Information Technology
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EKG heart monitor coming to Apple Watch?
Dec 23, 2017 12:00 am - Apple is developing an advanced heart-monitoring feature for future versions of its smartwatch, part of a broader push by the company to turn what was once a luxury fash...
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Why Facebook wants users to stop asking for likes
Dec 23, 2017 12:00 am - There are more than 70 million small business pages on Facebook as well as billions of users. For many freelancers, publishers, bloggers, celebrities, small business own...
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Apple revises policy that could have killed apps from small businesses
Dec 23, 2017 12:00 am - Apple has revised an App Store guideline that was designed to curb spam apps, but instead threatened to wipe out thousands of apps for local restaurants, churches and ot...
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Is plan to scan the face of every American traveling overseas illegal?
Dec 23, 2017 12:00 am - A Department of Homeland Security program that would collect facial scans of every American citizen traveling overseas may skirt the law, come at enormous cost, exhibit ...
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TA Associates to invest in FlexeraDec 20, 2017 12:00 am - ITASCA - Software company Flexera has entered into a new investment partnership with TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm. TA is acquiring equity from exi...
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Facebook says it wants your face data in the name of privacy
Dec 19, 2017 12:00 am - Facebook will let you know when someone posts a photo of you - even if you aren't tagged in it - becoming the latest tech giant to add more facial recognition technology...
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This angry inventor has a special gift for package thieves: Revenge
Dec 19, 2017 12:00 am - The more time and money Jaireme Barrow spent to keep people from swiping packages off his front porch, the angrier he got. He'd show police in Tacoma, Washington, crysta...
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New Bitcoin-based security slightly higher in debut on CMEDec 18, 2017 12:00 am - NEW YORK - A new security based on the price of the digital currency bitcoin was trading slightly higher Monday after its debut on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a wee...
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Will electric vehicles doom your neighborhood auto mechanic?
Dec 16, 2017 6:24 am - Craig Van Batenburg began his career as an auto mechanic in 1970 after falling in love with the internal combustion engine. But for several years, the 67-year-old from M...
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Analysis: Is Alexa really eavesdropping on you?
Dec 16, 2017 6:22 am - I've gone all-in on Amazon's line of Alexa-powered speakers, installing them throughout my home and buying them for family members. We use them to play music and news, t...