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If you’ve ever run late for a meeting but weren’t able to tell the other attendees because you’re too busy battling traffic, then you might be interested in the latest update to Donna, the personal assistant iOS app from Incredible Labs that debuted earlier this year. Fondly referred to as “her” by company co-founder Kevin Cheng, Donna was designed to act as a smarter replacement for a regular calendar app, doing things like reminding you when to leave for an appointment and giving you the appropriate directions and weather conditions to get you there on time. Version 2.0 of the app, however, improves upon those features by allowing Donna to automatically email or text meeting participants that you’re on your way and let them know your ETA based on your location and preferred mode of transportation. It’s even smart enough to detect common places like your home or work as long as you’ve pre-programmed the app to do so. As before, Donna also detects conference calls in your calendar and can dial the number for you if you’ve set it up for that. If your busy life is in shambles and you’re constantly having to apologize for your tardiness, go on and download the latest version of Donna at the link below.

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Source: App Store, Donna

As part of its effort to better leverage KitKat, version 2.1 of Todoist now uses the power of Google Now for adding new tasks to those lists of reminders. The update allows users to speak “OK Google” followed by “note to…” and the item to be completed. For example, you’d speak “note to make dinner reservations” or some such. This voice command will then add the task to a to-do list automatically without the need to access the app or enter it in manually with the keypad. If you’re of the sort that likes motivation on your lockscreen, Todoist also plays nice with DashClock now — a third-party widget for that particular tract of screen real estate. Here, the tally of tasks (with no details) that are overdue, for the day or for the entire week are displayed without unlocking device. Now if we could only get the app to order cupcakes when all our work is done, we’d really be in business.

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Source: Google Play, Todoist Blog

Parallels Access turns your iPad into a porthole to your more powerful (and heavier) Windows or Mac computers somewhere else. Connecting the your iPad to your remote machine through the cloud is the (relatively) easy part. The real magic is how Parallels Access elegantly shrinks your desktop applications into manageable tablet apps.

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Collaboration tools are nothing new, but they don’t always make it easy to find what you’re looking for: conversations, files and other resources may sit in entirely different places. Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield wants to solve that through Slack, a service that just started taking sign-ups for its private preview. The collaboration app centers on a universal search interface that simplifies locating conversations and shared files, even if those files are hosted by a third-party provider like Google Drive. Both messages and notifications sync across dedicated apps for Android, iOS, OS X and Windows; Slack can also pull in content from outside tools like bug trackers, help desk clients or Twitter. The company is planning for a public launch in the fall, but those who just can’t wait can ask for a peek at the source link.

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Via: CNET

Source: Slack

A while back we asked you all to tell us which keyboard shortcuts you found most useful—we wanted to know about keystrokes that went above and beyond the basics. Here’s the best of what you had to say, culled from some 200 responses. Are you ready to get your motherfraking optimize on?

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