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TECHNOLOGY

The war for mobile messaging is on

WhatsApp is one of Silicon Valley’s most buzzed-about companies. Yet it actively avoids the spotlight, operating out of a small office in Mountain View, Calif., with no sign on the building entrance or on the office door.

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COMPUTERS

Live tweeting from space shows power of social media to engage public

Social media can put you in places you’re not using nothing more than 140 characters and a link. Livestreaming, tweets and networking from space bring us experiences we could not otherwise have and ramp up the public’s stake in what we as a species do.

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TECHNOLOGY

IBM to offer its Watson technology to startups

International Business Machines will offer its Watson technology, which beat humans in "Jeopardy!," as a building block for startup companies making business software.

TECHNOLOGY

Can Google's streaming music make a ripple in a flood of services?

Earlier this week Google announced a streaming music service to rival similar services from likes of Spotify, Pandora and Rdio. But can Google's new music service compete?

TECHNOLOGY

Facebook, Twitter announce apps for Google's Glass

Google says it's still figuring out the best ways to use Glass, but the company announced Thursday that Facebook, Twitter and several other media firms have built their own applications for the futuristic-looking wearable computer.

TECHNOLOGY

NC State researchers develop defense against cyber-attacks

Computer engineers at N.C. State University have developed software to thwart cyber-attacks.

TECHNOLOGY

Cisco’s profits rise 14.5 percent

Cisco Systems reported higher earnings Wednesday for its third fiscal quarter.

TECHNOLOGY

BlackBerry introduces phone for emerging markets

New Q5 will use BlackBerry 10 platform and sell for less than other handsets