Information Technology
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Study: Bosses use social media at work more than employeesJul 20, 2014 7:00 am - Anyone who's ever tried to hide their Facebook use at work should take heart in this news: Your boss may be looking at social media during office hours more than you are...
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India mobile-phone companies, supermarkets may soon start banksJul 19, 2014 7:42 am - India proposed allowing mobile telephone companies and supermarket chains to set up payment banks to provide financial products to the tens of millions of people in the ...
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App reviews: RoadTrippers, WatercolorsJul 19, 2014 7:39 am - RoadTrippers: A balm for long car rides Planning a summer road trip? If you're looking to fill in some spots between points A and B, try out RoadTrippers, the compa...
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How trust may be the ultimate bitcoin killerJul 19, 2014 7:38 am - None of Bitcoin's recent troubles - technological glitches and the collapse of the biggest cryptocurrency exchange, MtGox, the departure of key figures from the bitcoin ...
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Google opens lobbying digs on Congress's doorstepJul 19, 2014 7:35 am - At this week's grand opening party for Google Inc.'s new Washington D.C. offices, South Carolina Representative Mark Sanford stood near trays of peach cobbler milkshakes...
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Should online accounts die when you die?Jul 19, 2014 7:33 am - WASHINGTON - Should your emails, web albums and other online accounts die when you do? Or should you be able to pass them down to a family member much as you would a hou...
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TV show puts cellphone lanes on DC sidewalkJul 19, 2014 7:32 am - WASHINGTON - Pedestrians walking along sidewalk in the nation's capital Thursday found themselves with a choice. "No cellphones," said lettering on one side of the sidew...
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Bitcoin 'mining pool' promises to stay smallJul 19, 2014 7:32 am - NEW YORK - The largest group of bitcoin miners, which maintains and processes transactions in the digital currency, is promising to avoid majority control of the currenc...
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Shunned by adults, smartwatches take aim at kidsJul 19, 2014 7:31 am - NEW YORK - With smartwatches drawing lukewarm interest from most consumers, some technology companies are trying a fresh approach: market them to kids. LG Electronics, V...
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UN: All nations hide rise in digital snoopingJul 19, 2014 7:31 am - GENEVA - Governments on every continent are hiding an increasing reliance on private companies to snoop on citizens' digital lives, the U.N. human rights office said thi...