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Company officials say the tool will let it leverage social data for searches, a market Google dominates.
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NRA faces backlash over shooting app
The pro-gun group is facing criticism for an app that it released a month after the Newtown shootings.
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Study: We’re measuring productivity wrong
A Brookings study outlines policy proposals to create an “innovation-based economy.”
Our digital mythology
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‘Wouldn’t it be better if ... ?’
A new platform, Betterific, seeks to be the universal suggestion box of the future.
The cyber-diplomat era
With Sen. John Kerry nominated to be the next Secretary of State, the U.S. has a unique opportunity to embrace “21st century statecraft.”
Groans and yawns greet CES
Some in the tech world are less than enthusiastic about the nation’s largest trade show.
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Hacktivist hero ascendant
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The Empire writes back
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