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Deal: 12 months Premium access for EverNote, LastPass, Wunderlist and more for 67% off

Interested in taking your mobile productivity to the next level? The AA Deals Store has a new Five-Star Productivity Pack on offer that gives you access to 12 months of Evernote, Wunderlist, Last and Pocket Now for just $59.99.

For those that have never used any of the above apps, here’s a brief rundown of what to expect:

• Pocket Premium lets you save articles and videos for viewing later from your mobile device’s app or any device through a web browser. There’s also library backups of the links you save, and much more.
• Wunderlist Pro lets you share to-lists with friend and family, converse about the tasks through a comments section, and discover new things through public lists. There’s also reminders so you never forget to finish your lists.
• Evernote Premium lets you organize notes, reminders and more. You can not only record notes, photos, PDFs and presentations, you can access from both mobile and desktop, and communicate with others through the Work Chat function.
• LastPass Premium let’s you look stuff up on the go from any computer, phone or tablet and automatically syncs to all your mobile devices. There’s also password filling in apps and browsers, simplified collaboration for paying bills and completing projects — and so much more.

On top of giving you access to the four services mentioned about, the bundle also includes a 3-month subscription to Dropbox Pro, which gives you 1TB of cloud storage space. Additionally, the AA Deals Store is throwing in an 8-week subscription to the New York Times. Combining all these offers together, you get what is said to be valued at $180 worth of services — 67% off.

Already subscribe to any of the services above? While the Dropbox and New York Times offers are for new customers only, existing customers can use this offer for any of the four 12-month services above and the additional year will start whenever your current subscription expires.

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Scientists build silicon transistor just one atom thick

Step aside, graphene, “silicene” is the trendy new nano-material in town that could one day supercharge future tech. Scientists have created the world’s first transistor out of the silicon-based material, and it’s a mere one atom thick. Unlike its much-maligned graphene cousin — which has yet lived up to its vast potential — silicene is a much more interesting material for computer scientists. Thanks to the silicon base, it can form “band gaps” necessary for transistors, which could one day lead to faster chips that consume less power.

The feat came as a surprise to many observers, despite the fact that the “chip” only lasted a few minutes to due its instability. Up until recently, silicene was only a theoretical material and nobody expected a transistor to be built from it anytime soon. But the team succeeded by condensing an atom-thick layer onto a block of silver in a vacuum, then sealing it with alumina. Afterwards, they peeled away the silicene material from the silver block, leaving thin layers of silver and aluminum as protection. Scratching away portions of the silver resulted in a rudimentary, but functional transistor.

Up until recently, silicene was only a theoretical material and nobody expected a transistor to be built from it anytime soon.

The scientists plan to hone the process to create longer-lasting, functional chips in the near term. However, there’s still some serious barriers, given the instability of silicene in the real world and difficulty in working with it. But as one scientists said, “The major breakthrough here is the efficient low-temperature manufacturing and fabrication of silicene devices for the first time.” That’s still quite a feat, but whether it leads to useful gadgets or not is a wide open question.

[Image credit: Argonne National Laboratory/Flickr]

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Via: University of Texas

Source: Nature

Five-Star Productivity Pack, $59.99

Ask any auto-mechanic what’s in their tool-kit and you’ll likely hear that he or she couldn’t function without a wrench, screwdriver, or power-drill. Step into the kitchen and pose that same question to a chef or baker and, while you’re guaranteed to get a different answer, the sentiment is the same. Whatever your hobby or profession, there’s zero chance that you’re going to be productive without the right tools at your disposal. That’s why, with this new Five-Star Productivity Pack, we’ve put together the tools that everyone needs, regardless of profession or interest, to help you cut down the obstacles that stand between you and your daily goals.

This bundle delivers 1-year premium subscriptions to four of the hottest productivity apps on the market: Pocket, Wunderlist, Evernote, and Last Pass. I’m a huge advocate for Pocket, an extremely simple app that allows you to save articles and web content for later viewing. Wunderlist is a taskmaster’s dream and is widely heralded as the to-do list app. Evernote is the perfect companion for scatterbrains, seamlessly organizing your notes and reminders. Last Pass, of course, is the safe answer to all password fatigue.

Already subscribe to one of these life-savers? No problem, the additional year will be tacked on to the end of your subscription and ensure that your productivity does not stop. If that weren’t reason enough to jump on this pack, we’re throwing in a 3-month trial to Dropbox Pro (one of the most popular cloud storage solutions) for new users. Last, but certainly not least, to stay productive, you’ve gotta stay informed. That’s why we’re finishing off the bundle with an 8-week digital subscription to The New York Times! While these services, separately, would cost you almost $200, AndroidGuys readers can grab the entire pack for just $59.99 and begin improving productivity immediately.

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