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• Chrysler, GM Canada report higher January sales - Reuters

  03-02-2015 22:07 via reuters.com
  
  Reuters
  Chrysler, GM Canada report higher January sales
  Reuters
  TORONTO (Reuters) - General Motors Co and Chrysler sold more vehicles in Canada last month than a year ago, with Chrysler setting January sales records for its Ram and Jeep brands, the companies said on Tuesday. GM Canada said 11,577 cars and ...
  January US Auto Sales Held StrongWall Street Journal
  Fiat Chrysler Profit in US Fell in 2014 on Charges Tied to MergerNew York Times
  Trucks drive big sales gains at GM, Ford, Chrysler
  
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• ARM unwraps its most powerful mobile chip yet, headed for phones, tablets next ... - Computerworld

  03-02-2015 22:02 via computerworld.com
  
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  ARM unwraps its most powerful mobile chip yet, headed for phones, tablets next ...
  Computerworld
  The company that powers your smartphones and tablets has introduced its most powerful chip design, the Cortex-A72, which should find its way into gadgets early next year. Featured Resource. Presented by Tibco Software. 10 Best Practices for Cloud ...
  Here's how souped-up your smartphone will be in 2016CNET
  ARM Unveils New Processor for SmartphonesWall Street Journal
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• New Ford Focus RS packs power, AWD -- and US gets it - USA TODAY

  03-02-2015 21:51 via usatoday.com
  
  USA TODAY
  New Ford Focus RS packs power, AWD -- and US gets it
  USA TODAY
  Ford Motor Co. unveiled its latest high-performance version of the Focus compact, slated to be introduced as a global model sometime next year. The new Focus RS (which will be either a 2016 or 2017 model, Ford would not specify) will be built in the ...
  Ford unveils a sporty new Focus RS for the U.S.Chron.com
  Forbidden no more: Ford to bring Focus RS hatchback to US marketLos Angeles Times
  Ford Introduces Focus RS Hat
  
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• White House Approved NASA's Europa Mission - ValueWalk

  03-02-2015 21:50 via valuewalk.com
  
  ValueWalk
  White House Approved NASA's Europa Mission
  ValueWalk
  Without grabbing headlines, a planned trip to Jupiter's fourth largest moon has scientists and space fanatics alike clamoring with excitement. President Obama's recently published budget proposal has $18.5 billion earmarked for NASA with some of that ...
  NASA makes plans to head to Europa and search for lifeExtremeTech
  NASA planning Europa mission, Jupiter's potentially life-hosting moonFull-Time Whistle
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• Kindle Convert Turns Paper Books Into E-Books - Slowly

  03-02-2015 21:25 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon's Kindle Convert lets you turn paper books into searchable, downloadable e-books — but you have to scan them in page by page.
  
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• Twitter shares jump on advertising deal - USA TODAY

  03-02-2015 21:21 via usatoday.com
  
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  Twitter shares jump on advertising deal
  USA TODAY
  SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter shares rose nearly 7% on Tuesday after the company said its promoted tweets would appear on other websites and mobile apps. The new program to syndicate advertising will extend the reach of Twitter advertisers "to a larger ...
  Twitter stock jumps on ad partnership with mobile apps, websitesReuters
  Twitter Expands Promoted Tweet Advertising Beyond Its SiteBloomberg
  Promoted Tweets To Appear On
  
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• Uber Researching Self-Driving Taxis - PC Magazine

  03-02-2015 20:28 via pcmag.com
  
  Christian Science Monitor
  Uber Researching Self-Driving Taxis
  PC Magazine
  Uber and one of its primary investors — Google — are both making moves that will put them in serious competition with each other. Uber on Monday announced it will be developing self-driving car technologies, an area that Google has, of course, been ...
  Google May Be Nipping At Its Heels, But Uber Is Shockingly Vulnerable For ...Forbes
  Is Google already the victor in Uber's race for driverless taxis?Christian
  
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• How to Rent the Apple Watch Before Buying It

  03-02-2015 19:52 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The gadget rental start-up called Lumoid plans to rent Apple Watches as part of its wearable rental program for consumers.
  
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• Eero Promises Worry-Free WiFi Throughout Your House

  03-02-2015 19:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Eero claims that three of its routers will blanket even large homes with full-speed wireless Internet — and it'll even assist you in setting it up.
  
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• Accelerated Ice Melt Causing Iceland to Rise - Discovery News

  03-02-2015 19:35 via news.discovery.com
  
  CBS News
  Accelerated Ice Melt Causing Iceland to Rise
  Discovery News
  Parts of Iceland are rising, and the culprit may be climate change. GPS measurements show that land in the central and southern parts of Iceland have been rising at a faster pace every year, beginning at about the same time as the onset of the ...
  Iceland rising as much as 1.4 inches a year, could increase volcanic activityFox News
  Study: Global Warming Is Causing Iceland To Rise FasterDaily Caller
  Iceland rises as its gl
  
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• Uber of the Future May Be a Self-Driving Car

  03-02-2015 19:28
  
  Ride hailing service opens center to experiment with driverless technology.
  
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• Samsung Teases 'What's Next' for Galaxy

  03-02-2015 18:19
  
  Samsung has a big secret under wraps that the company plans to unveil in March at the start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
  
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• Researchers Uncover Genetic Trigger for Immune Response

  03-02-2015 17:48 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Yale researchers have identified an unexpected relationship between mtDNA and the innate immune response, showing a new source of inflammation that could promote common diseases and aging. The thousands of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules present in each cell are known primarily for their role converting food and oxygen into energy. But Yale researchers have identified […]
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• 'Floating' pods to ride above city streets

  03-02-2015 17:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Driverless pods, gliding above city streets using a network of elevated guideways. This is SkyTran -- but is it the future?
  
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• BICEP2/Keck Find No Conclusive Evidence of Gravitational Waves from Early Universe

  03-02-2015 17:32 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new analysis of data has found no conclusive evidence of gravitational waves from the early universe, showing that much of the signal detected by BICEP2/Keck is coming from dust in the Milky Way. A joint analysis of data from the Planck space mission and the ground-based experiment BICEP2 has found no conclusive evidence of […]
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• Obama Unveils Modified NSA Data Collection Rules

  03-02-2015 17:21 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Obama administration on Tuesday set new limits for the National Security Agency's and other intelligence agencies' collection of personal data.
  
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• The Spitzer Interacting Galaxies Survey: An Infrared Atlas of Interacting Galaxies

  03-02-2015 17:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics report that, when compared with non-interacting field galaxies, the star formation rate does indeed increase in merging spirals, but that the efficiency of star formation does not appear to increase much as the merger progresses, at least in this limited sample. Most galaxies, including our own Milky Way, […]
  The post The Spitzer Interacting Galaxies Survey: An Infrared Atlas of Interacting Galaxies appeared first on S
  
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• Dancing on the Edge – Hubble Views Spiral Galaxy NGC 7814

  03-02-2015 16:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 7814. Galaxies can take many shapes and be oriented any way relative to us in the sky. This can make it hard to figure out their actual morphology, as a galaxy can look very different from different viewpoints. A special case is when we are lucky […]
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• Mysterious 'Apple Electric Car, Inc.' files for patent - CNNMoney

  03-02-2015 16:26 via money.cnn.com
  
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  Mysterious 'Apple Electric Car, Inc.' files for patent
  CNNMoney
  Apple Electric Car, Inc. has filed for a patent, once again raising questions about Apple's electric car ambitions. Apple has long been rumored to be interested in electric cars, so when a patent was granted Tuesday to "Apple Electric Car, Inc.," that raised more ...
  Apple Inc. Granted Patent For iPhone Car Control SystemBidness ETC
  Is Apple Designing an Electric Car?NBC Southern California (blog
  
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• The revolution will be televised

  03-02-2015 16:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The way we watch TV is changing fast -- but what does the future hold?
  
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• Fin24.com | Tablet sales take a hit as PCs, phablets grow

  03-02-2015 16:15
  
  Tablet sales cooled dramatically in 2014 from the red-hot growth pace a year earlier, surveys have showed.
  
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• Tablet Shipments Fall for First Time Ever

  03-02-2015 15:57 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Tablet shipments fell at the end of last year for the first time since the market's launch in 2010, with Amazon devices dropping nearly 70 percent.
  
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• Fin24.com | Fridges, cars are world’s ‘future’ payment devices

  03-02-2015 14:30
  
  In the future, your fridge could start ordering your milk when it sees it running out, says an expert from MasterCard.
  
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• Fin24.com | Obama seeks $14bn to boost cyber security

  03-02-2015 13:25
  
  US President Barack Obama's budget proposal for the 2016 fiscal year seeks $14bn for cyber security efforts across the US government.
  
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• Fin24.com | BlackBerry charges back in SA with Classic

  03-02-2015 12:30
  
  BlackBerry has announced that its reboot of the company's signature smartphone is available in South Africa.
  
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• Fin24.com | Telkom and BCX in licence application rethink

  03-02-2015 12:01
  
  Fixed line telecoms operator Telkom is no longer looking to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) for approval of its bid to buy BCX.
  
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• Fin24.com | Clean up your Facebook profile or you won't get hired

  03-02-2015 11:00
  
  Before you apply for that new job, be sure to check that your Facebook profile is clear of offensive content, or seriously consider your privacy settings.
  
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• Fin24.com | This is how crooks get into your bank account

  03-02-2015 10:00
  
  Next time a cyber crook steals money from your bank account, the reason for the breach may be closer to home than you think.
  
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• Fin24.com | Telkom warns of online recruitment scam

  03-02-2015 09:13
  
  Fraudsters have turned to online classifieds website Gumtree in a bid to lure unsuspecting victims into ‘Telkom Internship’ scams.
  
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• Revenge-Porn Website Operator Convicted in San Diego

  03-02-2015 09:02
  Revenge-porn website operator convicted in San Diego of conspiracy, ID theft and extortion
  
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• Fin24.com | MasterCard fraud levels at 'historic lows' in SA

  03-02-2015 07:55
  
  An expert has said that South Africa's banking sector has been forward thinking in terms of adopting chip and PIN technology which helps mitigate card-related crimes.
  
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• Fin24.com | Facebook, Twitter lock horns for Super Bowl glory

  03-02-2015 07:01
  
  Facebook and Twitter have released a barrage of data and slick animations to claim the title of most-popular social network.
  
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• Closing Education Gap Will Lift Economy, a Study Finds

  03-02-2015 06:00 via nytimes.com
  A research group says that by improving educational performance, the United States could increase its gross domestic product over the next 35 years.
  
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• Lenovo Profit Falls 5 Percent After Motorola Acquisition

  03-02-2015 04:36
  Lenovo profit falls 5 percent after Motorola acquisition but revenue surges 31 percent
  
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• Uber, Carnegie Mellon Team Up on Driverless Car Tech

  03-02-2015 01:16 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Uber is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University on a new research facility in Pittsburgh that will focus on driverless cars.
  
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• Federal Govt Seeks National Conversation on Transportation

  03-02-2015 01:01
  Obama administration seeks to kick off national conversation on future transportation needs
  
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• Tablet Shipments See First Ever Year-Over-Year Quarterly Decline - Hot Hardware

  03-02-2015 00:12 via hothardware.com
  
  Hot Hardware
  Tablet Shipments See First Ever Year-Over-Year Quarterly Decline
  Hot Hardware
  Before the iPad came around, tablets were just another has-been sector that didn't show much promise (does anyone remember Windows XP Tablet PC Edition?). However, following the introduction of the iPad in 2010, the sector exploded in popularity.
  Tablet shipment declines for the first time ever, large screen phone finally killing ...World Tech Today
  Have Tablets Peaked? First Decline in Sales Recorded
  
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• Advocates: Dams Put Dinosaur-Like River Fish at Risk

  03-02-2015 00:09
  Advocates say in lawsuit that dinosaur-like sturgeon could be wiped out by river dams
  
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• Apple to put 'command' center where glass maker operated - USA TODAY

  03-02-2015 00:06 via usatoday.com
  
  Fortune
  Apple to put 'command' center where glass maker operated
  USA TODAY
  Apple Inc. will establish a command center for its global operations in Mesa, Ariz., promising a $2 billion investment over the next 30 years, state officials announced Monday. The facility will be housed in the location recently occupied by GT Advanced ...
  Apple Turning Closed Arizona Facility Into Data CenterABC News
  Apple to convert flopped sapphire plant into a global 'command center'ZDNet
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