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Saturday

Technology

Tech Giants Compete ... For Your Vacation Albums

With ballgames, family reunions and trips to the beach, summer is full of chances to snap photos. Apple and Google are in a battle to help you store, organize and share all those visual mementos.

Tech Giants Compete ... For Your Vacation Albums

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Tuesday

Live Video Apps Like Periscope Make Life Even Less Private

With the Periscope app, owned by Twitter, it's easy for smartphone users to stream their own video live. Chris Jackson/Getty Images hide caption

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Live Video Apps Like Periscope Make Life Even Less Private

Video cameras are everywhere — from those in smartphones to security cams. And just when you thought it couldn't get harder to hide, live-streaming video apps are raising new questions about privacy.

Live Video Apps Like Periscope Make Life Even Less Private

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Monday

Tiny Music Royalties Add Up, Unexpectedly

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Tiny Music Royalties Add Up, Unexpectedly

The Internet is full of music, but not all of it generates income for composers and songwriters. Services that specialize in "micro-licensing" are helping to fix that.

Tiny Music Royalties Add Up, Unexpectedly

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Friday

At The Heart Of A Watch, Tested By Time

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At The Heart Of A Watch, Tested By Time

Watchmakers have long thrived by selling timepieces that will be cherished as family heirlooms. But, if pragmatism rendered the pocket watch obsolete, what happens when watches become computers?

At The Heart Of A Watch, Tested By Time

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Monday

The challenge to keep up with Moore's law

Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore holds up a silicon wafer at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., in 2005. Moore's prediction 50 years earlier, called Moore's Law, has been the basis for the digital revolution. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption

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The challenge to keep up with Moore's law

Gordon Moore's observation on the exponential improvement in hardware pushed computers to be faster, smaller and cheaper. The Intel co-founder died Friday at age 94.

The challenge to keep up with Moore's law

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Wednesday

Technology

European Union Charges Google With Antitrust Violations

After a nearly five year investigation, European Union officials on Wednesday charged Google with antitrust violations and opened an investigation into its Android operating system.

European Union Charges Google With Antitrust Violations

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Sunday

Once The Cream Of The Crop, Zynga Zigzags To Adapt To Mobile

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Once The Cream Of The Crop, Zynga Zigzags To Adapt To Mobile

Zynga's former CEO is back, less than two years after leaving the company he founded. The company had a smash hit with Farmville on Facebook, but has struggled to stay current in new markets.

Once The Cream Of The Crop, Zynga Zigzags To Adapt To Mobile

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Monday

Artists In Residence Give High-Tech Projects A Human Touch

Artists in the residency program at Autodesk are given access to production-quality equipment in workshops, allowing them space to create at-will. Blake Marvin/Courtesy of Autodesk hide caption

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Artists In Residence Give High-Tech Projects A Human Touch

A 3-D printing software company hands artists high-tech tools to craft human-centered projects. But it isn't the first program to pair the imaginative with the practical to inform great innovation.

Artists In Residence Give High-Tech Projects A Human Touch

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Friday

Law

After Resuming Deliberations, Jury Rules In Favor Of Kleiner Perkins

The jury said that the venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers did not retaliate against former partner Ellen Pao by terminating her.

After Resuming Deliberations, Jury Rules In Favor Of Kleiner Perkins

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Wednesday

SXSW Debuts Robot Petting Zoo For A Personal Peek Into The Future

DAR-1 is one of the many social robots with facial recognition abilities on display for the robot petting zoo at the South by Southwest interactive festival. Jack Plunkett/AP hide caption

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SXSW Debuts Robot Petting Zoo For A Personal Peek Into The Future

Robots are coming — in fact they're already here. One exhibit at the South by Southwest interactive festival lets visitors get up close and personal to our future overlords.

SXSW Debuts Robot Petting Zoo For A Personal Peek Into The Future

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Monday

Technology

Apple Reveals Details Behind Highly Anticipated Smart Watch

Apple is banking that people will want to read or watch videos on the watch face. But the company already has a remarkable track record of creating desire for a device where it didn't exist before.

Apple Reveals Details Behind Highly Anticipated Smart Watch

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Sunday

Developers Continue Push To Make Virtual Reality Mainstream

MindMaze Software Engineer Nicolas Bourdaud demonstrates a virtual reality system at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Developers Continue Push To Make Virtual Reality Mainstream

As virtual reality becomes more lifelike and the technology more consumer friendly, developers continue to push it as the new heart of the video game and movie experience.

Developers Continue Push To Make Virtual Reality Mainstream

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Friday

Long Before Net Neutrality, Rules Leveled The Landscape For Phone Services

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Long Before Net Neutrality, Rules Leveled The Landscape For Phone Services

The new FCC rules require service providers to be a neutral gateway to the Internet. The move has precedent in the 1930s, when regulators enacted "common carrier" rules on phone service companies.

Long Before Net Neutrality, Rules Leveled The Landscape For Phone Services

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Monday

Now You Can Sign Up To Keep Drones Away From Your Property

A staff member from DJI Technology Co. demonstrates a drone in Shenzhen, in southern China's Guangdong province. A new website lets people request that drones stay away from their property. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption

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Now You Can Sign Up To Keep Drones Away From Your Property

Most Americans worry that drones will invade their privacy, polls show. Thousands of people have signed up with NoFlyZone.org — the equivalent of a "get-off-of-my-lawn" warning to drone operators.

Now You Can Sign Up To Keep Drones Away From Your Property

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Thursday

Technology

Facebook Offers New Options For Digital Life After Death

The company is introducing a new policy that allows users to appoint an executor who will keep their account active posthumously.

Facebook Offers New Options For Digital Life After Death

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