Internet
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Twitter abuse stirs unease in BritainAug 10, 2013 6:12 am - LONDON — Hours after successfully campaigning to have a woman — Jane Austen — featured on a new British banknote, Caroline Criado-Perez was bombarded with rape and death...
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Cast your vote for Suburban Chicago's Got TalentAug 06, 2013 5:30 am - Suburban Chicago's Got Talent is winding down, but there's still time to cast your vote for the online Fan Favorite. Voting starts at 9 a.m. today at dailyherald.com/con...
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Get in the ‘Doctor Who’ loopAug 06, 2013 5:13 am - Some of us, myself included, were very excited Sunday to hear that Peter Capaldi has been chosen to succeed Matt Smith later this year as the star of “Doctor Who.&#...
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Facebook said to plan to sell tv-style ads for $2.5 MillionAug 03, 2013 7:43 am - Facebook Inc., seeking to break the long-held dominance of television over advertising budgets, plans to sell TV-style commercials on its site for as much as $2.5 millio...
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Facebook draws more young prime-time viewers than major networksAug 03, 2013 7:42 am - Facebook Inc., the largest social- networking company, attracts more 18- to 24-year-old people during prime-time viewing hours than any of four major television networks...
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Netflix clones in Russia get a head start with piracy lawAug 03, 2013 7:40 am - Russia is seeking to shed its image as a hub for pirated movies and become the next hot market for legal online video, a boon for local services trying to lure users bef...
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Starbucks to partner with Google to upgrade Wi-FiAug 03, 2013 7:00 am - SEATTLE — Starbucks says it’s reached a deal to partner with Google that will allow it to offer its customers dramatically faster Wi-Fi service. Financial terms were not...
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Review: Google finally gets tv right with ChromecastAug 03, 2013 6:59 am - Google has a long history of spaghetti-style product development: throw a lot of stuff against the wall and see what sticks. When it comes to television, the result has ...
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NPR host’s tweets from mother’s hospital room, shows grieving in real timeAug 03, 2013 6:44 am - On July 23, Scott Simon, the longtime host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, posted a tweet to his 1.2 million followers: “I just want to say that ICU nurses are remark...
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Review: Chromecast streams media at a nice priceAug 03, 2013 6:00 am - ATLANTA — A new device from Google makes it easy to stream video from several popular services to a high-definition TV. Chromecast is tiny enough to dangle from a keycha...