Information Technology
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Gurnee OKs $5.8 million in tax breaks for companyJan 26, 2015 12:00 am - Gurnee village board members have approved a multimillion-dollar tax incentive package for a technology company to relocate in a business park near the Tri-State Tollway...
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Online grocers mushrooming, but bagging profits is difficultJan 25, 2015 6:32 am - The online grocery-delivery business seems to get more crowded - and more competitive - by the minute. Tech giants Google and Amazon.com are offering it in some major ci...
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Deily.org founders see their site as a kind of Wikipedia for faithJan 25, 2015 6:00 am - Shawn Bose and Justin Halloran studied religion as college undergrads, but it was their experience helping create 21st-century digital retailers such as eBay and UShip t...
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Facebook tries to cut down on hoaxesJan 24, 2015 6:43 am - Facebook has a new fix for fibs. The Menlo Park, California-based social media company said it has updated its service to reduce the number of hoaxes that appear in use...
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Why fake-news industry isn't afraid of Facebook changesJan 24, 2015 6:43 am - Facebook dealt a blow to the fake-news industry that could, in all likelihood, wipe it out: Starting this week, the site will cut down on the number of fake news stories...
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Facebook added 4.5 Million jobs to global economyJan 24, 2015 6:43 am - Facebook Inc. has helped to create 4.5 million jobs and add $227 billion to the world economy, according to a Deloitte study commissioned by the social networking servic...
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Kaspersky exec: Criminals get smarter along with techJan 24, 2015 6:42 am - WASHINGTON - Online attacks against such prominent targets as Sony, Target and Home Depot have brought cybersecurity and digital privacy to the forefront of the national...
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Questions about AKHAN, looking to move to Gurnee, surface in complaintJan 24, 2015 6:32 am - Questions about the viability of a project touted by AKHAN Semiconductor - a high-tech company being lured to Gurnee with millions of dollars in state and local incentiv...
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Review: Reading e-books on different devices toughJan 24, 2015 6:31 am - NEW YORK - In the world of e-books, you largely have a choice between Amazon's Kindle and everyone else. Amazon.com Inc. distributes its e-books in a proprietary format ...
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Apple may be designing an iPad stylusJan 24, 2015 6:18 am - I have a confession to make: I don't hate the stylus. That may make me unusual, particularly as a tech writer. But I love pen and paper, still take most of my notes by h...