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Cleveland initiative to help bridge digital divide, homework gap

2016-04-09 20:41:44| Wireless - Topix.net

Daysha Higgins had a computer at home until it blew out nearly two years ago, but she's never had the internet at home. At 12, she lives in a public housing development and spends much of her time at the Outhwaite Community Center in Cleveland, where she does homework and works on other computer programs as part of an afterschool program four days a week.

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Android, iOS on Opposite Sides of Encryption Divide

2016-03-18 18:17:25| TechNewsWorld

Consumers' understanding of what encryption does apparently doesn't determine whether they use the technology, as iPhone owners are much more likely to use encryption than Android users. Most Android phones are not encrypted, either by user choice or manufacturer design. About 95 percent of all iPhones reportedly are encrypted, compared with less than 10 percent of Android phones.

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Saudi Aramco and Shell to divide Motiva refinery JV assets

2016-03-17 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology

Oil giants Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to divide the assets of Motiva, the refining and marketing joint venture (JV) in Houston, Texas, US.

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Divide grows in Southeast over offshore drilling plan

2016-03-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: On a recent frigid night, anxious residents, many in "Protect Our Coast" sweatshirts, packed the town hall here, spilled onto the lawn, and then erupted in cheers as their town government gaveled in a resolution urging President Obama to block oil drilling off their shoreline. "Some things are just too precious to risk," Mayor Emilie Swearingen said. That afternoon, 140 miles inland in Raleigh, the state capital, Obama administration officials and oil company representatives had outlined plans...

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