Information Technology
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Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana are cozying up
May 12, 2018 1:00 am - Microsoft and Amazon.com may be competing with each other in the cloud-computing market, but in the realm of voice-controlled personal assistants, Cortana and Alexa are ...
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West Dundee inventors create app to find local musiciansMay 09, 2018 11:00 pm - Meet John Mayer and Mike Echlin, two West Dundee residents who have developed a computer app to introduce music lovers to regional musicians. With the click of a mouse o...
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Elgin will consider 39 electric vehicle stations, courtesy of TeslaMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - The city of Elgin's sustainability commission hopes the city council will take advantage of an offer from the automaker Tesla to install 39 free electric vehicle chargin...
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District 214 programs pathway to IT successMay 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Margaux Cummings, a junior at Prospect High School, already knows what she plans to do in the future: She wants to become a computer programmer. Thanks to her high schoo...
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Oakton students to compete in NASA robotic competitionMay 06, 2018 11:00 pm - Oakton Community College students are aiming for Mars while keeping their feet firmly planted on the ground. Members of the college's Oaktobotics team will participate ...
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What the T-Mobile and Sprint merger could mean for you
May 05, 2018 1:07 am - Sprint and T-Mobile are officially seeking to merge. If the deal is approved, the resulting company would be the nation's second-biggest wireless carrier after Verizon, ...
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Why Apple, LG and others have given in to the notch on phones
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Pentagon could beat Uber, Tesla in race over self-driving vehicles
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Analysis: Facebook's dating service a chance to meet the scammer of your dreams
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Analysis: What the life and death of Cambridge Analytica tells us about politics — and ourselves