Information Technology
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United changing how travelers earn mileage rewardsJun 10, 2014 1:00 am - DALLAS — United Airlines is about to start rewarding its big-spending customers at a potential cost to bargain-hunting travelers who rack up miles with long-distance get...
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Microsoft teases new 'Crackdown,' 'Halo' at E3Jun 08, 2014 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — It's all about the games for Microsoft at E3. Microsoft focused exclusively on hyping titles coming to its Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles during its presen...
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Amazon spat with publishers escalates as contracts endJun 08, 2014 6:00 am - Amazon.com Inc.'s sales contracts with some of the world's biggest publishers, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins, are next up for renewal, signaling that skirmishes ove...
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Apple pitch to programmers shows threat from GoogleJun 07, 2014 8:28 am - Apple Inc.'s pitch to developers at its annual conference this week shows how Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is ramping up efforts to keep programmers from switching l...
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Why 'Star Trek' matters to Twitter's Biz StoneJun 07, 2014 8:12 am - As the Twitter creation myth goes, Biz Stone was the nice-guy idealist among the social media company's otherwise sparring co-founders. Although he never served as chief...
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New U.S. ambassador takes oath on an e-readerJun 07, 2014 8:01 am - WASHINGTON - Paper books are on the decline. In 2008, the market for consumer print books was north of $15 billion. Now it's more like $10 billion - and that number is e...
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Bartlett High students' app now on Google PlayJun 07, 2014 8:00 am - Bartlett High team among 4 top schools in national mobile development contest
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App reviews: CoBook, DwellrJun 07, 2014 7:30 am - By Hayley Tsukayama, The Washington Post CoBook: Contacts in chaos? Help is on the way. If your contacts are anything like mine, they're probably a mess. That's not...
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Soccer gets technology makeover for World CupJun 07, 2014 7:27 am - It's a debate that has been raging for nearly 50 years. Did Geoff Hurst's decisive goal for England in the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany really cross the lin...
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What Apple-Beats union may mean for 800 million iTunes usersJun 07, 2014 7:19 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Wearables. Cheaper streaming subscriptions. Remotely controlled home electronics. These are the changes consumers are likely to see as Apple buys Beats E...