How to volunteer your time to help people get vaccinated
If you’ve got impressive tech skills, medical knowledge, or even just some extra time on your hands to sit down and click a refresh button, it might be worth lending…
No, it’s not OK to shame people who gained weight during the pandemic
It was bound to happen. In a culture that often mistakes fitness for the gap between one’s thighs, it’s no surprise that people who gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Apple Maps and Siri will now help you find COVID-19 vaccination sites
Apple Maps added COVID-19 testing sites last year. Now it’s adding vaccination sites. Starting Tuesday, Apple users in the U.S. can search on Apple Maps for “COVID-19 vaccines.” Or they…
Google and Headspace collaborate on new mindfulness resources for kids
Headspace and Google have teamed up to launch a new resource for families and educators interested in practicing mindfulness with their young children. Headspace Breathers, a weekly video series led…
How COVID — and the Nike Run Club app — turned me into a mindful runner
Great coaching • Precise tracking • Easy to use design • Large variety of available runs • Helpful mindfulness partnership with Headspace Ultimately it is a Nike marketing tool There…
How ‘Groundhog Day’ explains mindfulness and mastery
March Mindfulness is a Mashable series that explores the intersection of meditation practice and technology. Because even in the time of coronavirus, March doesn’t have to be madness. “Time Machine,”…
The best health and wellness apps for 2021
After a year of pandemic-induced stress on top of, you know, regular ol’ stress, my brain sometimes feels like a never-ending buzz of nonsense. It’s like the Bee Movie in…
How a year of living online has changed us
Imagine a household where everyone logged on to the internet in the morning and spent the rest of the day online. Four hours on Zoom or FaceTime. Three hours browsing…
The pandemic pushed us deeper into the internet rabbit hole, and most of us can’t keep track
When you ask people about their internet habits during a pandemic, you never know what you’ll discover. It might turn out that some employees pulling marathon days online report their…
The best kids’ fitness trackers that’ll actually get your child excited about being active
Kids have the kind of energy adults could only dream of having, and they spend their days being active just for the fun of it. You might not think that…