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The Harford County Council narrowly approved tax-increment financing for the James Run Corporate Campus project at Route 543 and I-95, with those supporting it calling it an important opportunity for the county. - Tenable Network Security Inc. has quietly built a booming business selling network security products and services to the U.S. government and companies around the world. It's profitable and has thousands of clients.
- Uber entering Baltimore
- A new space at the Savage branch of the Howard County Library is giving teens the opportunity to experiment with the latest digital technology.
- Maryland's lottery officials are considering plans that would vault them into the vanguard of Internet gambling — all without a direct vote by the General Assembly.
- Friday morning's national launch of the iPhone 5 went fairly smoothly in Bel Air, where only a handful of people were side lined up at two of the town's three main phone retailers shortly before 9 a.m.
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- Modest lines in Towson saw people in queue Friday morning waiting to be among the first to grasp the latest iPhone from Apple — the iPhone 5.
- Harford County cell phone retailers big and small were preparing Thursday for a mad rush for the release of the iPhone 5 early Friday morning.
- The Towson Town Center mall will open its doors at 7 a.m. Friday to let in shoppers who can't wait a moment longer to get their new iPhone 5.
- With the much-anticipated release of the iPhone 5 less than two days away, the Apple Store in the Mall in Columbia is preparing for the horde of customers expected to flood the Mall early Friday morning.
- Bank of America patents augmented reality
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- Baltimore County Public Library will officially launch a new 3M Cloud-based e-Book lending service with an event on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. in the Towson branch on York Road.
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- Parked in Anne Arundel County and Annapolis are cars with tempting stuff in plain sight: a GPS unit on the dashboard, a cellphone on the console, a handbag with a wallet visible in it on the floor behind the driver's seat. But it isn't just would-be thieves looking to see what's in the car and tugging on its door handles. Police are doing it, too, in programs aimed at combating thefts from parked vehicles.
- Pango, an app-driven parking payment system, could someday replace meters
- Joan and Drew Norman, the owners of One Straw farm, believe they can craft mobile apps to make their work on the farm more efficient and better connect with their customers. They've been farming since 1983 and grow on 175 acres in northern Baltimore County.
- Robert B. Reich writes that the debate over who is the biggest outsourcer is irrelevant; the important issue is who will make American workers more competitive.
- Wireless carriers in the Baltimore area are increasingly leasing from churches to use their bell towers as cell towers.
- One Straw Farm launches Kickstarter to build iPhone apps
- After a disappointing start to summer for some retailers, many are hoping for a boost from back-to-school shopping, the second-biggest sales period of the year.
- The mayor makes a credible case that the purchase of VOIP phones was legal, but it's still not clear that the administration's handling of the matter was wise.
- Baltimore's rock 'n' roll chef launching YouTube food channel next week with definite Baltimore 'flavor'
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- Grocery shoppers can use smartphones to download deals, scan bar codes, get personalized offers
- With the release of its iPhone app last week, Woofound, a Middle River startup, took its first big step into a competitive, cutting edge and sometimes controversial part of the digital economy: Web personalization.
- Apple upgrades laptops, iPhone software
- Comcast Corp. has launched a marketing blitz to sign up customers for its new "Xfinity Home" package, which features a residential alarm system, video monitoring, and temperature and lighting controls — all manipulated from a touchpad, mobile device or computer.
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- Whether they bike more, buy a more fuel efficient vehicle, convert their gas engine to electric, or simply ride more public transit, Marylanders are looking for ways to cope with pump prices. Since 2008, according to the Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council, Marylanders have hit the roads with 52,000 more hybrid cars. They've also added 289 electric vehicles.
- Democracy is impaired in a society under constant watch, MICA professor says
- Millennial Media Inc., a Baltimore-based mobile advertising company that had an IPO in March, posted its first quarterly results as a public company — which included a $4 million loss — that were on track with Wall Street's expectations.
- Since the Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention started five years ago, technology has changed how people behave while they are tattooed — and how artists go about doing business and creating designs, said attendees of the 2012 event, which ends Sunday.
- The Prince George's County Memorial Library System unveils new e-Book system, and staff at Laurel Library are excited
- Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson in Baltimore
- Apple's genius is not limited to engineering and design; its accountants have proven creative as well.
- Author of last year's best-selling nonfiction book will speak at CityLit Festival
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- Apple rolls out its new iPad — and it's called the iPad.
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- Will the Playstation Vita challenge Apple, Nintendo and other tablets?
- The Baltimore Sun recently spoke with Steve DiBiagio, PHH's senior vice president of strategic alliances, about distracted driving and the company's new technology.
- The issue of audience members interfering with the art is an old one. Candy wrappers, talking, coughing, whistling hearing aids — those used to be the primary culprits. Now it's the cellphone, and that means not just calls, but texting, emails, calendar reminders, and, of course, alarms.
- Social media becomes the new method of marketing alcohol to youth, Hopkins review shows
- The law office representing police unions across the state is alleging that the Westminster Police Department is misspending money at the expense of officers and public safety.
- Hand-held devices get a fashionable upgrade with customized covers
