Information Technology
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Twitter's ties to muzzle trolls with rules on threatsApr 25, 2015 7:30 am - Everyone knows Twitter has a problem with online abuse, especially Twitter. Even the company's chief executive has candidly said that the firm needs to be better about s...
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Facebook is hiring like crazyApr 25, 2015 7:25 am - Mark Zuckerberg is going to need to find some more pinball machines and rock-climbing walls. His social networking company, known for its many perks that make it a regul...
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Lyft hires Facebook, Nike executives in push to challenge UberApr 25, 2015 7:25 am - Lyft Inc. hired two vice presidents with experience at consumer giants Facebook Inc. and Nike Inc., doubling the ride-sharing startup's executive team in six months as i...
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With Hello, Facebook's focus on future of communication continues to growApr 25, 2015 7:25 am - Facebook doesn't just want to be your social hub. It also wants to be a bigger part of how you communicate in general. Now Facebook's gone a little further with the in...
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How Amazon swooped in to own cloud servicesApr 25, 2015 7:17 am - In 2004, Sun Microsystems revealed a radical plan to shake up the computing industry. It would build a series of large data centers and sell access to the computers insi...
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Amazon targets Priceline, Expedia with new hotel booking siteApr 25, 2015 7:17 am - In its push to expand beyond an online store for books and merchandise, Amazon.com Inc. is entering the travel-reservations business. The e-commerce retailer Tuesday int...
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Amazon's Cloud actually merits the 'disruptive' tagApr 25, 2015 7:17 am - These haven't been the best of times for Clay Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation. Yeah, it's more famous than ever, but it's become so widely used and misused...
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Analysis: Humans win with Google's 'Mobilegeddon' search shiftApr 25, 2015 7:16 am - At least that's what the headlines are saying. Google, for its part, prefers something less Michael-Bay-disaster-flick and is calling it "the Mobile Friendly update." Ba...
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How to see everything you've ever Googled (if you're so brave)Apr 25, 2015 7:11 am - You probably don't remember what you Googled 10 minutes ago, let alone the myriad inane and fleeting things you've searched since the engine's beginnings. But unless you...
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Some Capital One cardholders now get 20 percent off their Uber ridesApr 25, 2015 7:11 am - Want cheaper Uber rides? Capital One has an offer for you. The Virginia company announced that it will give its QuicksilverOne and Quicksilver cardholders 20 percent bac...