Information Technology
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Amazon to ban sales of Apple TV, Chromecast
Oct 03, 2015 5:38 am - Amazon.com said Thursday that it will no longer sell streaming media devices that don't support its Prime Video, including Apple TV and Google's Chromecast. The move is ...
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Sprint is making its biggest gamble since trying to buy T-Mobile
Oct 03, 2015 1:00 am - Sprint says it won't be putting any money toward an intensely watched auction for wireless airwaves next year, in what amounts to the company's biggest gamble since it t...
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Parenting in the digital age: Real tips to help kids (and parents)Oct 02, 2015 6:00 am - Why is my 6-year-old twerking? How do I limit what my 10-year-old can see on his phone? These are common questions with complicated answers - but as a parent and child p...
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Apple goes Pro with iPad that's aimed at businessesSep 30, 2015 1:00 am - Fall is in the air ... should your business go Apple picking this year? Following the unveiling of the Cupertino, California-based company's new line of products earlie...
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Mobile ticket app TodayTix broadening reach to Chicago
Sep 29, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK - TodayTix, the mobile app for theater tickets, has already gotten applause in New York and London. Now it plans to open in some key U.S. cities, as part of wha...
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Cabot Microelectronics to acquire NexPlanar for $142 millionSep 28, 2015 1:00 am - AURORA - Cabot Microelectronics Corp. said it will acquire NexPlanar Corp. for approximately $142 million. The Hillsboro, Oregon based company specializes in the develop...
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Carmakers cheating on emissions almost as old as pollution testsSep 27, 2015 7:33 am - WASHINGTON - Almost as soon as governments began testing vehicle emissions, automakers found ways to cheat. In 1970s some cars were found to be rigged with "defeat devic...
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Government agency's effort to stop future cyberthefts again draws auditors' criticism
Sep 26, 2015 7:44 am - Months into a government effort to better protect personal information it holds on tens of millions of Americans following two major breaches, auditors remain concerned ...
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Go Midwest, young techie: Silicon Valley becoming too pricey for startups
Sep 26, 2015 7:43 am - Michael Hollman says he has a job offer from Amazon.com and just interviewed at Google. But he might ditch them both for Lincoln, Nebraska. Hudl, a startup that provides...
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Advertising on the Internet supports the free content
Sep 26, 2015 7:41 am - The arms race over software that can block ads from appearing on websites is heating up again, generating a frenzy of overheated rhetoric about the impending death of th...