Information Technology
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When street names switch, can apps keep up? The case of Jefferson Davis Highway.
Feb 22, 2020 5:10 am - If you were driving through Arlington. Virginia, in September, you might have noticed a change that was almost five years in the making: Jefferson Davis Highway was no m...
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Apple weighs letting users switch default iPhone apps to rivals
Feb 22, 2020 5:06 am - Apple is considering giving rival apps more prominence on iPhones and iPads and opening its HomePod speaker to third-party music services after criticism the company pro...
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Tech firm that's making device for Olympians expands footprint in Arlington HeightsFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - An Arlington Heights-based technology firm - which designs products in virtual reality and wearable electronics and is now making devices for Team USA athletes in the up...
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CDK Global sells digital marketing business to Ansira PartnersFeb 20, 2020 12:00 am - HOFFMAN ESTATES - CDK Global said it will sell its digital marketing business to Ansira Partners, a subsidiary of Advent International, for an undisclosed sum. The sale ...
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MBX names new CEO as part of expansionFeb 20, 2020 12:00 am - Chris Tucker has been named chief executive officer at Libertyville-based MBX Systems, one of several changes the company is making as it expands its technology hardware...
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Don't sell my data! We finally have a law for that
Feb 15, 2020 5:22 am - With apologies to the Beastie Boys: You gotta fight for your right to privacy. America's first broad data privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act, went into eff...
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Tweeting in a time of coronavirus: Woman uses social media to lighten mood on cruise ship
Feb 15, 2020 5:21 am - Christina Kerby was corralled aboard a massive luxury cruise ship, charting a meandering course somewhere in the South China Sea, when she began thinking about the apoca...
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Barcelona takes hit as showpiece tech show canceled on virus
Feb 15, 2020 5:00 am - Enric Catala, a Barcelona sommelier, watched in dismay as clients began canceling the wine tastings he'd set up at this year's showpiece technology congress known as MWC...
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Review: Samsung's new phones bring 100-times zoom, folding screens, higher prices
Feb 15, 2020 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung's newest smartphones come in two flavors: expensive and more expensive. At its "Unpacked" event here on Tuesday, the world's largest smartphone m...
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State releases $500 million for technology innovation network with 15 hubsFeb 12, 2020 12:00 am - By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday touted statewide benefits he said will result from ...