Information Technology
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Uber lets you hail a helicopter in Brazil for $63
Jun 26, 2016 7:14 am - The thunderous chop of helicopter blades echoes from the glassy facades of skyscrapers as top bank executives return from weekend beach jaunts. The earsplitting migratio...
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BlackBerry diehards aren't going down without a fight
Jun 25, 2016 7:20 am - Darren Kao has two apps on his Sony Xperia Android phone - WeChat to stay in touch with his Chinese clients, and the Starbucks wallet, for his morning caffeine fix. For ...
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It takes two apps to help you recycle
Jun 25, 2016 7:17 am - Recycling is one of those things you know you should do. But while finding a way to dispose of plastics and paper is generally easy, it takes more effort to figure out w...
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Clash of Clans may spur Tencent's Marvel-like aspirations
Jun 25, 2016 7:17 am - Clash of Clans could be the type of tent-pole entertainment that helps Asia's biggest internet company build a Marvel-like universe of movies, comic books, online videos...
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Are you still a VR skeptic? So is Nintendo.
Jun 25, 2016 7:16 am - LOS ANGELES - Everywhere you look at E3 - the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo gaming conference held recently - there seems to be something pitching virtual reality...
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Hollywood turning to big data to write the next blockbuster
Jun 25, 2016 7:14 am - Your Facebook posts and tweets may contain hidden creativity. In fact, they could be helping to write the next Hollywood blockbuster. As once-monolithic television audie...
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A new algorithm could predict ISIS attacks
Jun 25, 2016 7:13 am - It was September 2014, and machine gun and artillery fire had erupted in small villages just west of Kobani, Syria. The Islamic State had started a siege on the border t...
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Ditching the iPhone headphone jack is annoying for everyone except Apple
Jun 25, 2016 7:13 am - Look. I didn't want to get into this. I feel like we probably have better things to talk about. But the furor continues over reports that Apple is doing away with its st...
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One step by government may unlock speed, power of mobile technology
Jun 25, 2016 7:13 am - When you use the LTE connection in your smartphone, that mobile data travels over invisible airwaves that support everything from Google Maps to FaceTime. But not long f...
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Atari computer started lonely kid on a path to business success
Jun 25, 2016 7:12 am - Mykel Nahorniak was a youngster growing up in Orton, Ontario (pop. 2,595), an hour northwest of Toronto, when his father brought home an Atari computer. The future techi...