All Stories from August 17, 2013 (Change date)
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New cards discourage duck-feeding on Naperville RiverwalkAug 17, 2013 8:01 am - If a Naperville Park District police officer approaches you with a business card, he’s not passing out his phone number. He’s distributing a new River Wildlife Card enc...
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E. Dundee trustee to ask for vote delayAug 17, 2013 8:01 am - He wants to meet with Elgin officials before board looks at $3 million in renovations
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Dist. 211 board of education approves tentative budgetAug 17, 2013 8:00 am - The Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board of education approved a tentative 2013-14 budget at Thursday night’s meeting. Total direct expenditures amount to...
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Have teens really stopped using Facebook?Aug 17, 2013 7:49 am - NEW YORK — In baseball, trend-spotting tends to be based on statistical analysis. In fashion, it’s driven by runway shows. And when it comes to social networks, the asce...
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Smartphone boon rocking digital industryAug 17, 2013 7:46 am - TOKYO — From heavy manufacturing to personal services, smartphones are making waves across a wide range of Japanese industries, shaking up long-established business mode...
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Facebook to acquire Mobile Technologies for speech recognitionAug 17, 2013 7:33 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Bloomberg News$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ Facebook Inc., owner of the world’s most popular social-networking service, agreed to acquire Mobile Technologies, a deve...
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How tech is creating new digital democracyAug 17, 2013 7:33 am - Digital democracy is here. We no longer passively watch our leaders on television and register our opinions on Election Day. Modern politics happens when somebody commen...
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SanDisk fixes problem you don’t know you haveAug 17, 2013 7:31 am - File these under “solutions to problems you didn’t know you had.” They’re the SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive and Wireless Media Drive, two new gadgets that provide...
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Get used to data-mining on social mediaAug 17, 2013 7:30 am - WASHINGTON — Ever heard of Raptor X, a specialized computer tool that when used with a privately developed plug-in called “Social Bubble” can display the geographic loca...
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Mobile apps will not harm your babyAug 17, 2013 7:18 am - WASHINGTON — The same group that targeted the Baby Einstein company for exaggerating claims that its videos would turn your baby into Albert Einstein has now moved on to...