All Stories from November 2, 2013 (Change date)
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Review: Lighter iPad Air narrows gap with MiniNov 02, 2013 8:03 am - SAN FRANCISCO — When Apple came out with a smaller iPad last year, the original version suddenly seemed heavy and bulky. The iPad Mini fit more easily in pockets and bag...
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Smartphone shipments up 39 percentNov 02, 2013 8:03 am - NEW YORK — Research group IDC says worldwide shipments of smartphones grew 39 percent in the most recent quarter to 258 million as Samsung and Apple maintained their dom...
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Review: Curved phone falls flat, literallyNov 02, 2013 8:03 am - SEOUL, South Korea — The Galaxy Round created some buzz in tech circles when Samsung announced it earlier this month, but no one in the downtown Seoul cafe where I playe...
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Long list of animal-welfare skirmishes for Elburn manNov 02, 2013 8:00 am - Protesting the sale of puppies from the back of a pickup truck is the latest in a long list of efforts to protect animals that Steve Hindi of Elburn has taken. The man w...
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Secretary of state office to open Nov. 5 in Des PlainesNov 02, 2013 8:00 am - Secretary of state completing move to Des Plaines site
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Street renamed for fallen Schaumburg police officerNov 02, 2013 8:00 am - Schaumburg honored the memory of its only police officer to die in the line of duty by dedicating a street on his old patrol beat Friday as Honorary Officer Frank Russo ...
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QR code violates patent? Industries pushing to curb ‘patent trolls’Nov 02, 2013 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — In the past few years, patent litigation has become such a widespread problem that industries traditionally outside the patent system are demanding that Con...
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Fundraiser to help Elgin woman sickened by West Nile virusNov 02, 2013 8:00 am - Annette Frerichs had always worried that her daughter would be exposed to mosquito-borne West Nile virus. After a heart transplant in infancy, Alex, now 24, had an extre...
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Puppies sold out of pickup in Elburn draws activist’s fireNov 02, 2013 8:00 am - An animal-welfare activist is making an issue of an instance in which a man was videotaped selling puppies out of the bed of his pickup truck this summer in downtown Elb...
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Twitter’s go-it-alone app strategy boosts costs before IPONov 02, 2013 7:46 am - SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter’s operating costs are growing faster than its revenue. To understand why, consider how the microblogging service deals with would-be partners. M...