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Tablets with Windows RT see slow sales May 4, 2013 12:00 AM
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Facebook to add Yext’s business data to search feature May 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Yext Inc., a New York-based startup that lets businesses manage information on websites such as Yelp and Foursquare, is expanding its service to Facebook.
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Mobile ads help grow Facebook’s 1Q revenue 38 percent May 4, 2013 12:00 AM
A year ago, Facebook was just testing the waters of mobile advertising, causing plenty of headaches for investors ahead of its massive initial public offering. This week, FB said nearly a third of its advertising revenue came from mobile in the first three months of the year, helping to push total revenue up 38 percent to surpass Wall Street's expectations.
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How Siri, Google Now respond to 5 questions May 4, 2013 12:00 AM
With Google's voice assistant now available on iPhones and iPads, The Associated Press used an iPad Mini to throw five test questions at Google Now and Siri on Monday afternoon in New York. Here's what the two digital assistants had to say for themselves.
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Review: Google Now useful as a supplement to Siri May 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Google Now is often compared with the Siri voice assistant on Apple's mobile devices, but its power lies in giving you information you need to know before you have to ask. It works best as a supplement to Siri, rather than a replacement, now that it has expanded from Android devices to iPhones and iPads.
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Sirius to plan $500 million offering May 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Sirius XM Radio Inc., the junk-rated satellite-radio broadcaster, plans to raise $500 million by selling seven-year bonds. The company intends to issue the debt, which can't be called for three years, to fund general corporate purposes, including share repurchases and potential debt refinancings.
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Solar plane leavesCalifornia on cross-country trip May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
The Solar Impulse — considered the world's most-advanced sun-powered plane — left Moffett Field in Mountain View just after dawn. Its creators said the trip is the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across America.
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U.S. Cellular now embraces iPhone May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
With U.S. Cellular's embrace of the iPhone, the six biggest cellphone companies in the U.S. will all be selling it. Many smaller ones do as well.
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Barnes & Noble to add Google Play app store to its Nook May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
Barnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets. The bookstore chain says it will add Google's Play app store to its 7-inch Nook HD and 9-inch HD+ products in the U.S. and U.K. via a software update Friday. "We saw coming off holiday the market moved to multifunction tablets," CEO William Lynch said.
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Teachers the target of online training programs May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
A leading platform for the popular "massive open online courses" offered by elite universities is moving into a new realm: the expansive field of continuing education for teachers. The announcement would give teachers pursuing their continuing education requirements.
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Microsoft’s Skype infringed patents, company claims May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
A New York technology development company said it sued Microsoft Corp. over allegations the software maker's web-conferencing service, Skype, infringed encryption-related patents. CopyTele Inc. said it filed a complaint today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, alleging that Skype infringed two patents for technology that helps maintain secure Web-based communications.
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Intel taps COO Krzanich as chipmaker’s next CEO May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Intel said Thursday that it has chosen its chief operating officer, Brian Krzanich, as its new CEO. He will steer the world's largest chipmaker in an era where PC sales are cratering while smartphones and tablets thrive.
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Tellabs board names Tobkin chairman May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Vincent H. Tobkin has been named chairman of the board of directors of Tellabs, succeeding Tellabs co-founder Michael J. Birck, who retired because of health issues.
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Wheeling’s EZSave allows consumers to return multiple times for deals Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
Wheeling-based EZSaveCard.com, which offers discounts at large and small suburban businesses, has updated its website featuring about 400 businesses and offers a new lifetime membership for consumers. The EZSave card looks like a credit card but it's used to get discounts every time a consumer visits the EZSave website and its participating businesses, such as Abt Electronics in Glenview, Biggby Coffee in Arlington Heights, Continental Restaurant in Buffalo Grove, and Medieval Times in Schaumburg, said President Bob Rycraft.
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Online poker is back: Legal website launches in Nevada Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
Poker devotees will soon be able to skip the smoky casino and legally gamble their dollars away on the couch — at least in the state of Nevada. A Las Vegas-based social gambling company is expected to launch the first legal, real-money poker website in the United States on Tuesday morning.
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Tellabs’ Birck retires Wednesday, aims to focus on health, family Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
Naperville-based Tellabs co-founder and Chairman Mike Birck officially retires -- again -- on Wednesday. But this time, it's different as the Hinsdale executive battles leukemia and has decided against a bone morrow transplant.
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Lake Louise Elementary to join in TECH 2013 Technology demoApr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
Lake Louise Elementary, in Palatine, is among approximately 60 schools statewide that will participate in the annual TECH 2013: Students for the Information Age event on Tuesday, May 7 at the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield.
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Why iPad is Apple's most valuable product Apr 27, 2013 12:00 AM
The iPad has always labored under the shadow of its little brother the iPhone. When Apple launched the tablet back in the spring of 2010, everyone thought it was derivative -- it's just a big iPhone! Even now, after proving itself a worthy alternative to personal computers, the iPad rarely gets its due.
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Review: BlackBerry Q10, the keyboard strikes back Apr 27, 2013 12:00 AM
The BlackBerry has finally caught up to the world of touch-screen smartphones. It took time — six years, from the launch of the first iPhone — and it may be too late to save the company that makes it. But the BlackBerry deserves to be taken seriously again. Why? Because the new BlackBerry Q10 from Research In Motion Ltd. is a successful marriage of the modern touch-screen smartphone and the iconic BlackBerry keyboard.
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Navy: Littoral combat ship network can be hacked Apr 27, 2013 12:00 AM
The computer network on the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship is vulnerable to hacking, according to findings by Navy cybersecurity specialists. A "red team" assigned to test weaknesses in computer systems found major deficiencies last year on Lockheed Martin Corp.'s USS Freedom, said a government official.
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