Information Technology
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How to make Siri smarterMay 03, 2014 8:22 am - Siri and I don't talk much these days. Which is odd, because she probably knows more about me than anyone else in my life. She knows where I've been, where I am and wher...
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Is Google Plus finally dying?May 03, 2014 8:22 am - NEW YORK - The man who led Google's foray into social networking is leaving the company. "Now is the time for a new journey," wrote Vic Gundotra in a Google Plus post an...
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Google challenges nonprofits on ideas to use GlassMay 03, 2014 8:16 am - WASHINGTON - Google has a challenge for U.S. nonprofits. The tech giant asked nonprofit groups to propose ideas for how to use the Web-connected eyewear Google Glass in...
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Commentary: Putin wants his own InternetMay 03, 2014 8:16 am - WASHINGTON - Asked at a media forum in St. Petersburg about Russia's largest search engine, Yandex, storing its data on servers outside the country, Russian President Vl...
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My awkward week with Google GlassMay 03, 2014 8:16 am - It's a Wednesday night, and I'm turning heads on the sidewalk. People are slowing halfway down the block as I approach. They're whispering about me as I walk through the...
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Intel posts lower 1Q net income, higher revenueMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - NEW YORK - Intel's earnings fell in the first three months of the year, but revenue grew because of solid demand for tablet processors and its data center services. Inte...
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Europe warns Google, Samsung on phone patent abuseMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - AMSTERDAM - The European Commission has said that Google's Motorola Mobility abused its market position in Europe by refusing to grant crucial technology licenses to riv...
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Facebook buys fitness tracker startup behind MovesMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - NEW YORK - Facebook acquired the startup behind the popular fitness tracking app Moves as it expands beyond its namesake service into a company with multiple, differenti...
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Google, Apple settle high-tech workers' lawsuitMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe Systems have settled a class-action lawsuit alleging they conspired to prevent their engineers and other highly sought tec...
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Ride-sharing app Lyft expands to new marketsMay 03, 2014 8:14 am - NEW YORK - Lyft, the on-demand ride-sharing app best known by the fuzzy pink mustaches on its cars, is launching its service in 24 new U.S. markets. The expansion nearly...