Information Technology
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Analysis: Bored, isolated citizens are a win for Facebook
Mar 28, 2020 6:09 am - The tension between the media and technology industries has long been characterized as a fight for users' attention. The more of it they have, the greater the opportunit...
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Almost overnight, the $100 billion fitness industry went virtual
Mar 28, 2020 6:00 am - Reese Scott started boxing 17 years ago and dreamed of setting up her studio for almost as long. In 2018 she started Women's World of Boxing, the first female-owned boxi...
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Microsoft Teams adds new features just in time for new world of work from home
Mar 21, 2020 6:17 am - Microsoft unveiled new features for its Teams corporate-chat software, timed to the product's third anniversary and arriving amid a surge of interest in digital workplac...
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Scam robocalls are pitching fake coronavirus tests to vulnerable Americans
Mar 21, 2020 6:11 am - The deadly coronavirus outbreak has shuttered schools and businesses, wreaked havoc on the stock market and left some grocery store shelves bare. And if that isn't enoug...
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One approach to coronavirus: Staffers work 20 hours a week, get paid for full-time
Mar 21, 2020 6:11 am - As employees across the country juggle remote work and childcare, the nonprofit that operates Wikimedia has told workers they can work just 20 hours a week and continue ...
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Big Tech swallows most of the hot AI startups
Mar 21, 2020 6:00 am - In 2016, Seattle-based startup Turi was helping almost 100 customers create and manage software that uses machine learning, a powerful type of artificial intelligence. I...
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The webcam will see you now: Doctors urge patients to replace in-person visits with apps
Mar 21, 2020 6:00 am - If you're sick, you should see a doctor. But not in person, if you can avoid it. Instead, visit the doctor through an app. During the coronavirus outbreak, using your sm...
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Network Data Systems receives CRN honorsMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Network Data Systems to its 2020 Managed Service Provider 500 list, as well as in the Elite 150 category, for...
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Embattled Restaurant.com sold to uBidMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - Arlington Heights-based online dining gift certificate company Restaurant.com has been sold to the owners of uBid.com. Atlanta-based uBid Holdings, Inc., owner of online...
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New app provides information for first-time homebuyers and owners
Mar 15, 2020 6:10 am - First-time homebuyers can find abundant information online, in books and articles and at seminars given by real estate agents, lenders, nonprofit organizations and gover...