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Julie Ianeloo, 5, checks out the new Apple iPad mini on Nov. 2 at the Apple store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. A survey indicates nearly half of children age 6 to 12 will ask for an iPad this holiday season.

Apple products at top of kids’ holiday wish lists, survey finds
In 2012, 48 percent of children age 6 to 12 will ask Santa for an iPad, according to a new survey from Nielsen. Each year Nielsen conducts two surveys, one of children 6 to 12, the other of teen...

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A magnifying glass is posed over a monitor displaying a Facebook page in 2011 in Munich. Facebook is proposing to end its practice of letting users vote on changes to its privacy policies, though it will continue to let users comment on proposed updates.

Facebook proposes to end voting by users on privacy policy changes
NEW YORK — Facebook is proposing to end its practice of letting users vote on changes to its privacy policies, though it will continue to let users comment on proposed updates. The world’s bigge...

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Mii characters descend upon New York City on Nov. 16 to celebrate the Nov. 18 launch of Wii U. Wii U is set to change the way people interact with their games, their TVs and each other.

Review: Nintendo Wii U enhances experience with GamePad control
Nintendo’s Wii felt like a gaming revolution. Unlike its increasingly complex, button-riddled competitors, the Wii’s controller was a magic wand. Simply stand and point, it seemed to be saying, and...

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Tech Q&A
QUESTION: I run an email newsletter service for some local nonprofits, and I disagree with your column advising people to label unwanted email spam rather than click the unsubscribe link. If a r...

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Tribes turn to mobile technology
LAS VEGAS — In a windowless conference room in a Las Vegas casino, about three dozen people are swishing their fingers across iPads, trying out test versions of new apps and screening for glitches....

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T-Mobile customer counts on discounted phone
When T-Mobile abruptly changed its cellphone plans last month, eliminating contracts and the subsidies that had kept cellphone prices low, it portrayed itself as a maverick among wireless providers...

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Samsung Galaxy S 4 sales start next week
NEW YORK — U.S. wireless carriers have started revealing prices for Samsung’s new flagship phone, the Galaxy S 4, which goes on sale starting next week. AT&T Inc. has started taking advance orde...

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Company nears debut of original television shows
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — There used to be just one way for getting shows on TV. Networks would spend tens of millions of dollars ordering scripts and shooting pilots and then show the fruits of their...

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App helps Icelanders avoid incest
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — You meet someone, there’s chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What’s your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin? In Iceland, a country with a population ...

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How new Kindle Fire compares
Amazon.com Inc. started shipping a larger version of its Kindle Fire HD tablet computer on Thursday. Here’s a look at how it compares with the iPad and other tablets with similar screens. Amaz...

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