Information Technology
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Work starts on first offshore wind farm platforms in U.S. waters
Aug 01, 2015 7:00 am - With the lowering of giant steel legs to the sea bottom off Rhode Island, construction has officially begun on the country's first offshore wind farm, starting what U.S....
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Use of facial-recognition tool draws privacy concerns
Aug 01, 2015 1:00 am - When you are identified in a picture on Facebook, biometric software remembers your face so it can be "tagged" in other photographs. Facebook says this enhances the user...
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You don't know it, but you're working for Facebook — for free
Jul 31, 2015 11:00 pm - What do you call a multimillion-dollar, for-profit company that's run in large part by unpaid or underpaid grunt laborers? A century ago, you might've dubbed it robber-b...
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Facebook should scrap its real-name rule
Jul 31, 2015 11:00 pm - Hamburg data protection supervisor Johannes Caspar is after Facebook again: He wants it to scrap its real-name-only policy. His demand provides an interesting perspectiv...
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Your smartphone could become a tool for medical research
Jul 31, 2015 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Jody Kearns doesn't like to spend time obsessing about her Parkinson's disease. The 56-year-old dietitian from Syracuse, New York, had to give up bicycli...
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IBM, CVS bring Watson to health care
Jul 31, 2015 11:00 pm - IBM is teaming with CVS Health to harness the power of the Watson supercomputing brain to transform how the care of patients with chronic conditions is managed. Under a ...
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BluePay inks partnership with Arizona small business groupJul 31, 2015 1:00 am - NAPERVILLE - Single-source merchant account provider BluePay has partnered with the Arizona Small Business Association to become the official payment processor for the g...
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Hilco Merchant Resources acquires Deal GeniusJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - NORTHBROOK - Hilco Merchant Resources LLC said it has acquired online retail and daily deal e-commerce brand Deal Genius LLC. Terms of the acquisition were not announced...
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How Jet.com could save you money
Jul 26, 2015 7:38 am - After months of testing and tweaking, the e-commerce startup Jet.com opened its digital storefront on Tuesday, marking the official kickoff of the company's ambitious ef...
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Apps that can help you understand emojis
Jul 25, 2015 7:41 am - Anecdotal evidence has it that mothers love emoji. I am not one of those mothers. I had no idea my iPhone came equipped with an emoji keyboard. I'm even hopeless when I ...