Internet
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Twitter tracks if you're fit, if you're famished
Aug 01, 2015 7:00 am - What does Twitter say about your diet? According to an analysis of 50 million tweets, Mississippi loves cake, Virginia can't get enough bacon, and Colorado likes chocola...
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Use of facial-recognition tool draws privacy concerns
Aug 01, 2015 1:00 am - When you are identified in a picture on Facebook, biometric software remembers your face so it can be "tagged" in other photographs. Facebook says this enhances the user...
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You don't know it, but you're working for Facebook — for free
Jul 31, 2015 11:00 pm - What do you call a multimillion-dollar, for-profit company that's run in large part by unpaid or underpaid grunt laborers? A century ago, you might've dubbed it robber-b...
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Facebook should scrap its real-name rule
Jul 31, 2015 11:00 pm - Hamburg data protection supervisor Johannes Caspar is after Facebook again: He wants it to scrap its real-name-only policy. His demand provides an interesting perspectiv...
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How Jet.com could save you money
Jul 26, 2015 7:38 am - After months of testing and tweaking, the e-commerce startup Jet.com opened its digital storefront on Tuesday, marking the official kickoff of the company's ambitious ef...
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YouTube signs up everyone but TV for new paid service
Jul 25, 2015 7:35 am - Google's YouTube, which has signed up partners for a new paid video service, may find out by early next year whether its own Internet stars really are as valuable as tho...
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New Web site could help you find the top surgeons near you
Jul 19, 2015 7:32 am - One of the most frustrating experiences for consumers is choosing a doctor for surgery. Now a nonprofit consumers group has come out with a free surgeon rating tool that...
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At 20, Amazon continues to defy predictions
Jul 18, 2015 7:41 am - You've got to hand it to Steve Ballmer. On Oct. 22, Microsoft's ex-chief executive officer appeared on Charlie Rose and threw some serious shade at Amazon.com, his forme...
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Digital news for millennials: LGBT, weed and the latest from 'Game of Thrones'
Jul 18, 2015 7:36 am - While the mainstream media was obsessing over the results of the Greek bailout referendum last Monday, the news site Ozy.com was going in a different direction altogethe...
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Want to feel better about your body? Try Instagram on for size
Jul 18, 2015 7:34 am - You'd think that, between the filters and the #fitnessgoals and the celebrity-grams, Instagram would make an unfriendly place to talk body acceptance. But as participant...