Information Technology
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Apple resorts to promo deals, trade-ins to boost iPhone sales
Dec 04, 2018 12:00 am - Apple Inc. is experimenting with iPhone marketing strategies it rarely uses - such as discount promotions via generous device buyback terms - to help goose sales of its ...
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You know your data is at risk when you shop. How about at work?
Dec 02, 2018 12:10 am - These days, data breaches that expose personal information seem to happen so often that consumers have come to expect such failures. "There is data fatigue," said Terry ...
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13 gift ideas for the tech lover on your list
Dec 01, 2018 12:19 am - What's a better gift than the future? These are the innovative gadgets and services we've tried and loved over the past year. Oculus: Go Virtual Reality Headset The Ocu...
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Instagram's new 'Close Friends' feature lets fewer people see some posts
Dec 01, 2018 12:13 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Keep your friends close ... and your close friends closer? Instagram is adding a feature to make it easier to share photos and videos with fewer folks. C...
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Review: Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri - which one should you pick?
Dec 01, 2018 12:00 am - Sure, you could chose a smart speaker based on sound or price. The go-to gadget gift of the season is available from Amazon, Apple and Google with better acoustics, new ...
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Inside TikTok, the app for firefighters who enjoy lip-syncing to 'Baby Shark'
Dec 01, 2018 12:00 am - Camille Gates' husband would stare at his phone for long stretches of time, laughing at amateur music videos on an app called TikTok. Look, he showed Gates, nurses like ...
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Facebook expands 'Today In' local feature to 400 cities
Dec 01, 2018 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook is cautiously expanding a feature that shows people local news and information, including missing-person alerts, road closures, crime reports an...
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One start-up's new strategy for attracting top talent: Free electric scooters
Dec 01, 2018 12:00 am - Whether it's in-office yoga, access to arcades, travel stipends or "beer bashes" featuring Gwen Stefani, technology companies are well known for luring millennial employ...
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Analysis: Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg tainted by crisis after crisis
Dec 01, 2018 12:00 am - Facebook crises this year have put immense pressure on Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, undermining her authority and tainting an image that was burnished by the...
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Facebook, Twitter crack down on AI babysitter-rating service
Nov 28, 2018 12:00 am - Facebook and Twitter are taking action against an automated babysitter-rating system reported on last week by The Washington Post, saying the service broke the social ne...