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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechCrunchHere’s a recap of some of our top stories from 8/2 to 8/8. The public has scrutinized the success of standalone apps like Facebook Slingshot, Twitter Music, and Instagram Bolt, but most people don’t realize that these a...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TheNextWeb.comSam Barnett is the CEO and co-founder of Struq. It is possible for almost anyone to undertake some basic retargeting and get positive results. However, some methods are easier than others. The ‘easy’ method often results in damage to bra...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechmemeCarolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle : SF Planning Commission toughens, clears proposed requlation of Airbnb-like short-term rentals — S.F. planners support, toughen ‘Airbnb law’ — Super...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from EngadgetThe spinning top is one of the oldest and seemingly simplest toys devised in human history, but that doesn't mean we can't improve it. Disney Research has come up with a new algorithm that allows it to design a stable spinning toy out of...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from CNET NewsAt SIGGRAPH this week, Autodesk researchers will present a Pteromys, a tool that lets anyone design any paper airplane, no matter how outlandish.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from CNET NewsAlthough the West African nations stricken by the Ebola outbreak are not tech-savvy, text messaging, phone calls, and even radio are helping educate the most at-risk people.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from CNET NewsPteromys, from Autodesk Research, is a tool that uses science and complex computation to optimize nearly any-user designed paper airplane, and make it fly.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Digital TrendsThere is now a pedometer designed for your penis, recording thrusts as if they were laps at a gym. Here's why this is the dumbest thing we've heard all week. The post Enough with the numbers! Fitness tracking in bed can only wreck a good...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsAh Gamescom - the E3 for those who prefer a little less stress and a little more German cuisine in life. That said, the Cologne-based game show is starting to rival its Las Vegas sibling, and has become a platform for some pretty signifi...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Digital TrendsAndroid Device Manager can come in very handy when you've lost your phone or tablet. Now Google has added a new feature to the service that enables you to be called straight from the device. The post Your lost Android phone can now call ...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes with word of new movement on an old front: namely, the rule that makes it hard for sports fans to see coverage of local teams. The 39-year-old blackout rule basically "prevents games from being televised locall...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechmemeBrian Fung / Washington Post : Obama on net neutrality: My administration is against Internet fast lanes — U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington August 5, 2014. (REUTE...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Digital TrendsThe FCC wants you to be able to text for emergency help if you can't place a call, but progress so far has been slow; a new ruling should speed up adoption among carriers and app developers. The post FCC vote pushes 911 texting service f...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsThe iPhone 6 may be announced September 9 , and photos and renders have been leaking like crazy. There's almost no reason for us to believe that what Apple will be announcing next month will be different from what we've already seen. Whe...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsThis tiny device can tell you more than you ever wanted to know What is in that watermelon? How many grams of sugar are in this gin and tonic I'm about to drink? While our smartphones have made it easy to research facts, capture images a...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Digital TrendsThe battle of the super-stylish smartwatches is on: Meta has just announced that its new M1 timepiece is available to order, ahead of similarly sleek models on the way from Motorola and HP. The post The Meta M1 smartwatch is now availabl...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from EngadgetFCC Chairman Tom Wheeler isn't happy with Verizon's reply to his strongly worded letter, which chastises the company for its plans throttle some unlimited LTE subscribers. See, Big Red defended the move and reasoned that the other major ...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsBehind the scenes of Sky Sports News HQ Screens. Lots of screen. That's the immediate impression you get when you arrive at the new Sky Sports News HQ. The channel has been given its biggest ever revamp ready for the football season with...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from GizmodoIf you have never seen the 2005 French movie Les Chevaliers du Ciel (Sky Fighters) and you like aviation or just see spectacular cinematography, you should rent it. The movie itself is as bad as Top Gun, but the combat airplane sequences...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from GizmodoA living human brain. Looks gross. But think about how amazing this is. You have one of these things inside your head, a mass of organic matter in which billions of connections make you —every memory, everything that ever was in your lif...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from SlashdotThe synthesis of ammonia is one of the globe's most significant industrial applications of chemistry. PhysOrg reports the publication in the August issue of Science (sadly, article is paywalled) the description of a low-energy process to...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from GizmodoI love dogs. I love magic tricks. I love sausages. Obviously, I was bound to love this video of dogs reacting to magic flying wieners. I like the fact that some of them get so freaked out at the sight of a delicious treat floating in fro...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from DailyTech Main News FeedDevice is nearly twice the price of China's top smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi4; iPhone 6 and Galaxy Note 4 loom
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechmemeHayden Dingman / PC World : Hands-on: New Alienware 13 is Alienware's thinnest gaming laptop yet — Not to be outdone by ultra-thin gaming laptops like the Razer Blade and Origin's EVO 15-S, Alienware announced the Alie...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Techworld.com NewsKey technology companies including Google, Microsoft and Twitter on Friday filed in support of Facebook's dispute with the New York County District Attorney's office over the collection of user data in bulk under a gag order for a fraud ...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from VentureBeat
The sharing economy is a complicated concept. The idea that Uber, Airbnb, TaskRabbit, and countless others are running with is that anyone can contribute to society and make money doing it. Of course, with tricky legislation stopping som... -
Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechmemeGreg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal : Rakuten acquires US based e-commerce app Slice as it thinks about expansion in country — Japan's Rakuten Buys Startup as It Mulls U.S. Entry — Rakuten, Japan's l...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from GizmodoIt looks so effortless for him. And not only can freediver David Helderle blow underwater bubble rings as easily as you and I blink, he can control those mini vortexes to make fun designs and spin rings. It's like Aquaman decided to beco...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechmemeReuters : Former Microsoft senior manager Brian Jorgenson receives 2 years in prison for insider trading — Ex-Microsoft employee gets 2 years in prison for insider trades — A former Microsoft Corp emp...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
With no shortage of wireless charging options for the smartphone, it is getting harder for manufacturers to find a point of difference. Australian company Dog & Bone has unveiled what it says is the world's first shockproof wireless char... -
Saturday, August 9, 2014 from VentureBeat
The feds this year failed to come up with a viable program that would have kept the crowd rapt, or at the very least, interested. Instead, they seemed to be circling the wagons, figuring out their next moves. -
Saturday, August 9, 2014 from GizmodoThe NHRA put together this gnarly video compilation of wild rides from the first half of the 2014 season and it's just nuts. These drag races look a lot more like horizontal rocket launches crossed with the flames of Ghost Rider than the...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from SlashdotStartsWithABang (3485481) writes It's finally here! Sure, we witnessed the birth of a new meteor shower earlier this year, but it was a flop. Many other showers have come-and-gone like they do every year, but none of them have given us a...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechCrunchHave you ever been sitting around bored and found yourself trying to get some random household object — a battery, a pen, whatever — to spin around like a top? Disney has taken that idea to a pretty grand extreme. Combi...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechmemeIna Fried / Re/code : Google Ventures-Backed Quettra Raises $2.9 Million, So Advertisers Can Know Even More About You — Mountain View, Calif.-based Quettra has raised a seed round of funding from some big-name investor...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from VentureBeat
Beam's toothbrush measures how long you brush and how often, and it reports the data to an iPhone or Android device via Bluetooth. -
Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechCrunchLooking around their engineering classes at the University of Illinois, Supriya Hobbs and Janna Eaves noticed something was missing — other girls. And so like good engineers, they set out to solve that problem. The recent gra...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from EngadgetNeither side has confirmed it, but it looks like Amazon's latest pricing battle (after Warner Bros. and its ongoing battle with book publisher Hachette) is with Disney. That's why you can't pre-order a copy of Guardians of the Galaxy on ...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from AppleInsiderDuring a news conference on Friday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler responded to Verizon's claims that its planned data throttling program is a "widely accepted" practice, saying that an "all the kids do it" argument is not just...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from CNET NewsThe Motopeds Survival Bike features extra gas storage, super-bright lights, a survival shovel, and a multitool. And, oh yeah, an arsenal of awesome weapons.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechmemeReed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal : Facebook gets backing from civil liberties groups, tech firms including Microsoft and Google in fight against Manhattan DA over bulk warrants on user data — Civil Liberties Group...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from VentureBeat
“'All the kids do it' was never something that worked with me when I was growing up and it didn’t work with my kids,” Wheeler told reporters today. -
Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechCrunchOne of the big subjects of discussion in the banking industry earlier this year was the publication of the Millennial Disruption Index, stating that millennials view banks as irrelevant and placing traditional retail banking at the...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from EngadgetThese days, data centers, portable USB battery chargers and all sorts of transportation are going green thanks to fuel cell technology. Now you can add submersibles to that list: Japan is developing a 33-foot-long submarine that runs off...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
The hangar doors have closed on Oshkosh EAA AirVenture for another year with over 500,000 visitors having passed through the gates. Gizmag's airshow highlights coverage earlier this week hardly scratched the surface of the 1000's of gorg... -
Saturday, August 9, 2014 from VentureBeat
CareDox’s product grew out of an earlier product that helped moms share their kids’ medical records with schools, summer camps, and physicians. CareDox does basically the same thing, but on a larger scale. CareDox provides a ... -
Saturday, August 9, 2014 from TechCrunchPresident Barack Obama spoke in favor of net neutrality this week, pushing back against the idea of paid prioritization, which many call Internet ‘fast lanes.’ Following the president’s comments, a number of techn...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Yesterday we asked readers how many apps they had installed on their iPhones. Out of the almost 1,100 responses, a majority of readers (38%) said that they had over 500 apps! Comments ranged from "I have 16 apps and I rarely use those" t...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from VentureBeat
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from GizmodoI watched the movie Chef the other day and the amount of food porn neared Jiro -level. The way Jon Favreau ate in that movie made everything look delicious. Here's a supercut of scenes in movies that are just like that, you'll see so muc...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comAttention queer women: there may very soon be emojis just for you! From designer Kimberly Linn comes a series of humorous emojis intended to be used by women who have sex with women. While not necessarily available on a smartphone -- yet...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Latest NewsHere's how to share a single internet connection - perhaps from an ethernet data port - with all your other devices.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from BBC News - TechnologyNotorious computer security pioneer John McAfee has used a surprise appearance at a hacking conference to warn of threats against "freedom" thanks to privacy issues with technology.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from ABC News: TechnologyOracle Corp. sues Oregon over health insurance exchange, alleging breach of contract
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A group of well-known hackers and security professionals are trying to build better ties with the auto industry in an effort to enlist their help in improving vehicle security, one of the hottest areas of cyber rese...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from ABC News: TechnologyCanada sends 2 icebreakers to Artic to support bid for control of sea floor under North Pole
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - John McAfee, the flamboyant anti-virus software industry pioneer, made a surprise appearance at a computer hackers' conference on Friday evening, where he unveiled a new website to give people a place online to vent...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from ABC News: TechnologyNASA engineers say test of future Mars hardware served its purpose despite torn, tangled chute
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comIn June 2013, Google launched a competition on Twitter soliciting bids from people interested in beta-testing its latest foray into wearable high tech. Since 'beta-tester' conjures up visions of bearded geeks in hoodies glued to their Re...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from ABC News: TechnologyRussian accused of hacking US businesses' computers pleads not guilty to 29 charges
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsGoodbye, multiple logos across multiple products. Hello, Samsung "S."
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsGrowth has been slow compared to app stores for iOS and Android, but Microsoft's push for universal Windows apps could turbo-charge its app count.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsAlienware slims down for gaming subnotebook fans.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsHere's what you need to know to avoid falling victim to this phishing trap.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsCurrent sources suggest that the 2015 WWDC will be held from June 8-12, but you might not want to buy that plane ticket just yet.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comWhat, you ask, is better than a feminist robot? A feminist robot with a sweet tooth, obviously. As part of Los Angeles County Museum of Art's second ever Art + Technology Lab , artist Annina Rüst has crafted a robotic installation entitl...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsPARIS (Reuters) - Gemalto NV, the digital security company that makes smart chips for mobile phones, bank cards and biometric passports, is to buy U.S.-based data protection specialist SafeNet for $890 million (529 million pounds), it sa...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc has agreed to create a $250 million internal program to disrupt rogue online pharmacies as part of a deal to end shareholder litigation over accusations the search company improperly allowed ads from ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from ABC News: TechnologyJudge rejects $324.5M settlement of case casting Apple, Google as leaders of jobs conspiracy
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Four Silicon Valley companies including Apple and Google failed to persuade a U.S. judge to sign off on a $324.5 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit by tech workers, who accused the firms of conspiring to av...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukActors website found to have lifted content wholesale from websites including BuzzFeed and Huffington Post Continue reading...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from BBC News - TechnologyA new app called SketchFactor, which uses crowd-sourced data to alert users to 'sketchy' areas, is in hot water after some accuse it of being racist.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Reuters: Technology NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. communications regulator on Friday said he is asking all large U.S. wireless carriers to explain how they decide when to slow download speeds for some customers, after questioning Verizon Wireless abou...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comRacism. Let's talk about it. Plenty of people mentally wander to a different place when the topic of racism arises--a place somewhere between discomfort and distrust. While this is a congested intersection, it's not a bad spot to park. O...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.com"A picture is worth a thousand words." Arthur Brisbane , author of the famed adage first outlined in 1911, likely had no idea how clairvoyant his words would eventually become. In his Emoji-less, Instagram void world, Mr. Brisbane still ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsThe FirePro S9150 will compete with Nvidia's Tesla K40 at a time when accelerators and co-processors are becoming more prevalent in supercomputers.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsMicrosoft is reportedly interested in setting up shop a few blocks south of Apple's iconic flagship store in Manhattan.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Latest NewsA new tech trial drama on the way? A new federal court turn-of-events could pave the way.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from BBC News - TechnologyHow Batman can help you avoid online scams
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsIBM inventors have patented a new invention that enables users to manage the location of their cloud data.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsWhile Hadoop has proven to be a valuable resource to businesses across a range of industries, its limitations also have come to the fore.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comSometime in the near future, our nation may not have enough qualified workers to serve every older American who needs services and supports. That's more than a little scary, especially for baby boomers who are turning 65 at the rate of a...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comThe judge overseeing the landmark Silicon Valley wage theft antitrust lawsuit has struck down the $324 million settlement reached between most of the class action plaintiffs and the defendants — Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comA church leader in Roach, Missouri, is out of a job after being arrested for allegedly trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a dog. Jerald Hill, 56, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted unlawful sex with an animal and attem...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from CNN.com - TechnologyFacebook games will have to reveal any in-app charges and will no longer be allowed to give players bonuses for "liking" their pages under new rules rolled out for developers this week.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Latest NewsThe FCC didn't provide an estimate as to how many lives have been saved by the extra resource, but the agency did highlight the potential and benefits for consumers who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech disabled.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comJOSH CORNFIELD, Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has ordered a teen who accused a man of rape to turn over access to her Facebook account, providing another example of social media's growing use in courtrooms and ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Technology on HuffingtonPost.comThis video definitely deserves a Retweet. Levar Burton already surpassed the Kickstarter goals for his "Reading Rainbow" app, and now he's setting his sights on a new project. In " Tweeting Rainbow ," Burton takes on Twitter, teaching ki...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsSign up now and get six months free!
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsAny email with an unsubscribe link includes the new button, located directly next to the sender's email address.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsAmazon needs to stop acting like a small disruptor and understand that it's an 800-pound gorilla with responsibilities.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsVirginia has the fastest internet connection in the United Sates.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsResearchers from MIT and Harvard have created an origami-inspired robot that can fold itself from a flat, resting state into a functioning, three-dimensional shape to begin crawling across a surface.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's report is not a final decision; Apple can still present more information in its defense.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsAs the FCC released more than 1.4GB worth of net neutrality comments, President Obama clarified his own thoughts.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsEncrypt your files, encrypt your email, encrypt your whole hard drive, and then you'll be safe. Except that encryption isn't perfect, as Black Hat attendees learned.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsThe publisher of King's Quest, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro the Dragon may be coming back from the dead.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from PCMag.com Breaking NewsYahoo CISO Alex Stamos presented the bipartisan idea during this week's Black Hat security convention in Las Vegas.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from ABC News: TechnologyOnce the object of disdain, there's a more positive attitude toward TV
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from eWeek - RSS FeedsSprint reportedly ends pursuit of T-Mobile, names new CEO; Apple rumored to unveil iPhone 6 on Sept. 9; New flaw puts millions of WordPress, Drupal sites at risk; and more.
