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The Google Phone

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The Google Phone If you’re Google, would you trust the future of the company to your hardware partners? Google decided the answer is no — and is now pitting itself against Apple.

The Google Phone

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The Google Phone

The puzzle of Trump's massive losses

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The puzzle of Trump's massive losses Thousands claim net operating losses, but rarely do individuals claim ones as large as Trump reported. In 1995, 505,303 tax returns claimed losses worth a total of $49.3 billion, so Trump’s deductions amounted to 1.9 percent of the nationwide total.

Google Opened Up Its Keynote With A New Dinesh And Gilfoyle Scene From 'Silicon Valley'

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Google Opened Up Its Keynote With A New Dinesh And Gilfoyle Scene From 'Silicon Valley'

Google Opened Up Its Keynote With A New Dinesh And Gilfoyle Scene From 'Silicon Valley'

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Google Opened Up Its Keynote With A New Dinesh And Gilfoyle Scene From 'Silicon Valley' Seems like every tech giant these days has to kick-off their keynote with some self-reflective, culturally-relevant opener. Here's Google's. October 4, 2016 at 08:25PM

tutelary: Word of the day for October 5, 2016

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Word of the day is tutelary : Having guardianship or protection. Of or pertaining to guardians. Having the qualities of a tutor. Today is World Teachers' Day. A big “thank you” to all teachers for their hard work!

Article of the day for October 5, 2016

The Article of the day for October 5, 2016 is Jarrow March . The Jarrow March (5–31 October 1936) was a protest against the unemployment and poverty suffered in the Tyneside town of Jarrow, England, during the 1930s. Around 200 men marched from Jarrow to London to petition the British government, requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town following the closure in 1934 of Palmer's shipyard. Palmer's had seen the launching of more than 1,000 ships since 1852. In the 1920s, a combination of mismanagement and changed world trade conditions brought a decline which led to the yard's closure. When plans for its replacement by a modern steelworks plant were thwarted, the lack of any prospect of large-scale employment in the town led the borough council to organise the march on London to present their case to the government. The petition was received by the House of Commons but not debated, and the march produced few immediate results. The Jarrovians went home believin

Picture of the day for October 5, 2016

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Picture of the day on October 5, 2016: Sunset at the Oedlerteich (Heubachniederung) near Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

tutelary: Word of the day for October 5, 2016

tutelary , adj : Having guardianship or protection. Of or pertaining to guardians. Having the qualities of a tutor. Today is World Teachers' Day. A big “thank you” to all teachers for their hard work!

Picture of the day for October 5, 2016

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Sunset at the Oedlerteich (Heubachniederung) near Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Article of the day for October 5, 2016

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Article of the day is Jarrow March. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

The puzzle of Trump's massive losses

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The puzzle of Trump's massive losses

Yahoo read all your email for the government, and all the good stuff Google announced today

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Yahoo read all your email for the government, and all the good stuff Google announced today Digg Editions gets you the most out of the internet with top news and the most interesting stories handpicked by our editors

Yahoo read all your email for the government, and all the good stuff Google announced today

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Yahoo read all your email for the government, and all the good stuff Google announced today

Google Opened Up Its Keynote With A New Dinesh And Gilfoyle Scene From 'Silicon Valley'

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Google Opened Up Its Keynote With A New Dinesh And Gilfoyle Scene From 'Silicon Valley'

Online behind bars: if internet access is a human right, should prisoners have it?

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Online behind bars: if internet access is a human right, should prisoners have it?

Google Opened Up Its Keynote With A New Dinesh And Gilfoyle Scene From 'Silicon Valley'

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Google Opened Up Its Keynote With A New Dinesh And Gilfoyle Scene From 'Silicon Valley' Seems like every tech giant these days has to kick-off their keynote with some self-reflective, culturally-relevant opener. Here's Google's.

Online behind bars: if internet access is a human right, should prisoners have it?

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Online behind bars: if internet access is a human right, should prisoners have it? It makes prison officials nervous, but campaigners and tech companies argue that getting inmates digitally connected will help with rehabilitation.

Just The Good Stuff From Google's 

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Just The Good Stuff From Google's  A month after Apple announced the iPhone 7 and the death of the headphone jack at their latest event, Google is ready to unleash their newest products into the world — we're expecting the new Pixel phones, specifics about Google home, and more fun stuff today.

Just The Good Stuff From Google's 

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Just The Good Stuff From Google's 

Google’s Pixel phone event: what to expect

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Google’s Pixel phone event: what to expect

Google’s Pixel phone event: what to expect

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Google’s Pixel phone event: what to expect Based on everything we know so far, today's event (starting at 12 pm ET) event is going to have a lot of hardware announcements. A lot.