Internet
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As mobile gadgets become bigger, some companies abandon websitesNov 30, 2013 5:50 am - WASHINGTON —The founders of online matchmaker Hinge were struggling to recruit potential daters when they decided in February to abandon their website to focus instead o...
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'Shawshank' director comes back to TVNov 29, 2013 5:00 am - Frank Darabont, the writer/director who made his name with three big-screen Stephen King adaptations, returns to television next week, two years after being ousted as sh...
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Travel industry offering CyberMonday dealsNov 27, 2013 4:45 am - NEW YORK — The travel industry is offering promotions large and small for CyberMonday. Some companies are participating for the first time, while others are embracing th...
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Katie Couric to anchor news program for YahooNov 25, 2013 10:48 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Katie Couric is joining Yahoo to anchor a news program for the Internet company as it tries to expand its audience and sell more advertising. Monday’s an...
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A barrel full o' 'Breaking Bad'Nov 24, 2013 4:30 am - Let us look all the way back to ... Sept. 29! The binge-watching phenomenon known as "Breaking Bad" ended its six-year run on AMC with a final episode rightly embraced ...
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New Jersey becoming 3rd state to offer Internet gamblingNov 21, 2013 6:34 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — For the first time, people in New Jersey will be able to click a mouse or swipe a screen to gamble online. A five-day trial period of Internet gamb...
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With 'Alpha House' Garry Trudeau again has his sights on WashingtonNov 16, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — As the church doors open, Tom Brokaw and Michael Steele pivot quickly in opposite directions, neither of them quite sure what to do with the dead man. Not eve...
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The best games of a generationNov 15, 2013 5:00 am - A new generation of console video gaming begins this week when Sony unleashes the PlayStation 4 in stores on Friday. Not to be outdone, Microsoft launches the Xbox One a...
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Reading between the tweets, with psychologyNov 09, 2013 6:40 am - Lucas Vandenberg, chief executive of Los Angeles-based social media agency Fifty & Five, and his staff sift through thousands of tweets each day, eavesdropping on any me...
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Twitter appeal wanes in parts of AsiaNov 09, 2013 6:13 am - SEOUL, South Korea — Too open. Too crowded. Too difficult. That’s why some Twitter users in South Korea and Japan say they are spending less time on the site or have qui...