Business Stories from July 7, 2012 (Change date)
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VidCon attracts online video makers and their fansJul 07, 2012 6:22 pm - ANAHEIM, Calif. — A long line of teenagers has formed inside a cavernous convention center. They’re waiting to nab an autograph from Rebecca Black, the girl who achieved...
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Google phasing out ‘iGoogle’ in latest purgeJul 09, 2012 3:51 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Google is phasing out a service that allows millions of people to personalize its home page with applications such as weather updates and stock quotes. T...
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The smartest dumb use yet for 3-D printing: Personalized bobbleheadsJul 08, 2012 6:55 am - There are a lot of dumb uses for 3-D printing, from plastic bikinis to plastic lampshades to plastic rat-shaped cookie cutters. But I just ran across my favorite dumb us...
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The problem with cloud computing: CloudsJul 07, 2012 2:03 pm - Thanks to the cloud, websites and apps around the world can tap into vast, remote stores of data and computing power. And thanks to the cloud, one good blow to one of th...
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RIM cutting carrier fee shows 'spiral' concernJul 07, 2012 2:03 pm - TORONTO — Research In Motion, the BlackBerry maker whose stock has dropped 95 percent since 2008, is under pressure from mobile phone companies to reduce carrier fees th...
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Can you be fired for what you post on Facebook?Jul 09, 2012 3:51 pm - On a Saturday morning in October 2010, Mariana Cole-Rivera, a domestic violence advocate at the group Hispanics United of Buffalo, began the Facebook thread that would g...
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United crew made delay bearableJul 07, 2012 4:40 am - On July 1, we boarded United Airlines flight 3785 out of Dallas, Texas, destination Chicago O’Hare. Approximately one hour from our destination, the plane was diverted t...
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