforms such as WordPress are becoming more and more catered to these self-sufficient people who want to take the entrepreneurial route to make money for themselves. Freelancing is a tedious business, forcing you to be your own boss and actually sit down and work without any distractions. The only problem is that every day there is a new distraction dancing in front of our eyes that takes us away from productivity and down a route that spells bad news for your freelancing business. Good thing there are also plenty of WordPress tools for freelancers and WordPress professionals to fight off these distractions, make you more productive, and even track your time like you might do in a regular office job. Although many of us freelancers may scoff at some of the techniques and tropes you can find in the corporate world, there is a reason some of the tools are implemented. … [Read more...] about The Best WordPress Tools & Resources for Freelancers

As a content curator, one of the biggest and most embarrassing) mistakes I made in 2014 is to repeat the known mistakes when it came WordPress and blogging in general. Every New Year calls for new resolutions. Some (try to) lose weight – “I’m going to weigh 130 pounds by the end of this year”, some make adventurous plans – “I’m definitely going skydiving in March”, while some decide to finally tie the knot – “It’s time we eternalized it”! Not that we’re a month into this year, let us all add a resolution to the list – “WordPress mistakes never to repeat in 2015 (or the years to come)”. I’ve been contributing to WPExplorer for over a year now and I’d like to kick off this year with a brand new post series which deals with the most common WordPress mistakes. We start by looking at 5 crucial factors that deal with launching a WordPress site and move on to recommendations that will bear fruit in the long run. These well-known points can be easily classified under “been there, done … [Read more...] about 25+ Common WordPress Mistakes to Avoid