Information Technology
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Morton Arboretum introduces smartphone app with tours, newsApr 03, 2014 11:00 pm - The Morton Arboretum has released its first mobile app featuring a menu of options that includes a GPS-coordinated map pinpointing the arboretum's most popular points of...
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Website aims to make your moves seamlessApr 02, 2014 1:01 am - Moving from one home to another can be a very stressful process. A suburban woman is working to change all that. A website launched in May 2012 was founded by CEO Jenni...
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HTC updates One phone, aims to raise awarenessMar 29, 2014 8:05 am - NEW YORK - HTC is updating its flagship HTC One smartphone by giving it a larger screen, better software and a camera that's easier to use. The original HTC One received...
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Facebook launches lab to bring Internet everywhereMar 29, 2014 8:05 am - NEW YORK - Facebook is giving more details about its effort to connect remote parts of the world to the Internet - and it involves drones, lasers and satellites. CEO Ma...
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Intel buys fitness tracker maker BasisMar 29, 2014 8:05 am - NEW YORK - Chipmaker Intel has bought Basis Science, the startup behind the popular fitness tracker by the same name, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, announced Tuesday...
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In YouTube era, public access TV still on the air in suburbsMar 29, 2014 8:00 am - Vincent LoCascio is no technophobe. He appreciates the power of the Internet and sites like YouTube and Facebook, where anyone can create and post a show, a thought, a p...
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Your secret is not safe onlineMar 29, 2014 7:23 am - NEW YORK - There's a lot of news about Whisper, Secret and other anonymous social networks lately. Whisper has been around in various forms since March 2012 but started ...
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Whispers, secrets and lies? Anonymity apps riseMar 29, 2014 7:22 am - NEW YORK - At a time when Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are pushing people to put forward their most polished, put-together selves, a new class of mobile applications a...
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Study: Smartphone app helps alcoholics stay soberMar 29, 2014 7:22 am - A smartphone app for recovering alcoholics that includes a panic button and sounds an alert when they get too close to taverns helped keep some on the wagon, researchers...
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Los Angeles doctors practice speeding up trauma careMar 29, 2014 7:15 am - WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Before the car-wreck victim reached the emergency room, doctors, residents and nurses at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center knew what to expect by glan...