Information Technology
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How a months-old story of a terrorist attack in Kenya trended because of Paris
Nov 21, 2015 4:27 am - In the hours after the deadly terrorist attack in Paris, social media was filled with signs of solidarity. A photo of a cousin in front of the Eiffel tower. Your aunt sa...
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Why Edward Snowden thinks you should use an ad blocker
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Futuristic Apple store may expand Chicago's Magnificent Mile
Nov 18, 2015 10:00 pm - A glitzy project with the potential to shift retail farther south may be coming to Chicago's Magnificent Mile. The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday got a look at a fu...
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Dist. 214 event aims to teach young girls about STEM careersNov 15, 2015 6:45 am - Vidushi Reva Srivastava, 11, of Palatine was eager to build a small, simple circuit board on Saturday. She carefully put together some wires and tiny parts that could u...
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The FCC says it can't force Google and Facebook to stop tracking their users
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The counterintuitive, GIF-tastic plan to redeem the modern InternetNov 14, 2015 6:40 am - Nostalgia for a purer, simpler time has already brought back the flip phone and the cassette. So it was only a matter of time, really, until someone attempted to revive ...
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What a viral study about the harms of Facebook gets wrong
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Is Apple planning peer payments to tap into millennials' demand?
Nov 14, 2015 6:38 am - Apple wants to make it easier to settle a tab with friends using your iPhone. Apple has been speaking with banks about introducing a new peer-to-peer payments feature, a...
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Cellcontrol app puts drivers' phones in park
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Why Google, Apple can't keep malware out of app storesNov 14, 2015 6:36 am - Google and Apple just removed a popular third-party Instagram app from their online stores after reports surfaced that the app was stealing usernames and passwords and t...