Information Technology
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Amazon nixed 'green' shipping proposal to avoid alienating shoppers
Mar 07, 2020 5:24 am - A few years ago, Amazon.com's quick delivery team debated doing something radical for the e-commerce giant: asking shoppers to consider the environment. The team buildin...
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Analysis: Tech companies can track your panicky coronavirus searches
Mar 07, 2020 5:20 am - Two weeks ago, Sand Hill Road VC firm Andreessen Horowitz received some heckling after posting a "No Handshakes" notice on their front entrance. Coronavirus cases were s...
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Facebook has a prescription: More pharmaceutical ads
Mar 07, 2020 5:17 am - Jordan Lemasters keeps seeing ads in his Facebook app for an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder drug called Vyvanse. When the Chicago-based audio branding consulta...
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Analysis: Tech firms take a hard line against coronavirus myths. So why not other types of misinformation?
Mar 07, 2020 5:11 am - As misinformation about the coronavirus has spread online, YouTube has steered its viewers to credible news reports. Facebook has swept away some posts about phony cures...
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What are Fleets? Twitter tests its own version of disappearing stories
Mar 07, 2020 5:10 am - Twitter is testing a way for users to post photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours - similar to Stories products offered on rival social networks - in a push to ...
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TikTok marketers chase billions of views in uncharted terrain
Mar 07, 2020 5:07 am - In an October post on TikTok, digital magician and video star Zach King walks up to the counter at Chipotle to receive a burrito bowl with chips. After he pays, he jumps...
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Spotify's newest pitch to labels and musicians: Now You Pay Us
Mar 07, 2020 5:00 am - Spotify Technology revived the music business. Now it wants the industry to return the favor. The streaming giant is asking record labels and artists for money to advert...
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Innovation Park's success in Libertyville is erasing memories of Motorola's departureMar 06, 2020 4:30 am - Plans by Medline Industries Inc. to consolidate 600 jobs at a national sales hub in Libertyville is not only a sign of the company's success but also a milestone for Inn...
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CMIT Solutions hosts cybersecurity eventMar 06, 2020 12:00 am - CHICAGO - CMIT Solutions is launching a free educational lunch and learn series. There will be a total of 14 events taking place across the nation through December 2020 ...
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The plug-in electric car is having its moment. But Toyota is still trying to make the fuel cell happen.
Feb 29, 2020 5:24 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Many Saturdays, amateur photographer Tadashi Ogitsu treks the roughly 160 miles up to Yosemite National Park to attempt the perfect shot, timing his arri...