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20 best iPhone apps for starters
Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction.
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Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools
Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
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32 essential Android tips and tricks
Several weeks ago, we highlighted 40 useful iPhone tricks everyone should know. We got such good feedback from that feature that we wanted to share the love with Android users – who, after all, make up the largest proportion of the smart phone community.
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iPhone: Seven reasons to stick with AT&T
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Top 5 Google Labs projects
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Samsung Galaxy S4: When is it too much?
The Samsung Galaxy S4, the followup to the most successful phone in the world, is now in stores. Chock full of new features, applications, and widgets, did Samsung over-do it?
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The Monitor's View: Recalculating the privacy debate after Google Maps penalty
Google's string of privacy invasions reveals a need to rethink privacy and end a piecemeal, reactive approach. Asserting privacy as an asset would help.
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Google Maps presents North Korea through a new lens
Google Maps released its first atlas of North Korea on Monday, which outlines major roads, landmarks, hospitals, and prison labor camps within the country's borders.
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20 best iPhone apps for starters
Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction.
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Gun owner map ricochet: Blogger publishes journalists' personal data
A newspaper published names and addresses of thousands of legal handgun owners, generating widespread criticism. In retaliation, a blogger mapped the names and addresses of the journalists.
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Sharp criticism after New York newspaper publishes names of local gun owners
The Journal News in White Plains, N.Y., used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain information on registered handgun owners in the area. Many owners and other critics are outraged that criminals now know where the guns are – and aren't.
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Google+ iOS, Android apps see major updates
Google+ is getting a facelift.
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Stocks lower as Wall Street eyes Washington
Stocks closed down Thursday despite the fourth straight weekly drop in applications for unemployment benefits. Energy and technology stocks fell the most on Wall Street.
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After short absence, Google Maps returns to the Apple iPhone (+video)
Google Maps, which was temporarily banished by Apple from all iOS 6 devices, is back in style.
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Google Maps app returns to the iPhone
The new Google Maps iPhone app includes turn-by-turn directions, street-level photography of local neighborhoods and listings for more than 80 million businesses. The Google Maps iPhone app still lacks some of the mapping features available on Android phones, such as directions in malls and other buildings.
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Find My iPhone app will now steer you straight to your lost device
Find My iPhone gets driving directions.
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Top Picks: Elegantly bound classic books, a Cold War miniseries, and more
National Geographic showcases some big cats, Nokia does Apple one better by offering clear directions, and more.
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Decoder Wire Electoral College 101: How it works. Why we're stuck with it.
Why is 270 the magic number on Election Day? Because it's the number of Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency. A look at the messy system the Founding Fathers bequeathed us.
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Horizons At Apple, two high-profile executive departures
Apple announced this week that Scott Forstall, the VP in charge of iOS software, is leaving the company -- reportedly in connection with the rocky launch of Apple Maps. It also announced the unrelated departure of retail chief John Browett. Is Apple floundering a bit, or just streamlining?
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Horizons Powerhouse Google Nexus 4 set for November launch
The Nexus 4, the latest smartphone from Google and LG, will run the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system.
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Change Agent Mobile technology boosts access to clean water for the poor
The widespread availability of mobile phones has enabled the development of low-cost solutions aimed at improving water security and reducing poverty.
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Horizons Google Maps, once an iPhone mainstay, is sorely missed by reviewers
Apple says it is working to make the experience on its much-maligned iOS 6 Apple Maps app 'even better.' Meanwhile, iPhone 5 users continue to pine for the days of Google Maps.
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Google Maps: How long until it's available for iPhone again?
Google was reportedly caught off-guard by Apple's decision to drop Google Maps and introduce its own Maps app in iOS 6, as the contract between the two companies still had more than a year left.
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In Gear The ultimate cruise control: California OKs driverless cars
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Tuesday that officially allows driverless cars on public thoroughfares. Driverless cars are coming, whether we like it or not, according to the Car Connection.
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Horizons iPhone 5 will see Google Maps app by end of year: report
Google Maps could be coming back to the iPhone a lot sooner than any of us thought.
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Horizons iPhone 5 sales top 5 million, but miss some estimates
The Apple iPhone 5 sold well in its opening weekend, Apple announced. Still, stock opened down two percent Monday morning.
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Horizons iOS 6 Apple Maps launches to a cacophony of jeers
iOS 6 is here. But Apple Maps, an integral selling point of both iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, has been slammed by critics.
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Horizons iPhone 5 reviews: The verdict on the new Apple smart phone is in
The Apple iPhone 5 officially launches on Friday. So how good is this new iPhone, anyway?
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Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools
Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
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Unplugging: One family puts away technology
No Twitter, no cell phones – one family was without gadgets for six days and, says Dad, was better for it.
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