Rewards can also be given in apps beyond just games when people, say, share a photo, or finish a task on a to-do list.

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Now there's a task list in the software that includes lab results and other follow-ups.

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But for now the company is practicing what it preaches and focusing on the most important task on its to do list: create a great, simple mobile e-mail app.

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Some of the task-force members expressed concern about the group's failure to come up with a list of consensus proposals.

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My Gmail Task List keeps growing and growing with new ideas for how to spend the next half-hour.

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Not surprisingly for many schools, the task of seeking out and sustaining these partnerships frequently gets pushed to the bottom of an endless to-do list.

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