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Melissa Joan Hart Reveals Her New Slim Figure

Melissa Joan Hart, the spokesperson for Nutrisystem, recently revealed her new slim figure!
Hart, the star of ABC’s hit show Melissa and Joey, gave birth to her third son Tucker in September 2012. Since then, she has been struggling to lose the baby weight, however with the help of Nutrisystem, she was able to drop 40 pounds!

Google Never Tried to Buy WhatsApp, Says SVP

The rumor coming on the heels of the biggest acquisition in recent memory–Facebook’s $19 billion buy of messaging service WhatsApp–was that Google also wanted to snatch up the wildly popular app and at one point had offered a handsome sum.
Fortune cited multiple sources who claimed that Google had offered WhatsApp $10 billion–an amount that more than quadrupled the company’s projected valuation at the time.

Google: You Don’t Have To Dumb Your Content Down ‘That Much’

Google’s Matt Cutts answers an interesting question in a new “Webmaster Help” video: “Should I write content that is easier to read or more scientific? Will I rank better if I write for 6th graders?”
Do you think Google should give higher rankings to content that is as well-researched as possible, or content that is easier for the layman to understand? Share your thoughts in the comments.

The Sleep Whisperer: The New Cure for Insomnia

Chronic insomnia is an inability to fall asleep and stay asleep and lasts for longer than a month. It affects 1 in 10 Americans. Possible causes include stress or hormone factors.
For decades, people have been trying to cope with this disorder – from taking sleeping pills to counting sheep. But now, thanks to sleep whisperers, there is a new way.
Ilse Blansert, a Toronto native, is a sleep whisperer and part of a growing phenomenon known as Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR).

Muffin Top Rap Encourages Body Acceptance

Any woman who has ever been pregnant knows that your body goes through numerous changes throughout pregnancy, and some of those changes are permanent. While a lot of women are worried about getting back to their pre-pregnancy size once the baby comes along, mom Erin Keaney from Toronto has a different message: love your muffin top. With her song Muffin Top Rap, Keaney encourages women to stop stressing over their muffin tops and other bodily changes and accept themselves.

Square Pickup Lets You Place Orders With Square-Using Restaurants

Square is testing a new app called Square Pickup, available by invitation only. The app reportedly lets users order food from restaurants who use Square, and is testing with “several San Francisco restaurants”.
Presumably it would be used with non-restaurant businesses as well.