Information Technology
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Facebook is saying you and your friends go back 46 years
Jan 02, 2016 6:35 am - Like many of you out there in Internet land, I woke up Thursday morning to an interesting bug on my Facebook page. According to my own account, I had a lot to celebrate,...
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A new version of Google Glass shows up in FCC filings
Jan 02, 2016 6:34 am - Despite being declared dead quite a few times, a new version of the Google Glass headset may be coming soon. Though Google may have stopped selling the $1,500 "Explorer"...
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These apps can save you from drunk textingJan 02, 2016 6:32 am - It's happened to the best of us. Despite our better judgment, once alcohol enters our system, we want to talk to people we shouldn't be contacting in an altered state, w...
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Why hoaxes flourish on Facebook
Jan 02, 2016 6:31 am - If you are a chain letter hoax, then heaven is for real and it is Facebook. The site has hosted an army of copyright and giveaway hoaxes in recent years with a fury not ...
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2015 is the year that Tumblr became the front page of the Internet
Jan 02, 2016 5:12 am - The Internet story of the year - perhaps of many years - began with a breezy, under-punctuated blog post on the Tumblr of some 21-year-old no one had previously heard of...
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5 turning points for technology in 2015
Jan 01, 2016 6:04 am - Looking back, 2015 was filled with major moments in technology and media. Comcast failed to close its megamerger with Time Warner Cable, after regulators effectively spi...
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'How should a dog wear pants' is the meme we deserve for the end of 2015
Jan 01, 2016 6:03 am - The last big meme of 2015 will probably be an argument about how a dog should wear pants, brought to the attention of the Internet at large via an image swiped from Face...
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7 of the biggest innovations that made headlines in 2015
Jan 01, 2016 6:00 am - As we look ahead to 2016, you'll again hear the words "gamer-changer" or "breakthrough" get thrown around a lot. It seems like everything these days from pasta to toothb...
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Apple users group helps members keep up with advancing technologyJan 01, 2016 1:00 am - "The Northwest of Us," which originated in the early 1990s as a group of Macintosh users, has changed its name to Suburban Chicago Apple Users, reflecting Apple's broade...
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Netflix socks may be just something to talk about
Dec 26, 2015 6:23 am - With so many news organizations writing about the amazing Netflix socks, you may have had trouble avoiding stories about them. The socks have cute designs and will pause...