Information Technology
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App reviews: Riff, Office LensApr 18, 2015 7:00 am - Facebook's newest app invites users to create variations on a theme with their friends in a visual way. So if you wanted to start a riff showing off your best silly face...
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Researchers use fake iPhone ads to examine stigmas of race, class onlineApr 12, 2015 7:29 am - Let's say you're in the market for an iPhone, used, online. Consider this ad: "I'm selling my black iPhone 5. It's in great condition and includes all of the original it...
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HBO's Web-only service debutsApr 11, 2015 7:43 am - HBO's new standalone Web service went live today, giving subscribers the ability to watch the premium channel for the first time without a cable-TV subscription. The str...
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Online dating age wars: Apps fight for our love livesApr 11, 2015 7:42 am - Tinder, America's fast-growing online-dating juggernaut, last week unveiled its first big branding partnership aimed at its core audience of millennial fling-seekers: a ...
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RadioShack, back from the dead, wants to become a bodega for batteriesApr 11, 2015 7:38 am - RadioShack, long derided as the "cockroach of retail," has evaded another stomp. The dusty electronics chain, looking every bit of its 94 years, has emerged from its ste...
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Uber is winning over Americans; expense accountsApr 11, 2015 7:38 am - Worry about its impact on jobs, or quibble with its tactics, but give Uber this: The ride-hailing startup is taking over transportation within cities at stunning speeds....
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A year after discovery, Heartbleed risk still haunts big companiesApr 11, 2015 7:38 am - BERLIN - Businesses have largely stopped shielding themselves against a Web-security flaw called Heartbleed, providing a growing number of attackers with an easy target,...
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Sling TV outage during Final Four exposes streaming weaknessApr 11, 2015 7:36 am - The weekend outage that prevented some Sling TV subscribers from watching college basketball's Final Four highlighted the Achilles' heel of cable cord-cutting: reliabili...
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Amazon woos EBay's once-loyal merchants with sales growthApr 11, 2015 7:33 am - EBay Inc.'s once-loyal merchants are moving more of their business to Amazon.com Inc., saying they get more for their money by selling merchandise via the Web retailer. ...
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Technology aims to improve the voting experienceApr 11, 2015 7:30 am - In an age where people can transfer money using their mobile device, it's not hard to envision a future where citizens wake up on Election Day, pull out their phones and...