Information Technology
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Feeling mad? New devices can sense your mood and tell — or even text — othersFeb 03, 2014 4:30 am - Cognitive psychologist Mary Czerwinski and her boyfriend were having a vigorous argument as they drove to Vancouver, B.C., from Seattle, where she works at Microsoft Res...
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Obama expands on social media for state of union as tv fadesFeb 01, 2014 7:21 am - President Barack Obama deployed just about every trendy social media tool to promote a century- old ritual -- the annual State of the Union address to Congress. From a k...
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Micros aims to make pay restaurant bills more nimbleFeb 01, 2014 7:21 am - When technology firm Micros Systems was founded in the late 1970s, its founders got their start persuading restaurant managers to replace manual cash registers with Micr...
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Indiana bill would restrict electronic surveillanceFeb 01, 2014 7:21 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Individual privacy and public safety faced off Monday at an Indiana legislative hearing, as a committee gave its support to an effort aimed at protecting ...
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App reviews: Trove, Level MoneyFeb 01, 2014 7:21 am - Trove: It’s today’s news, according to you A new competitor in the social news space comes from Trove, a company formerly known as WaPo Labs and formerly a sister c...
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Review: Beats Music proves it has some heartFeb 01, 2014 7:21 am - LOS ANGELES — There’s no shortage of music subscription services that offer unlimited streaming for a monthly fee. The conceit of the latest offering, Beats Music, is th...
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Pair sentenced for Twitter abuse of feministFeb 01, 2014 7:01 am - LONDON - A man and woman have been jailed for using Twitter to abuse a prominent feminist. The two were sentenced for sending vulgar messages to activist Caroline Criado...
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Facebook tests ads in outside mobile appsFeb 01, 2014 7:01 am - NEW YORK -- Facebook says it is testing out its own ad network that would deliver advertisements to mobile applications outside of its own. The social networking company...
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Google buys artificial intelligence company DeepMinFeb 01, 2014 6:42 am - Google Inc. is adding to its range of artificial intelligence with the acquisition of DeepMind Technologies Ltd., a London-based startup founded by former chess prodigy ...
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Can fancy frames make Google Glass go mainstream?Feb 01, 2014 6:42 am - Google has announced a major update to its Glass headset, and it has nothing to do with its technology. In a release, the tech giant said that its glasses with head-moun...