Run 5 Minutes Everyday and Live 3 Years More

That's what a new study concludes. It just has to be vigorous so as to give your system a jolt. Working out is good too. Or a swim. Or skipping rope to a 100 -- which shouldn't take you more than a minute-and-a-half.

And we'll surely get more useful info given that Google has launched a large-scale study of what makes us healthy. While Apple is expected to launch an iWatch in a couple of months.

iOS 6 Dumps Google Maps

And YouTube too. It's part of the war that's been slowly intensifying between Apple and Google. So that the latest operating system launched by the Cupertino-based tech giant has been bundled with a map application developed by Apple itself.

I have to say that I find the standard view pretty crappy. Steve would probably have said that it sucks and I doubt he would have allowed it to go through as it is. Granted that the 3D option looks pretty nice. As the following pic of Gotham City confirms.

What's the next step? Apple going into search?

Coca-Cola Brand Value is Twice Apple's

According to Interbrand's 2011 report which calculates this as a combination of financial performance, role of brand and brand strength. Brand Z has a different story though: it puts Apple in the number one spot ahead of Google. And the sugared water brand is deemed to have less than half the value of the brand from Cupertino.

I am really surprised I didn't find Kozelidir in these two rankings.

iBio To Hit Stands on Monday

The much-awaited authorized biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson has been no. 1 in books at Amazon for a number of days now. BBC broadcasted yesterday that Jobs had vowed to destroy Android as he viewed it as a copy of its own iOS. And the NYT mentioned how when SJ met with Bill Gates for a last time they concluded that their wives had kept them "semi-sane". It should make a very interesting read.

Google Cuts Time Students Spend on Translations

Not too sure you'll have enough time to do the translation homework before that football match begins? Maybe you will if you let Google do the spadework for you. Just head to translate.google.com, type in the text (you can also copy and paste or upload a file) and watch Google statistical algorithms instantly translate it for you. Whilst the translation will not be perfect there will be little left for you to polish.

Grown-ups can also use it to translate texts into some 52 languages as I write this. That should speed up the learning of new languages. It's gonna be real cool when kreol gets added there.

Search Items Better Predictors of Flu Activity

So says Google. By looking at particular keywords punched they are able to identify flu trends up to two weeks before the CDC does. You can read all about it now. I also recommend viewing the following cutting-edge TED clip on how new retro-viruses like HIV-Aids could soon appear in a location near you.