Information Technology
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SnapTax app promises quick tax filingJan 26, 2013 6:57 am - Snaptax Taxes in 10 minutes? That’s the promise of SnapTax, an app from Intuit that lets users take a smartphone photo of their W-2 and fill in the paperwork from t...
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Venture investments declined in 2012Jan 26, 2013 6:45 am - NEW YORK — A new study shows that funding for business startups declined in 2012, the first time that’s happened in three years, as venture capitalists spent less money ...
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Google fielding more legal demands for user dataJan 26, 2013 6:44 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Google says it is fielding more legal demands from governments around the world seeking to learn more about the people using its Internet search engine, ...
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Imagining a future when machines have all the jobsJan 26, 2013 6:39 am - WASHINGTON — Martin Ford saw it everywhere, even in his own business. Smarter machines and better software were helping companies do more work with fewer people. His Si...
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How Google’s Jeff Dean became the Chuck Norris of the InternetJan 26, 2013 6:25 am - “The speed of light in a vacuum used to be about 35 mph. Then Jeff Dean spent a weekend optimizing physics.” — Jeff Dean Facts Jeff Dean facts aren’t, well, true. But th...
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Review: Mega sharing service lacks versatilityJan 26, 2013 6:21 am - NEW YORK — New Zealand entrepreneur Kim Dotcom — still wanted by U.S. authorities on allegations of copyright infringement — launched a new online service this week for ...
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Apple trailing China’s Coolpad shows need for cheap iPhoneJan 26, 2013 6:16 am - Apple Inc. is being outsold in China, the world’s largest handset market, by a company less than 1 percent its size, highlighting how the lack of low-cost products limit...
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Digital age prompting closure of base theatersJan 26, 2013 6:10 am - ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. — Stacey Darling loves watching family movies at the Ellsworth Air Force Base theater in South Dakota because it’s so much more affordable...
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How Google keeps its workers happyJan 26, 2013 6:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — A few years ago, Google's human resources department noticed a problem: A lot of women were leaving the company. Like the majority of Silicon Valley ...
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Exxon passes Apple as most valuable companyJan 25, 2013 3:21 pm - NEW YORK — Exxon has once again surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable company after the iPhone and iPad maker saw its stock price falter. Apple Inc.’s stock has b...