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Technology

Apple is betting big on a wireless world

By Alayna Pehrson
September 09, 2016 12:00 AM
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new iPhone 7 during an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in San Francisco. (Associated Press)
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Blog

18 millennial phrases that wouldn't have made sense in the 1980s

By Liesl Hansen
March 11, 2016 12:00 AM
Syd and Brooke Jacques take photos of themselves on their smart phones. Smart phones are one new technological innovation that would have confused people back in the 1980s. (BYU Photo)
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Technology

11 mobile apps for keeping on top of the news

By Beau Jones
February 23, 2016 12:00 AM
Millennials are increasingly using mobile news apps to quickly access news information. (Universe Archive)
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Local

Smartphones overtake desktops for holiday shopping

November 30, 2015 12:00 AM
Tashalee Rodriguez, of Boston, uses a smartphone app while shopping at Macy's in downtown Boston. For the first time, analysts predicted that more than half of online traffic to retailer sites would come from smartphones than desktops during the busy Black Friday holiday shopping weekend. (Associated Press)
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Life

15 of the most useless apps available

By Sarah Burchett
March 19, 2015 12:00 AM
We remember a time before the phrase 'there's an app for that' was commonplace. It was a simpler time, but we're grateful for the technological advances that brought us mobile banking, Google maps and news apps that deliver alerts directly to our phones. However, along with all the apps that make our lives better come a whole lot of apps that do absolutely nothing. Here are just a few examples of the world's weirdest and most useless apps.
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Technology

New Windows phone makes big impressions

By Casey King
November 13, 2012 12:00 AM
In a world filled with numerous smartphones, companies are looking to differentiate themselves among consumers, and Microsoft is no exception.
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Technology

Taking note of technology

July 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Even though it's summer, school is still in session for many. With new classes comes technology, which is now a staple in classrooms. More than 14.2 million computers, or 1 computer for every four students, are available for classroom use in schools across America, according to a U.S. Census report.
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Technology

Apps of the Week goes healthy

June 19, 2012 12:00 AM
According to the Food and Research Action Center, two-thirds of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese. More and more lifestyles involve sitting for long periods of time and, combined with unhealthy eating habits, can take a toll not only on weight, but on a person's overall health.
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Technology

EFY takes music, missionary work digital

June 09, 2012 12:00 AM
EFY took this year's theme — 'Arise and Shine Forth' — to heart by giving youth a new, digitally enhanced way to do just that.
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Local

App of the week: The world through an Instagram lens

May 15, 2012 12:00 AM
Since its debut in 2010, Instagram has more than 40 million users. According to Mashable, Instagram gains a new user every second, and more than one billion photos have been taken on the app, averaging to about 58 photos per second.
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News

With 'spectrum crunch,' smartphones might be coming to a halt

By Karissa Urry
March 06, 2012 12:00 AM
Calling, texting, checking emails, increasing vocabulary from playing Words with Friends and even paying bills — because of smartphones, the purposes of cell phones are ever increasing.
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Technology

Smartphone apps for university life

By Michael Richardson
February 28, 2012 12:00 AM
Your mother just called to ask for the tenth time how to attach photos to an e-mail.
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Nation

Technology spending passes spending for utilities

By Michael Richardson
February 24, 2012 12:00 AM
According to a January report by iYogi Insights, 63 percent of people currently pay 35 percent more for technology bills than utility bills.
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Life

Life: There's an app for that

By David Lake
February 12, 2012 12:00 AM
Before getting in his car, Jacob Scott always pulls out his smartphone to check gas prices. The 'Gasbuddy' app allows Scott to find the best prices in town by recording user input.
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