SimCity and Other Video Game Disasters

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1. New family-friendly guide to New York City high schools goes online
2. NYC Red Light Camera Program Raising Controversy
3. Apple Fixes iOS Lock Bypass
4. Exclusive: US DoD to purchase 650,000 iOS devices
5. Steam offers “Early Access” to developing games

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The Transformation of Healthcare through IT

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1. DipJar Allows For High Tech Tipping
2. Cuomo Launches OpenNY Website for Public Data
3. Google Reader to shut down July 1; users petition against move
4. More Teens Accessing the Web From Phones Rather Than PCs
5. Nissan, Infiniti recall five of their newest models

Wearable Technology

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Over the last several years mobility and wireless technology have become widely pervasive as both consumer and business technologies. What is the ultimate expression of this collective mobility? Simple – wearable technology. Google Glass and the just arrived Pebble Watch are but two small pieces of the wearable ecosystem, and though the most recognizable, represent merely the tip of the emerging wearables market. Who are the companies and what are the technologies that will drive this market?

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Rich Tehrani, president and group editor-in-chief of TMC, is a technology industry expert, visionary, author and columnist. He has been writing about the technology trends for over 25 years and has reported on how computing power moved from mainframe to wearable fashion in numerous stories, blogs and broadcast interviews. Rich founded the Wearable Tech Conference and Expo, the industry’s premier conference that will bring together all parts of the wearable technology ecosystem July 24-25 at the Kimmel Center in New York.

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1. Online Gambling Company Will Buy Atlantic Club Casino
2. SimCity, for Real: Measuring an Untidy Metropolis
3. EU Fines Microsoft $732 Million In Browser Brawl
4. SimCity Still Struggling with Unnatural Server Disaster

The Technology Tipping Point & The New World of Work

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What is The New World of Work all about? Advancements in technology are transforming work platforms and talent-sourcing to revolutionize not just how and where work is performed, but the way business is being done. Tim Houlne, the author of a groundbreaking new book, The New World of Work: From the Cube to the Cloud, will describe the technology tipping point that’s driving this unstoppable phenomenon. Join us to learn why Tim says the New World of Work brings opportunities to succeed in a world with no boundaries, no buildings and no fear.

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Tim Houlne is a visionary whose longstanding, futuristic predictions about the virtual workforce are now a reality. He recognizes and understands market trends, and uses that unique knowledge to transform industries across the business landscape. His understanding of the virtual workplace is unparalleled, and his drive to uncover new concepts is matched only by his passion for growing profitable businesses. Tim holds the position of CEO at Working Solutions, a premier virtual agent and technology solutions provider in Dallas, Texas.

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1. Lawsuit Filed Against TLC for Taxi Hailing App
2. Sony Unveils the PlayStation 4
3. NYC Building Department Uses App to Inform
4. Google Fiber: The Future of the Internet
5. Making Homemade Guns On a 3-D Printer Becomes Real, So Engineering Expert Suggests Stronger Laws On Gunpowder