Information Technology
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Humin: The app for human connectionsJan 26, 2014 4:00 am - Imagine getting off a plane in a foreign city. You pull out your phone to make a call. What stares back at you? Aaron Adams, Aaron Austin and Aaron Brown. Maybe you sear...
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The Internet's 25 worst passwords, and what they say about youJan 25, 2014 8:00 am - NEW YORK — At first blush, SplashData's annual list of the 25 most common passwords — compiled from files posted online in the wake of security breaches — is not the sor...
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San Francisco charges tech giants for employee shuttlesJan 25, 2014 7:15 am - SAN FRANCISCO — City transportation officials approved a new pilot plan to regulate private employee shuttles operated by tech giants such as Facebook and Google and cha...
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App reviews: Sunrise, DuolingoJan 25, 2014 7:12 am - Sunrise: Stay on top of things A clean but full-featured calendar program, Sunrise aims to make sure that you're on top of your schedule to sunset and beyond. The a...
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Verizon reports 1,000-1,999 security data ordersJan 25, 2014 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — Verizon Communications Inc. says it received between 1,000 and 1,999 government requests for customer information related to national security last year. Th...
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Zuckerberg gives $5 million for health centerJan 25, 2014 7:00 am - EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife are donating $5 million to help expand a community health center in Silicon Valley. The gift — announc...
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Can a social reader app move from useful to fun?Jan 25, 2014 7:00 am - NEW YORK — The death of Google Reader, may it rest in peace, was difficult for everyone. For those obsessed with Google's RSS offering, the alternatives seemed annoying...
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Review: Crushed by 'Candy Crush Saga'Jan 25, 2014 7:00 am - NEW YORK — Many people remember where they were when man first walked on the moon. I remember where I was when I passed Level 86 of “Candy Crush Saga,” the maddeningly a...
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Ohio man questioned over Google Glass in theaterJan 25, 2014 6:37 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio - Federal authorities say they questioned an Ohio man they suspected of recording a movie in a theater with his Google Glass computer-in-eyeglass device. ...
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View: worry less about robots, more about WashingtonJan 25, 2014 6:14 am - It’s hard to know sometimes which is the greater threat to prosperity — headlong technological progress that’s destroying decent jobs and hollowing out the middle class,...