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    March 17, 2019
    Signage is displayed outside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
    Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of the Christchurch attacks within 24 hours - and there were still many more
    WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Facebook said that it removed 1.5 million videos of footage from the shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch...
    business/technologyMarch 17, 2019 - 12:16pm
    Providers are offering bundles to attract consumers with competition between mobile phone companies and streaming services giving shoppers plenty to consider. Photo illustration
    Tech Savvy: More bang for your buck
    Android or Apple? Verizon or AT&T? Netflix or Hulu? Spotify or Apple Music? Anyone who uses a cellphone, watches TV, listens to music or surfs...
    business/technologyMarch 17, 2019 - 9:00am
    March 14, 2019
    Coming this weekend: Competing for customers
    Most phone providers offer some kind of unlimited data plan, which means they need to come up with new ways to set themselves apart from the...
    business/technologyMarch 14, 2019 - 4:30am
    March 6, 2019
    Signage is displayed outside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
    Zuckerberg says he'll reorient Facebook toward encryption, privacy
    Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to Facebook's services on Wednesday, saying in a blog post that he would spend the...
    business/technologyMarch 6, 2019 - 3:27pm
    March 5, 2019
    Signage is displayed in front of Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California on April 25, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
    Google asked about pay equity and learned it was mostly underpaying men
    When Google reviewed its own pay structure recently, it yielded an unexpected result: It was underpaying more men than women for doing similar...
    business/technologyMarch 5, 2019 - 9:55am
    March 3, 2019
    Brainerd Dispatch photographer Kelly Humphrey wears her Milwaukee brand heated vest outside the Brainerd Dispatch. Jennifer Kraus / Brainerd Dispatch
    Heated clothing a good option for Minnesota winters
    It seems like a winter that will never end, with more than enough snow and cold to go around. According to the National Weather Service in Duluth,...
    business/technologyMarch 3, 2019 - 9:00am
    February 12, 2019
    While the selection of Ultra HD DVDs and streaming content on providers like Netflix are still limited, they are growing in popularity as 4K Ultra HD TVs become more affordable and more common. 4K Ultra HD TVs offer four times the picture resolution of 1080p HDTVs. (“HD” stands for “high definition.”)
    Tech Savvy: 4K Ultra HD TV offers better picture
    There's a saying about technology that once it's purchased it becomes obsolete as soon as it's out the retailer's door. I don't know if it's...
    business/technologyFebruary 12, 2019 - 10:57am
    February 3, 2019
    Netflix's recent "Bandersnatch" is an interactive episode of the "Black Mirror" series, allowing viewers to make decisions for the main character and drive the storyline in different directions.
    Tech Savvy: Interactive media changing entertainment
    While watching TV or movies, have you ever found yourself yelling at a character for making a seemingly destructive or just down right dumb decision?...
    business/technologyFebruary 3, 2019 - 11:00am
    January 29, 2019
    Americans got 26.3 billion robocalls last year, up 46 percent from 2017, report says
    Americans are now getting so many robocalls on a regular basis that many are simply choosing not to answer the phone altogether. That's one big...
    business/technologyJanuary 29, 2019 - 6:30pm
    January 28, 2019
    Gamers play "Forza Horizon 4" computer games using XBox consoles at the Microsoft stand at the Gamescom gaming industry event in Cologne, Germany, in August. Bloomberg photo by Krisztian Bocsi
    Longtime dream of cloud-based gaming is closer than ever to coming true
    When Cory Burdette awoke recently to learn that Winter Storm Gia had caused a two-hour school delay in Reston, Virginia, he seized the chance...
    business/technologyJanuary 28, 2019 - 4:17pm
    January 27, 2019
    Costco sells the DJI Mavic Air unmanned aerial vehicle or drone like the ones owned and used by Crow Wing County to fight fires, rescue people from the water and more. Submitted photo
    Tech Savvy: Drones to the rescue
    Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. ... It's a plane! ... It's a drone? Yes, the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office is using "unmanned aerial vehicles,"...
    business/technologyJanuary 27, 2019 - 5:00am
    January 25, 2019
    Coming this Weekend: Eyes in the sky
    They can see things and go places that sometimes a person cannot. Learn how Crow Wing County uses unmanned aerial vehicles—drones—to...
    business/technologyJanuary 25, 2019 - 12:00pm
    January 15, 2019
    The Netflix Inc. app is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPad mini tablet compute. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker
    Netflix raises prices $1 to $2 to pay for original content
    Netflix is raising U.S. subscription prices 13 to 15 percent in the biggest rate increase in its history, the company announced Tuesday. Although...
    business/technologyJanuary 15, 2019 - 3:34pm
    January 6, 2019
    The Netflix Inc. app is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPad mini tablet compute. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker
    How Netflix could eventually stop losing money
    While you spent the holidays streaming "Bird Box," "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch" and/or re-watching "The Office" for the hundredth time, Netflix...
    television/businessJanuary 6, 2019 - 2:08pm
    January 5, 2019
    Blanche O’Brien was the switchboard operator for Hines Telephone Association for 40 years. Courtesy of Lowell O'Brien
    Early telephone operators brought community together
    HINES, Minn. — The earliest telephone systems connected people, eased some of the loneliness and isolation of homesteaders who lived far from...
    business/technologyJanuary 5, 2019 - 4:46pm
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