Information Technology
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42 Disney apps are spying on your kids, lawsuit claims
Aug 12, 2017 7:17 am - The Walt Disney Co. secretly collects personal information on some of their youngest customers and shares that data illegally with advertisers without parental consent, ...
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How YouTube's 'Binging With Babish' is disrupting the content industry
Aug 12, 2017 7:16 am - What does a 15-layer taco mean for the future of video competition? Like the list of its ingredients, the answer is: pretty much everything. Last week, up-and-coming You...
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App reviews: Touchdowners, TickTick
Aug 12, 2017 7:15 am - Touchdowners Touchdowners is a silly game. And that's just fine for a distraction on a summer day. Players are put in charge of a team of three football "players" -...
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Does Facebook's willingness to copy rivals' apps hurt innovation?
Aug 12, 2017 7:15 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Four years ago, Facebook spent over $150 million on a free app used by millions. Today that app, called Onavo, has become a little-known weapon in Facebo...
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App reviews: Guess the Emoji, Splashy Dots
Aug 12, 2017 7:15 am - Guess the Emoji "Guess the Emoji" has you do pretty much exactly what you think you would: guess the meaning of strings of emoji. Sometimes the questions are essent...
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How Google is making its Play Store a little better
Aug 12, 2017 7:15 am - Just this past weekend I went to the Google Play Store to download a better clock and alarm app (don't ask) and was overwhelmed by the options. Who knew there were so ma...
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Boeing, NASA look to flying geese for jet-fuel savingsAug 08, 2017 1:00 am - Boeing and NASA have found an inexpensive way to cut airline fuel bills by borrowing a trick from the world's greatest long-distance aviators: migratory birds. By lining...
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Rural towns in the eclipse's path are bracing for a flood of smartphones
Aug 06, 2017 6:00 am - Nestled in the southwest corner of Kentucky, about an hour west of Bowling Green, is the city of Hopkinsville. Ordinarily known for its historical landmarks and hot, hum...
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What our Google searches reveal about the drug epidemic
Aug 06, 2017 1:00 am - The country's ongoing drug epidemic, which claimed more than 59,000 lives last year, has left its trace on just about every aspect of American life: politics, religion, ...
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Why 75 million people have joined Credit Karma
Aug 06, 2017 1:00 am - Credit Karma had a problem. How does a financial-services company win the trust of a generation that just lived through a financial crisis? And a new, online company tha...