Technology News
- California Wants TV Shows to Promote Health Exchange
- Outreach to television producers is part of the marketing plan adopted by California's insurance exchange. California's exchange is also considering a reality show to boost enrollment.
- Minnesota Researchers Get Federal Funds to Reduce Hydro-Fracking Waste
- Three University of Minnesota researchers have received a $600,000 federal grant to pursue technology that could reduce pollution caused by hydro-fracking, the powerful but controversial technology for producing oil and natural gas.
- New Cameras Watch Speed Cameras in Prince George's County, Maryland
- New security cameras are popping up in Prince George's County to watch speed cams after several instances of vandalism.
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- Study: Facebook Drove Voter Turnout in 2010 Elections
- Facebook’s efforts to encourage users to vote drove more than 300,000 voters across the U.S. to the polls in November 2010, according to a new study.
- Amazon to Start Collecting Sales Tax in California
- The move will erase some of the price advantage Amazon enjoys over brick-and-mortar stores. But it will allow Amazon to blanket the state with distribution centers.
- Hackers Breach Utah's Health Exchange
- Three weeks ago someone corrupted the Web portal for Utah’s Health Exchange, a virtual marketplace where small business employers and employees can shop for health insurance and obtain price quotes.
- Facebook to Cities: Change Page Names, or Else
- Cities may lose access to their Facebook pages if they don't make it clear that it's an official government page.
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- Will Telehealth Flourish Under the Affordable Care Act?
- Experts discuss the viability of telehealth in light of a growing shortage of primary care physicians and increased demand for medical care.
- Proposed Space Site in Texas Meets Environmentalists' Concerns
- A rocket launch site proposed for a South Texas Gulf Coast beach is drawing grumbles from environmental activists as federal officials prepare an environmental impact statement on the proposal.
- In Kansas City, Signing Up for Internet Becomes a Civic Cause
- With Google’s promise last year to wire homes, schools, libraries and other public institutions in this city with the nation’s fastest Internet connection, community leaders on the long forlorn, predominantly black east side were excited, seeing a potentially uplifting force.
- Philadelphia Hires Its 1st Chief Data Officer
- Mark Headd, a self-taught computer programmer and self-described "civic hacking veteran," has joined the Nutter administration as the city's first chief data officer, responsible for improving public access to information the city collects.
- Can External Oversight Keep NYC Tech Projects on Budget?
- Economic development corporations weigh in on New York City’s plans to outsource management of its costliest technology projects.
- How Massachusetts is Verifying Health Exchange Users
- The state’s new residency check system may be an answer to other states thinking about the same verification issues.
- Alabama 1st State to Scan Fingerprints of Prison Visitors
- Some call the requirement "extreme."
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- Charlotte Beefs Up Security for Democratic Convention
- The Charlotte police force, about 1,700 officers strong, is beefing up its presence by bringing in 2,300 reinforcements from across the country.
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