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Here’s how Google will help you avoid Independence Day traffic

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 10:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


Google is helping American holiday-goers in major cities avoid the heavy traffic jams by predicting the times when most cars will be out on the road. It’s set up a handy site where you can check the optimal time to drive into each city for your celebratory freedom fireworks. To use the site, select your nearest metro area from the list and which day you plan to travel. Google will tell you the best and worst times to travel on that day. Traffic in most cities peaks mid-afternoon and the best time to leave post-festivities is apparently around 11 pm.…

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Patients should control their data, and this blockchain startup wants to make it happen

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 8:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, launch


The cost of healthcare is rising globally. Research from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that the average spending cost on healthcare in 11 high-income countries was 11.5 percent in 2016. The nations involved included Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. Among the aforementioned countries, the cost of healthcare in the US is a major concern. In 2016, the nation spent 17.8 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare, reaching 4.6 percent to $3.4 trillion. Spread out among the entire population of the US, that number…

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Apple reportedly wants to sell you news, TV shows, and music for a single monthly fee

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 8:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web


The Information reports that Apple is considering bundling its news service, digital magazines, and streaming music and video into a single subscription package. That could give Apple a chance to further draw owners of its products into its ecosystem. It already sells phones, laptops, desktops, tablets, set-top boxes, and a smart speaker that play nice with each other, and it’s steadily been building out its media offerings. It makes perfect sense to tie it all together. Let’s look at the latter bit: Apple Music already has 40 million subscribers worldwide, and the company plans to spend $1 billion to produce…

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Apple reportedly wants to sell you news, TV shows, and music for a single monthly fee

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 8:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web


The Information reports that Apple is considering bundling its news service, digital magazines, and streaming music and video into a single subscription package. That could give Apple a chance to further draw owners of its products into its ecosystem. It already sells phones, laptops, desktops, tablets, set-top boxes, and a smart speaker that play nice with each other, and it’s steadily been building out its media offerings. It makes perfect sense to tie it all together. Let’s look at the latter bit: Apple Music already has 40 million subscribers worldwide, and the company plans to spend $1 billion to produce…

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Apple reportedly wants to sell you news, TV shows, and music for a single monthly fee

Jun28
by on June 28, 2018 at 8:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web


The Information reports that Apple is considering bundling its news service, digital magazines, and streaming music and video into a single subscription package. That could give Apple a chance to further draw owners of its products into its ecosystem. It already sells phones, laptops, desktops, tablets, set-top boxes, and a smart speaker that play nice with each other, and it’s steadily been building out its media offerings. It makes perfect sense to tie it all together. Let’s look at the latter bit: Apple Music already has 40 million subscribers worldwide, and the company plans to spend $1 billion to produce…

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