Information Technology
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The thrilling (and welcome?) demise of GrouponAug 19, 2012 7:00 am - A year ago, Rakesh Agrawal, an analyst and journalist who spent many years working in the local advertising business, wrote a series of devastating articles about Groupo...
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Apple applications reviews: Tip or Skip; Amazon Instant VideoAug 18, 2012 7:56 am - Tip or Skip In the early 2000s, there was a website called Hot or Not that gave users two simple choices for rating the attractiveness of total strangers. Now imag...
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What the next iPhone will look likeAug 18, 2012 7:49 am - The new iPhone looks pretty much like the old iPhone. Sure, it’s a bit taller, allowing for a display that has one extra row of icons on the Home screen. And instead of ...
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Review: Samsung tablet takes aim at iPad with penAug 18, 2012 7:46 am - NEW YORK — The tablet-computer market is like guerrilla warfare. One huge army — Apple — dominates the land, while a ragtag group of insurgents keeps raiding and probing...
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Restaurant gives discount for phone-free dinnersAug 18, 2012 7:44 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A Los Angeles restaurant is offering a deal to customers who agree to look at their fellow diners instead of their phone screens. Eva Restaurant...
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Google upgrades Android maps as Apple battle loomsAug 18, 2012 7:39 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s mapping service for mobile devices is getting an upgrade as the Internet search leader braces for new competition from iPhone maker Apple. The i...
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Spotify, Pandora spur U.S. digital music sales past CD purchasesAug 18, 2012 7:29 am - The CD’s reign as the music industry’s biggest U.S. revenue source will end this year, eclipsed by downloads and newer streaming services such as Spotify Ltd. and Pandor...
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United Airlines “loses” 10-year-old girl, enters social media hellAug 18, 2012 7:07 am - As the Olympics wrapped up Sunday, United Airlines’ public relations team stood ready to capitalize on the good feelings with some nifty promotions on Facebook and Twitt...
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Motorola files new case against AppleAug 17, 2012 7:05 pm - Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility unit said it filed a new patent-infringement case against Apple Inc. claiming that features on some Apple devices, including the Siri voi...
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Flight diverted to Damascus and out of gasAug 17, 2012 4:36 pm - PARIS — An emergency layover in Syria’s capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cas...