9/2/18 Newsletter: Google’s Cool New Travel Tools

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Spotlight

Google made new tools for anyone who isn’t sure what a “good” travel deal is. The new features will show you whether a flight or hotel price is “low,” “average” or “high” based on historical data, and you can choose to buy or not to buy based on that information. No more searching Google blindly, trying to guess if that flight cost is worth it or not! [Swirled]

Life Hack Of The Day: Grill Edition

Rub an onion on your grill to help break down residue from leftover food.

Health

When it comes to your sunglasses properly protecting your eyes, it’s all about that UV protection label. A pair of cheapies from the drugstore can serve you just as well as those fancy $300 sport Oakleys as long as that little label says the shades block 100 percent of both UVA and UVB rays. [Swirled]

Surprising parts of your daily routine could make you more susceptible to sunburn. Common medications, alcohol, essential oils and even celery (what?!) can make your skin more sensitive to the sun. It can’t hurt to be even more mindful with that SPF. [Swirled]

A healthy diet now includes red meat and cheese again. According to a new global study, keeping these bad boys in your daily diet can help reduce your risk of an early death by 25 percent. The real problems, researchers found, lie in sugar and white bread. Bring on the charcuterie board! [The Times]

Career + Finance

Improve your concentration and reduce your stress levels by turning off your phone’s push notifications for just 24 hours. A study from Carnegie Mellon University and Telefonica found that, even after two years, almost half the participants were still sticking with this “Do Not Disturb” mindset. [Swirled]

You may be more successful in your career if you played sports growing up. One survey found that 80 percent of female Fortune 500 execs played sports, while another survey reported that 55 percent of C-Suite women wore jerseys at some point in their lives. Coincidence? We think not. [Swirled]

There’s so much more you could be doing in Google Docs. Highlight, click and drag text to move it where you want. Take a break from typing and speak to the screen instead. Translate entire documents into a multitude of other languages. Seriously, is there anything the brains at Google didn’t think of? [Fast Company]

Food + Drink

Enjoy the final warm days of summer with some super refreshing craft beers. Try the Six Point Jammer, which boasts salty and citrusy notes, making for a great warm weather bevvy. And if you’re feeling fruity, sip on Creature Comforts Tropicalia to create a little getaway of your own. [Swirled]

When you’re tired of your usual scrambled egg routine, jazz it up with some fun mix-ins. If you’re feeling like pizza, toss in some mozzarella, tomatoes and basil. Or if you want a Chinese takeout spin, mix your eggs with a little soy sauce and scallions. Breakfast shouldn’t be boring, and neither should your eggs. [Swirled]

By 2043, our eating habits could be ridiculously high-tech. We’re talking chicken monitored with electronic sensors so you know everything about its life cycle, sourcing and handling from the second you pick it up at the grocery store. And don’t forget the gut-tracking pills that give you a full rundown of your microbiome health whenever you want it. [Time Money]

Travel

Gate-checking your bags means never standing in boarding lines. You don’t have to worry about snagging valuable overhead bin space on the airplane if you gate-check your suitcase. Instead, you can leisurely board the plane, carefree, without waiting around for ages, hoping to find a spot for your giant bag. [Swirled]

Labor Day air travel is gonna be rough this year. There are 16.5 million passengers expected to fly on U.S. airlines between August 29 and September 4. That’s a three percent increase from last year, so get ready, y’all. [Conde Nast Traveler]

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