PM Update: Lots of clouds this weekend, but feeling mostly springlike

Cherry blossoms heading toward peak. (Erinn Shirley via Flickr) Following this morning’s boisterous batch of showers, we ended up with a fairly nice afternoon. Temperatures struggled through the midday but…

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In so many ways, users of social media improve our journalism

Of late in these pages we’ve offered semi-regular themed editions that go beyond our normal presentation of several topical subjects. This Sunday we focus on social media’s impact on politics…

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SEO How-to, Part 9: Diagnosing Crawler Issues

Editor’s note: This post continues our weekly primer in SEO, touching on all the foundational aspects. In the end, you’ll be able to practice SEO more confidently and converse about…

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Gaming is healing

Remember when I said I had awesome friends? Well, that wasn't always the case. I was not the coolest kid growing up in school. Shocker! I was very shy and…

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Giraffe update: ‘Baby is sticking out’ (but no labor yet)

HARPURSVILE, N.Y. - We've said "the wait may be over soon" so many times that you probably don't believe us at this point. But...We'll just let the facts speak for…

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Former Grand Hotel manager is new head of Visit Mobile

Five months after the resignation of Visit Mobile director Al Hutchison, the board of the city's convention and visitors bureau has announced David Clark as his replacement. According the board,…

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Oracle Profit Rises On Cloud Revenues – Update

(RTTNews.com) - Business software giant Oracle Corp. ( ORCL ), Wednesday reported an increase in profit for the third quarter, as revenues grew 3 percent reflecting strong growth in cloud…

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Top 10 ‘breakthrough’ technologies for 2017

File photo: A visitor speaks to Baidu's robot Xiaodu at the 2015 Baidu World Conference in Beijing, China, September 8, 2015. Xiaodu, an artificial intelligent robot developed by Baidu, has…

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How to take advantage of social media as ‘the new coffee break’

In the U.S., 62% of adults receive their news from some social media platform such as Facebook, Twitter or Reddit, according to a 2016 study by the Pew Research Center.…

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An Aging Video Gaming Industry Wars Against Slowing Growth

Expansion into Western markets by China-based game developers such as Perfect World may provide one route through which the gaming industry could bolster slowing growth. (Imagine China/Newscom) As the U.S.…

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