Information Technology
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United's app now includes passport scanning for quicker check-inAug 07, 2014 1:01 am - While 13 million customers have already downloaded the United Airlines app, they likely have found a new feature on it this week. Users can now scan their passports to c...
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Sprint names new CEO after dropping T-Mobile bidAug 07, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Sprint's new owner is replacing its longtime CEO after dropping its bid for rival wireless carrier T-Mobile US. Marcelo Claure, the CEO of Miami-based cellpho...
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Samsung, Apple agree to drop lawsuits outside U.S.Aug 06, 2014 1:01 am - SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung and Apple Inc. have agreed to end all patent lawsuits between each other outside the U.S. in a step back from three years of legal hostiliti...
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Pandora cuts first direct deal with artistsAug 06, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Internet radio leader Pandora has come to its first direct licensing deal with artists, a wide-ranging agreement with independent label group Merlin that b...
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21st Century Fox abandons pursuit of Time WarnerAug 06, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is abandoning its attempt to take over Time Warner in a proposed deal that would have combined two of the world's biggest me...
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Hong Kong court: Tycoon can sue Google over autocompleteAug 06, 2014 1:01 am - HONG KONG - A court has ruled that a Hong Kong tycoon can sue Google over its autocomplete results suggesting he has links to organized crime. In a judgment released We...
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Russia hackers loot 1.2 billion passwords, firm saysAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - A gang of hackers in Russia has amassed 1.2 billion sets of looted user names and passwords, according to a U.S. security company that said it's the largest known cache ...
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Despite profit, Motorola Solutions plans more layoffs, smaller campusAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - While Motorola Solutions Tuesday posted a second-quarter profit that tripled, it plans more cost-cutting measures that are expected to include layoffs and the sale of mo...
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Wal-Mart's website to personalize shoppingAug 04, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Wal-Mart, in its latest bid to compete with nemesis Amazon.com, is rebuilding its website to further personalize the online shopping experience of each custom...
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Zillow topping Realogy shows Web surge in housingAug 03, 2014 7:22 am - LOS ANGELES -- Zillow's purchase of Trulia makes the online company such a force in U.S. real estate that its market value now surpasses that of Realogy, owner of renown...