Information Technology
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Here's how to get the most out of online reviews
Apr 27, 2019 6:16 am - In the world of online shopping, often buyers will purchase an item only after they see that other people also like it. And the easiest way to find out consumer sentimen...
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Fudged data and fake names: The low-tech ways women protect their privacy on pregnancy apps
Apr 27, 2019 6:14 am - When Heather Irvine used the Ovia apps to track her trying-to-conceive months and first pregnancy, she logged pretty much everything going on with her body, from the loo...
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Record number of consumers waiting to upgrade their cellphones
Apr 27, 2019 6:09 am - Wireless customers are hanging on to their old phones longer than ever. That's the message from Verizon Communications Inc., which said its upgrade rate fell to a record...
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Amazon's Alexa reviewers can access customers' home addresses
Apr 27, 2019 6:00 am - An Amazon.com Inc. team auditing Alexa users' commands has access to location data and can, in some cases, easily find a customer's home address, according to five emplo...
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DirecTV Now has lost nearly 20 percent of its subscribers in the past 6 months
Apr 27, 2019 6:00 am - DirecTV Now, AT&T's streaming video app, has seen sharp customer declines in recent months that all but wiped out a year's worth of subscriber growth, according to the c...
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Twitter launches reporting tool to curb misinformation during elections
Apr 27, 2019 6:00 am - Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new reporting tool designed to prevent deliberate attempts to misinform voters. As part of the social media company's efforts to curb ele...
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How Nest, designed to keep intruders out of people's homes, effectively allowed hackers to get in
Apr 27, 2019 6:00 am - Tara Thomas thought her daughter was just having nightmares. “There's a monster in my room,” the almost-3-year-old would say, sometimes pointing to the green light on th...
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Chamberlain garage devices to allow Amazon deliveriesApr 27, 2019 1:00 am - OAK BROOK - Chamberlain Group, the maker of Chamberlain and LiftMaster garage door opener brands and myQ-connected technology, will enable free in-garage delivery for Am...
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Amazon to bring 1-day delivery to Prime members
Apr 26, 2019 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Two-day delivery is going out of style. Amazon, which hooked shoppers on getting just about anything delivered in two days, announced Thursday that it will so...
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Walmart experiments with AI to monitor stores in real time
Apr 25, 2019 7:00 am - LEVITTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Who's minding the store? In the not-too-distant future it could be cameras and sensors that can tell almost instantly when bruised bananas need to...