Microsoft takes the long view on smartphone reboot
Microsoft, after failing to build a smartphone hub to rival Google or Apple, is trying to change the conversation.
Software
May 3, 2016
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Fitness app Strava faces an uproar over an elite cycling user linked to doping
Among the spandex-clad cyclists raised in the app generation, there's no smartphone notification as foreboding as one from Strava.
Software
May 3, 2016
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Making a purchase at retail a confusing mess, thanks to tech transition
The seemingly simple process of making a purchase at a retail store hasn't been so simple lately.
Business
May 3, 2016
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Review: LG smartphone goes to pieces on purpose
Let's face it - LG makes fine smartphones, but they are not as popular as handsets from Apple or Samsung.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 3, 2016
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Snapchat is trying to remake its image by giving back to its LA neighbors
When St. Joseph Center, a homeless services agency in the seaside Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice, needed funding for a software programming class for low-income women, Snapchat Inc. was an obvious candidate.
Internet
May 3, 2016
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Scientists challenge conventional wisdom to improve predictions of the bootstrap current at the edge of fusion plasmas
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have challenged understanding of a key element in fusion plasmas. At issue has been an accurate prediction of the size of the ...
Plasma Physics
May 3, 2016
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GoGoGrandparent helps seniors without smartphones
Don't be fooled by her age or her not-so-smart flip phone. Eighty-five-year-old Betty Lou Luce is spurring a technology movement that's spreading from bridge clubs to retirement homes across Southern California.
Software
May 3, 2016
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Brazil to end WhatsApp shutdown: company
A Brazilian court on Tuesday agreed to end its blockage of the smartphone messaging service WhatsApp after suspending it for failing to surrender user data, the company said.
Business
May 3, 2016
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San Francisco tree could get landmark status or the ax
The fate of a tall, slender pine tree that a San Francisco property owner wants to cut down but that neighbors are rallying to save is now in the hands of city leaders.
Ecology
May 3, 2016
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'Dishonored' video game sequel set for November debut
Bethesda Softworks on Tuesday announced that a keenly-awaited sequel to hit video game "Dishonored" will be released on November 11.
Software
May 3, 2016
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