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Technology
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As Cars Get Smarter, Auto Groups Make Privacy Pledge
With automobile technology ensuring that cars will someday be as connected as mobile phones, industry groups are getting…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Alzheimer’s Association Creates E-Learning App for Patients
Thanks to a nearly $200,000 grant, the group will build online resources to help those in the early…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Tech Groups Welcome Tariff Deal Between U.S. and China
An agreement announced by the White House this week would slash tariffs on technology products. The plan still…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Mozilla, GSM Association Work Toward Filling Digital Gaps
A new collaboration between the browser maker and the mobile-operator trade group hopes to build digital literacy worldwide—relying…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Chat Apps: The Safest Places to Have a Conversation Online
According to new research by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, most mainstream chat apps fail to live up to…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
The Tide Is Turning on Mobile Devices in Schools
Is the value of smartphones as an educational tool greater than their potential to distract? Increasingly, school districts…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Thursday Buzz: Apple’s Biggest Malware Threat Ever
Mac and iOS users get wind of the first major malware threat ever to face Apple's platforms. Also:…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Starwood Hotels Launches Keyless Entry at Hotels
The keycard may soon be a thing of the past. By early 2015, the chain plans to offer…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: Google Glass’ Vision Problem
A new study suggests you might be a walking or driving hazard with the wearable computing device on…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Project Management and the Dangers of Too Many Cooks
There's a reason it took more than a decade to finish the HTML5 standard. When too many stakeholders…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
A Taste for Tech: Restaurant Technology Appeals to All Generations
Millennials are using new restaurant technology at a higher rate, but the gap among frequent users is smaller…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Apple Pay? No Way. Retailers Square Off Over Mobile Payments Tech
A battle is breaking out over the app that wants to replace your wallet, as the iPhone-based technology…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Environmental Group Launches Online Nutrition Resource
With its new food database, the Environmental Working Group hopes to make it easier for consumers to understand…
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Mechanical Turk: Putting Humans Behind the Machines
For years, Amazon has quietly built an army of online users who work on tiny tasks for low…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: A Solution to the Twitpic Archive Problem
The loss of a huge digital image archive is averted after raising the alarm of activists worldwide. Plus:…
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Dial H for Hacking: Companies Fleeced By Premium Rate Fraud
Premium rate fraud, a form of hacking that affects corporate phone systems, costs businesses billions each year—and if…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Thursday Buzz: We’re OK With Ads on Our Apps
A new ad-industry study suggests that we’d rather have sponsored free apps than pay to get those apps…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: The Importance of A/B Testing
A number of online publishers applaud the results of their A/B testing efforts. Plus: the story of yesterday's…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Industry Groups Back White House Action on Data Security
U.S. credit and debit cards are about to get a major upgrade after President Obama signed an executive…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Ethernet Alliance Plots New Roads for Speedy Networks
While the consortium that manages the networking standard behind the internet’s backbone wants to keep modern standards fast,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Twitpic: What We Lose When an Online Startup Fails
In just a few days, Twitpic will likely shut down for good, taking hundreds of millions of photos…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: Putting Pinterest in Its Place
The photo-focused social network is becoming too big to ignore. So how can your association stake its Pinterest…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
How Tech Savvy Is Your Fundraising?
A new study on tech trends in fundraising illustrates some of the challenges nonprofit fundraisers face and opportunities…
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Library Group Takes Aim at Adobe Over Privacy Issues
The American Library Association has taken a tough stance against the latest version of Adobe’s electronic reader software,…
