Information Technology
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App reviews: Curiosity, TravelEnvy
Mar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Curiosity This app, which is made by a company that spun out of Discovery Communications, takes the joy of learning and distills it into a form that can suit even t...
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Twitter users can now filter 'egg' accounts from notifications
Mar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Twitter announced a bunch of mostly iterative changes Wednesday in its fight against abuse. But one was particularly welcome to users who have ever experienced an onslau...
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OK, technology holdouts: Enough is enough
Mar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Even as fanatic customers can be counted on to line up outside the Apple store for the latest iPhone, there are still millions of Americans who don't use a smartphone at...
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Analysis: Twitter tries age-old punishment - the timeout
Mar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Twitter quietly introduced a new punishment for rule breakers a couple of weeks ago: the timeout. "We've detected some potentially abusive behavior from your account," T...
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Soldier-turned-robotics-CEO brings Silicon Valley approach to defense market
Mar 04, 2017 6:13 am - Shahar Abuhazira knows about dark places. He had the dicey assignment of crawling into tunnels to find terrorists as an infantry officer with the Israeli Defense Forces....
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What can World Wide Web of 1990s teach us about today's FCC internet policy?
Mar 04, 2017 6:12 am - FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is looking to the early days of the internet for inspiration as he seeks to reduce the role of regulation in the networks that help millions of Ame...
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New Richard Branson venture dedicated to launching small satellites
Mar 04, 2017 6:12 am - The celebrity space tourists that Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic plans to shoot into space in the coming years may get most of the attention. But over the past couple...
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Nintendo Switch Pro Controller works on PCMar 04, 2017 6:11 am - If you're sitting on the fence about also picking up the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, an extra incentive for doing so has been revealed. The Pro Controller also works...
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Smartphone makers Huawei, LG vie to fill Samsung void
Mar 04, 2017 6:11 am - Huawei Technologies and LG Electronics are ushering in new smartphones that each hopes will fill a void created by the absence of a new handset from the usually dominant...
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Nintendo made Switch cartridges taste horrible on purposeMar 04, 2017 6:10 am - I expected a lot of tests to be performed on the Nintendo Switch in the run up to its launch, but a taste test was not one of them. More specifically, those in possessio...