Information Technology
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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...
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Review: Updated HTC One phone worth consideringMar 29, 2014 7:09 am - NEW YORK - The HTC One might be the best smartphone you never heard of. The phone won critical acclaim last year, yet it barely made a dent in the marketplace. It's over...
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Buffett skwered for doubting bitcoinMar 29, 2014 7:09 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is mocking Warren Buffett for the stock market sage's criticisms of bitcoin, a virtual currency. Buffe...
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App review: KlutchMar 29, 2014 7:05 am - Setting up plans is never an easy thing when you have to wade through screens and screens of emails or text messages to figure out who's in and who's out. The planning a...