Information Technology
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Facebook to acquire Mobile Technologies for speech recognitionAug 17, 2013 7:33 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Bloomberg News$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ Facebook Inc., owner of the world’s most popular social-networking service, agreed to acquire Mobile Technologies, a deve...
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How tech is creating new digital democracyAug 17, 2013 7:33 am - Digital democracy is here. We no longer passively watch our leaders on television and register our opinions on Election Day. Modern politics happens when somebody commen...
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SanDisk fixes problem you don’t know you haveAug 17, 2013 7:31 am - File these under “solutions to problems you didn’t know you had.” They’re the SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive and Wireless Media Drive, two new gadgets that provide...
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Get used to data-mining on social mediaAug 17, 2013 7:30 am - WASHINGTON — Ever heard of Raptor X, a specialized computer tool that when used with a privately developed plug-in called “Social Bubble” can display the geographic loca...
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Mobile apps will not harm your babyAug 17, 2013 7:18 am - WASHINGTON — The same group that targeted the Baby Einstein company for exaggerating claims that its videos would turn your baby into Albert Einstein has now moved on to...
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Why you shouldn’t trust Internet recommendationsAug 17, 2013 6:45 am - The “wisdom of crowds” has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on Amazon. Is that restaurant any good? See wh...
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Power companies dangle free nights and weekendsAug 16, 2013 4:20 pm - NEW YORK — Electric bills have long been take-it-or-leave-it affairs: Pay one rate for all the power you used the month before, no matter when you used it. But some elec...
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GM recalls nearly 293,000 Cruzes for brake problemAug 16, 2013 4:13 pm - DETROIT — General Motors Co. is recalling nearly 293,000 Chevrolet Cruze compact cars in the U.S. because the power-assisted brakes can fail. The recall affects Cruzes m...
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Sources: Samsung about to unveil wearable smartphoneAug 16, 2013 2:32 pm - SEOUL — Samsung Electronics will introduce a wristwatch-like device named the Galaxy Gear next month that can make phone calls, surf the Web and handle emails, according...
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Poll Vault: When should kids have their own phones?Aug 16, 2013 12:01 am - If your middle-school son complains that he’s the only one in his class without a phone, he’s likely not exaggerating. A 2012 study by ORC International for the National...