Information Technology
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Essay: In appreciation of the iPhone and its genius
Jul 01, 2017 7:21 am - Ten years after the introduction of Apple's iPhone, and the broader category of smartphones, it's worth stepping back to see what we have learned. As with most major tec...
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Why the app economy is about to explode
Jul 01, 2017 7:20 am - It seems like everyone is using mobile applications - or apps - nowadays. But a new research report says we're just getting started. Analytics tool maker App Annie has p...
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Drone delivery could depend on block-by-block weather forecasting
Jul 01, 2017 7:20 am - Imagine a weather report so precise it provides wind-gust forecasts for individual city blocks. Such micro-weather data may soon become a reality-and a necessity for fut...
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Review: The next frontier of fitness trackers tested, ranked
Jul 01, 2017 7:18 am - Two years ago, I met my wife. The time I've spent with her has been the most blissful 23 months of my life. It's also been the most fattening. We got married in January,...
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R.I.P. Gchat - You let us pretend we were working
Jul 01, 2017 7:18 am - Gchat was born the day after Hurricane Katrina: Aug. 24, 2005. The latter made landfall in Louisiana a few days later, thrashed cities and killed people and became short...
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Which vintage games will be included on Nintendo's SNES Classic?
Jul 01, 2017 7:17 am - Nintendo will soon release a miniature version of its SNES home console, with preloaded fan favorites such as "Super Mario World," "Donkey Kong Country" and "Legend of Z...
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High-tech jobs that created India's gilded generation are disappearing
Jul 01, 2017 7:16 am - NEW DELHI - They were going to be India's gilded generation. When P.R. Sujoy became a software engineer, he thought his life was made. It was a job his father, a former ...
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App reviews: Topsoil, Monument Valley 2
Jul 01, 2017 7:15 am - Topsoil In this puzzle game, players are faced with a plot of land and a line of plants that need to be rooted in the soil. You get opportunities to harvest your pl...
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Google to remove private medical records from search results
Jul 01, 2017 7:15 am - Alphabet Inc.'s Google has quietly started removing a new category of online content - personal medical records - from its search results, a departure from its typically...
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How to get iOS 11 on your iPhone nowJun 30, 2017 7:19 am - So you watched Apple's Craig Federighi outline all the features coming to iOS 11 at WWDC, and now you want them on your iPhone immediately. It's easy to see why. With iO...