Internet
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Amazon to ban sales of Apple TV, Chromecast
Oct 03, 2015 5:38 am - Amazon.com said Thursday that it will no longer sell streaming media devices that don't support its Prime Video, including Apple TV and Google's Chromecast. The move is ...
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Advertising on the Internet supports the free content
Sep 26, 2015 7:41 am - The arms race over software that can block ads from appearing on websites is heating up again, generating a frenzy of overheated rhetoric about the impending death of th...
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The three stages of going viral in 2015, according to the Pizza Rat meme
Sep 26, 2015 7:40 am - Pizza Rat is, per Internet consensus, many lofty things: a spirit animal, "all of us," a parable of life in New York City. But as the Internet's latest viral Phenomenon,...
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E-sports come 'out of the basement'
Sep 26, 2015 7:38 am - On a sun-drenched Saturday afternoon in Silver Spring, Maryland, the dark, cavernous Fillmore theater is roaring with life. A sold-out crowd from around the nation is sc...
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What is the right online persona for a pope who's a social media sensation?
Sep 26, 2015 7:37 am - Pope Francis' selection was conveyed in the centuries-old way, with puffs of white smoke billowing above St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Eighteen months later, this ...
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App reviews: Peel Smart Remote, Nuzzel
Sep 26, 2015 7:36 am - Do you always lose your remote in your seat cushions? With the right phone, the Peel Smart Remote for Android can take care of both of those problems. The app works with...
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The no-brainer Internet policy the White House just endorsed
Sep 26, 2015 7:34 am - WASHINGTON - The White House is out with a thick stack of proposals for spreading Internet access far and wide, and for speeding up the Web in places where competition i...
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No, selfies have not killed more people than sharksSep 26, 2015 7:32 am - A preposterously popular story out Tuesday on Mashable makes a claim uniquely suited to the anxieties of our always-connected age: In the past year, reporter Cailey Rizz...
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The successful Internet shaming of 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli
Sep 26, 2015 7:31 am - Online shaming is frequently in the news these days, typically for the very worst reasons: ruined lives, lost jobs, frothing mobs in a frenzy to steamroll the subject of...
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Move over, Budweiser: Football has a new advertising kingSep 20, 2015 7:36 am - The biggest TV ad blitz during the National Football League's season-opening week wasn't selling Budweiser or a big Ford truck. It came from DraftKings, a billion-dollar...