Information Technology
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How can Google snap its stock out of its stupor?Feb 01, 2015 6:44 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google has turned into a stock market laggard as the shift to mobile devices has lowered the Internet search leader's digital ad prices and the comp...
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Google announces next four cities getting Google FiberJan 31, 2015 6:44 am - After months of speculation, Google confirmed Tuesday that its ultrafast Internet service will soon be coming to four more cities - Atlanta, Charlotte, North Carolina, N...
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Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi banJan 31, 2015 6:43 am - HAVANA - Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across Havana, letting them chat w...
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App Reviews: Translate, ShadowmaticJan 31, 2015 6:42 am - Google this month released a major update to its Translate app with a super-nifty function that lets you translate signs by simply pointing your phone camera at them. Th...
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How U.K.'s queen of tech turned London into Europe's Silicon ValleyJan 31, 2015 6:35 am - WASHINGTON - It's a bit ironic, really, speaking to Baroness Joanna Shields at 1776 in Washington. The venue, an incubator for some of the area's most innovative and rap...
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Facebook launching Trending Super Bowl for the big gameJan 31, 2015 6:35 am - PHOENIX - As Facebook's latest step into sports, the social media giant is launching Trending Super Bowl - a real-time hub for content from Sunday's game between the Pat...
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2 weeks after 'je suis Charlie,' Facebook censoring images of MuhammadJan 31, 2015 6:34 am - Only two weeks after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a strongly worded #JeSuisCharlie statement on the importance of free speech, Facebook has agreed to censor ima...
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Law enforcement wants popular police-tracking app disabledJan 31, 2015 6:33 am - WASHINGTON - Law enforcement is concerned that the popular Waze mobile traffic app by Google Inc., which provides real-time road conditions, can also be used to hunt and...
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Review: Hands-on with Microsoft's hologram deviceJan 31, 2015 6:32 am - REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft didn't use skydivers or stunt cyclists to introduce what it hopes will be the next big leap in computing technology. Instead, with its new Hol...
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Review: Good price, limited functions with online Sling TVJan 31, 2015 6:31 am - NEW YORK - Satellite TV provider Dish Network made a splash this month when it unveiled an online alternative with fewer channels and a lower price tag than its regular ...