Information Technology
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Smartphone apps remind patients to take their medsApr 19, 2014 8:11 am - Medicine only helps if you take it properly. And adhering to an exact schedule of what to take, and when, can be challenging for patients who are forgetful or need to ta...
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Review: Siri-like Cortana fills Windows phone gapApr 19, 2014 7:03 am - NEW YORK - "Yay, it's Nick! How can I help?" Thanks for asking, Cortana. And thanks for making the Windows phone software better, Microsoft. With the new Cortana virtual...
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Review: S5 features useful, less about gimmicksApr 19, 2014 7:03 am - NEW YORK - There's a lot to like about Samsung's new Galaxy S5 smartphone - among them, its relative lack of features. Don't get me wrong. The company's new flagship sma...
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Customers hit with expensive Del Taco billApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - SANTA PAULA, Calif. - What was supposed to be a cheap bite at Del Taco turned out to be small fortune for some Southern California customers. About 150 people who ordere...
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Uber meets local lookalikes in Asia taxi-app warsApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - MUMBAI, India - Riding on its startup success and flush with fresh capital, taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber is making a big push into Asia. There's a twist, though: Ins...
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Largest solar farm on Superfund site goes onlineApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - INDIANAPOLIS - The nation's largest solar farm built atop a federal Superfund site is now generating power on a tract of land in Indianapolis tainted by a long-shuttered...
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White House updating online privacy policyApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - A new Obama administration privacy policy released Friday explains how the government will gather the user data of online visitors to WhiteHouse.gov, mobile apps and soc...
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Providence, RI sues firms over rapid stock tradesApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - Providence, R.I., is suing dozens of Wall Street banks and other financial companies over high-frequency trading. The federal complaint was filed Friday in New York on b...
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Five features an Amazon phone might offerApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Rumors of an Amazon smartphone reached a fever pitch this week, with several tech blogs speculating that the device could be due out this year. Amazon hasn'...
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Google not immune to challenges of mobile transitionApr 17, 2014 1:01 am - Google Inc. isn't immune to setbacks caused by the global shift to mobile computing. Costs are rising and Google said yesterday that revenue, excluding sales passed on t...