April 17, 2015

There’s a crafty way to stay sharp in your golden years. A study found that people who do creative activities like arts and crafts could delay the development of memory problems in old age. Hobbies like drawing, painting, woodworking and sewing were helpful, and computer use also kept older minds sharp. Source Link

If you write a rent check every month, expect to see it go up again this year. Average rents are rising annually at twice the rate of home values. The market is hot because young people who’ve been living with their parents are finding jobs and moving out, while climbing home prices have many long-time renters to stay put. Source Link

A new feature of Amazon’s streaming video player can save you the trouble of reaching for your smartphone to find the name of that actor in the TV show or movie you’re watching. The feature called X-Ray that‘s available on Amazon Fire TV devices integrates the IMDB database to show the names of actors and songs used in the program. Source Link