All Stories from May 3, 2014 (Change date)
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My awkward week with Google GlassMay 03, 2014 8:16 am - It's a Wednesday night, and I'm turning heads on the sidewalk. People are slowing halfway down the block as I approach. They're whispering about me as I walk through the...
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Intel posts lower 1Q net income, higher revenueMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - NEW YORK - Intel's earnings fell in the first three months of the year, but revenue grew because of solid demand for tablet processors and its data center services. Inte...
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Europe warns Google, Samsung on phone patent abuseMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - AMSTERDAM - The European Commission has said that Google's Motorola Mobility abused its market position in Europe by refusing to grant crucial technology licenses to riv...
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Facebook buys fitness tracker startup behind MovesMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - NEW YORK - Facebook acquired the startup behind the popular fitness tracking app Moves as it expands beyond its namesake service into a company with multiple, differenti...
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Google, Apple settle high-tech workers' lawsuitMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe Systems have settled a class-action lawsuit alleging they conspired to prevent their engineers and other highly sought tec...
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Ride-sharing app Lyft expands to new marketsMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - NEW YORK - Lyft, the on-demand ride-sharing app best known by the fuzzy pink mustaches on its cars, is launching its service in 24 new U.S. markets. The expansion nearly...
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Technology is fastest-growing industry in New YorkMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. joined companies driving a 33 percent jump in New York's technology jobs in the past four years, making the industry the fastest-growing pa...
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Top Kane County educators namedMay 03, 2014 8:00 am - The top Kane County educators were honored Friday night by the Regional Office of Education at the 39th annual Educator of the Year Awards Banquet in St. Charles. Carol ...
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Fundraiser helping Elgin family after father's death, then fire during funeralMay 03, 2014 8:00 am - If someone should be mad at life or fate or a higher power, it's John T. Estep of Elgin. But the 24-year-old says that's not the case, even though his family suffered tr...
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Huntley woman honored by CubsMay 03, 2014 8:00 am - At 16, Huntley native Margaret “Midge” Donahue left her family farm and moved to the big city — Chicago — to look for a secretarial job and some excitement. Nearly 10 ye...