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Weekly tech news roundup for June 27

This week's tech news includes: cardboard is the biggest hit at Google's I/O developer's conference, Heartbleed is still out there, and Nest is opening its platform to outside companies (and they just bought Dropcam too). Also competing for the smart home business is a new company called Wink, but if that doesn't get you excited how about an offer to pay $650 for your MacBook Air? (as long as you get a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 instead). Bigger iPhones are coming and new, cheaper, iPods are here now. A pioneering TV service just got got a Supreme Court smackdown, and just for fun, check out a Jerry Seinfeld video about tech etiquette.
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Weekly tech news roundup for June 20

Get the tech news highlights for the week in one quick read! Get the details on Amazon's first smartphone, plus find out about: a "bionic pancreas" for diabetes sufferers, the new price for the Nest Protect, the just-introduced cheaper iMac, and the new Garmin golfing wearable. And, just for fun, check out the Never Ending Slinky Machine and a really cool audio illusion.
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Weekly tech news roundup for June 13

Ransomware makes an appearance on Android, Amazon introduces their music streaming service for Prime members, and Honeywell rolls out their take on a Nest-like thermostat (that does have quite a few cool features!). In fun tech news, check out videos of a dot-matrix printer "playing" Bach, a cup that can sense the fat and calories in what you're drinking, and take a peek at what might be the world's first home companion robot. Also, don't miss Martin De Pasquale's amazing Photoshop art!
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In the spotlight: Safety Leader CPR training helps one employee save her mother

TDS employees volunteer to be Safety Leaders in a few of our busiest office buildings. These employees learn a lot more than first aid—they recently received CPR and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) training. They are officially ready to save lives and one Safety Leader already has! Read her story and find out how she saved the life of her own mother.
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Weekly tech news roundup for June 6

Apple's developer conference sets the web on fire with all the new things coming soon, and Google also unveils new designer frames for Google Glass. Xbox One comes out fighting and announces 45 new apps...and also admits the Kinect hurts the box's performance. Sony rolls out the "the world's slimmest smartphone" and Verizon is telling Netflix to shut up. For some Friday fun, check out some awesome Star Wars photos that recreate famous scenes from the movies...with Legos, a video featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson telling you what's scientifically incorrect about the movie "Gravity," and finally, watch teens react to a 90s Internet promo video (over
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Overwhelmed by Passwords? The One Essential Tip You Need to Know

There’s a lot of advice out there about passwords – how to generate them, store them, manage them. It’s certainly important to get a grip on your passwords – especially after Heartbleed, possibly the greatest vulnerability in Internet history. But for many of us (myself included), the idea of managing ALL those passwords is overwhelming. Here's a little advice...
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Summer movies

Summer is here, and that means it’s summer blockbuster season—the season when the big studios make their money. Kids out of school, summer vacations, hot days are all big reasons people go to the movies in the summer. Find out what movie started it all and what's on tap for this blockbuster movie season.
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