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Sears says online chief resigns key member of management team

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

(Reuters) – The head of Sears Holdings Corp’s online operations and a key member of Chief Executive Eddie Lampert’s management team has resigned and will leave the company in February to pursue a new opportunity the retailer said.

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DirecTV’s new deal lets you watch ABC Disney and ESPN online

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

If you subscribe to DirecTV you’re about to get a few more ways to tune in online. As part of a renewed deal with Disney the satellite TV provider will get Watch ABC Watch Disney and WatchESPN streaming services in early 2015. You’ll also see more…

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U.S. Postal Service eyes e-commerce to offset declining mail

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Facing a slump in the mail it had been delivering since the days of America’s Revolutionary War in 2012 the U.S. Postal Service began aggressively targeting e-commerce and lapsed customers as the way to salvage its declining business.

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Your smartphone is changing the way your fingers work

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

Your smartphone is changing more than just your habits — it’s changing the way your hands work too. Swiss researchers have discovered that activity in the brain’s cortex associated with index fingers and thumbs is enhanced directly in proportion to…

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Behringer plans to revive the classic ARP Odyssey synth too

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

Korg isn’t the only instrument company planning to reboot the classic ARP Odyssey synth. Tipping its hand via Facebook Behringer revealed that it too has a remake of the iconic ’70s analog synthesizer in the works. Details are scarce for now but th…

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Facebook must face lawsuit over scanning of users’ messages: judge

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc must face a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating its users’ privacy by scanning the content of messages they send to other users for advertising purposes a U.S. judge has ruled.

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Facebook must face lawsuit over scanning of users’ messages: judge

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc must face a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating its users’ privacy by scanning the content of messages they send to other users for advertising purposes a U.S. judge has ruled.

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‘The Interview’ internet release comes to YouTube Google Play and Xbox

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

Sure Sony may be defying hackers’ threats by letting independent theaters screen The Interview but you might not live close enough to watch the flick. What if you want to see it online? You might get that chance. Sources for both CNN and Recode cla…

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Google alerts the FBI to YouTube comment threatening to kill cops

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

A Colorado man named Jeremiah Perez has been arrested for a comment he posted on YouTube threatening to kill “retired helpless cops” which Google itself reported to authorities. Mountain View called up the FBI in San Francisco after someone with th…

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South Korea prosecutors indict local Uber subsidiary: Yonhap

Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015 by tomglocer

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors have indicted the local subsidiary of U.S. taxi-hailing service provider Uber Technologies Inc for violating a law governing public transport Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday.

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