Information Technology
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Employers are adding high-tech solutions to solve a low-tech problem: Getting more sleep
Feb 23, 2020 5:00 am - New Balance, the Boston-based athletic shoe company, wanted to help its employees sleep better. So in October, it rolled out Dayzz, a mobile app that offers personal rec...
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How Ring and Nest helped normalize American surveillance
Feb 22, 2020 5:24 am - Margaret Cudia thought her Ring doorbell camera was "the best thing since sliced bread." She loved watching the world pass by through her suburban New Jersey neighborhoo...
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Wendy's mascot may look sweet, but on Twitter she's a mean girl
Feb 22, 2020 5:18 am - Wendy's mascot - that red-haired, pig-tailed, freckle-cheeked girl - might look sweet. But the fast-food chain's tweets, accompanied by an image of her grinning face, ar...
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Coming soon: airline Wi-Fi that actually works
Feb 22, 2020 5:14 am - Air travel and glitch-free internet access are often considered mutually exclusive, thanks to the technical difficulties associated with making Wi-Fi work at 40,000 feet...
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Axon rolls out the next level of police technology: Live-streaming body cameras
Feb 22, 2020 5:11 am - The term that keeps coming up is "game changer." Axon, the largest supplier of body-worn cameras for police in the United States, on Tuesday rolled out 1,000 new cameras...
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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...