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Apple will use AMOLED in the iPhone 7 (or 7S): Samsung and LG are “close to a contract” with Cook’s people, it’s said. OLED screens work by emitting light rather than coloring a backlight, so they’re thinner than LCDs, and use less energy.

Innovation takes many forms in the tech sector. There are business dashboards that parse data in a visual form and cars that drive themselves and can find parking spots for you. Yet, some of the most brilliant innovations take place in video games because they typically involve gameplay that’s never been seen before, graphics that look ultra-realistic, and a team of software developers that put it all together. Starting this year, I’m ranking the most innovative games of the year and adding a kudos to the development team. Читать дальше...

Tech internships pay off

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Internships are a great way to get experience on your resume before you graduate, which can make the post-grad job search easier and give you an edge against the competition. And interns -- both past and present -- agree, with nearly 71 percent of students stating that internships should be mandatory, according to a 2015 report on the State of College Hiring from Look Sharp.

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Ford Motor Co., the company that started the automobile assembly line and was arguably most responsible for Detroit's car industry, chose Palo Alto, Calif., this year for its latest automotive research and development facility.

My colleague Eric Grevstad recently wrote a column in which he described how to take your home office on the road. While I have great respect for Eric’s expertise, and don’t disagree with what he recommends, I would put forward the argument that there is one aspect of business traveling that he doesn’t address.

Michael deAgonia

The iPad Pro.

For Apple, as 2015 draws to a close, it's natural to look back at what the company did this past year with an eye on what that means for 2016. The product innovations include Apple's first wearable, the Apple Watch; the redesigned single-port, super-slim MacBook that incorporates Force Touch; the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus that offer 3D Touch (and other innovations like Live Photos); and, of course, the introduction of the iPad Pro. The company also gave its Apple TV set-top box its first overhaul in years... Читать дальше...

Flashback to the summer of 1998, when this IT pilot fish is hired by a government contractor to work on a specific project -- one that needs fish's particular Oracle skills.

Yahoo last week followed the lead of rivals Facebook and Google by telling users it would warn them when it believes they are in the crosshairs of state-backed cyber attackers.