Information Technology
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Tablets with Windows RT see slow salesMay 04, 2013 7:31 am - NEW YORK — A Microsoft is seeing slow sales of a version of Windows designed for thin and light tablets, even as the tablet market as a whole is growing, a research firm...
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How Siri, Google Now respond to 5 questionsMay 04, 2013 7:31 am - With Google’s voice assistant now available on iPhones and iPads, The Associated Press used an iPad Mini to throw five test questions at Google Now and Siri on Monday af...
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Facebook to add Yext's business data to search featureMay 03, 2013 11:00 pm - Yext Inc., a New York-based startup that lets businesses manage information on websites such as Yelp and Foursquare, is expanding its service to Facebook. Yext, which in...
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Mobile ads help grow Facebook's 1Q revenue 38 percentMay 03, 2013 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A year ago, Facebook was just testing the waters of mobile advertising, causing plenty of headaches for investors ahead of its massive initial public offering...
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Solar plane leavesCalifornia on cross-country tripMay 03, 2013 3:52 pm - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A solar-powered airplane left Northern California on Friday for the first leg of a planned cross-country trip that its co-pilot described as a “m...
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U.S. Cellular now embraces iPhoneMay 03, 2013 3:24 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. Cellular, the only major U.S. wireless carrier to resist the iPhone, says it’s going to start selling it this year. CEO Mary Dillon announced the reversa...
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Barnes & Noble to add Google Play app store to its NookMay 03, 2013 6:29 am - NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets. The bookstore chain says it will add Google’s...
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Microsoft’s Skype infringed patents, company claimsMay 03, 2013 6:27 am - A New York technology development company said it sued Microsoft Corp. over allegations the software maker’s web-conferencing service, Skype, infringed encryption-relate...
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Teachers the target of online training programsMay 03, 2013 6:14 am - A leading platform for the popular “massive open online courses” offered by elite universities is moving into a new realm: the expansive field of continuing education fo...
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Intel taps COO Krzanich as chipmaker’s next CEOMay 02, 2013 11:13 am - NEW YORK — Intel said Thursday that it has chosen its chief operating officer, Brian Krzanich, as its new CEO. He will steer the world’s largest chipmaker in an era wher...