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Voice Recognition For iPhones May Be Powered By Nuance

Apple may be about to embrace Nuance's clever voice recognition tech to power its future iPhone OS, relying on its as-yet-unused North Carolina data center to host all the code in the cloud.READ»

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Here Comes Apple's Cloud-Based Streaming Service for iTunes

iTunes music streaming has been rumored for a long while, but has never actually surfaced... But if you read between the lines of two pieces of news at the moment, it seems the time is finally ripe.READ»

Smart Growth Helps Cities Adapt to Aging Boomers: EPA

This week the EPA announced the winners of the fourth annual Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging award. So what makes a community good for the elderly?READ»

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Why You Should Start a Company in... Raleigh-Durham

It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick.READ»

Wyndham Capital Mortgage

Wyndham Capital Mortgage is one of the premier lending organizations in the United States and sets the industry standard for customer service and loan process with advanced technology and unparalleled customer service, which creates one of the best client experiences in the industry.READ»

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The 9-Minute History of Charlotte, NC, in an Animated Pop-Up Map

Rob Carter's Metropolis is a video pop-up book for urban history nerds. Or a history lesson for pop-up book nerds.READ»

Carolina Solar Energy Employs Sheep to Keep Solar Panels Efficient

Why use lawnmowers when farm animals can get the job done just as easily? We already know that Bayer Health rents sheep to graze grass on its Richmond, California campus, and Google made news a few months ago with its campus-grazing ...READ»

Is Apple Shooting for the Cloud?

More information is trickling out about Apple's new data center in North Carolina--it seems it's going to be big. Amongst the biggest in the World, in fact. Are the folks at Cupertino shooting Apple into the cloud computing ...READ»

SmartSynch Future-Proofs the Smart Grid

One of the biggest issues facing utilities that switch to a smart grid is how to deploy these technologies on a large scale while still leaving room for upgrades. SmartSynch's Universal Communications Model (UCM) makes that ...READ»

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Time Warner's Antics in Wilson, N.C. Give Another Reason to Snip the Cable

Ah, Time Warner Cable--friendly supplier of your choice of cable TV and broadband internet. Or, as residents in Wilson, North Carolina are finding out, not friendly at all: TWC is trying to close their community-based, cheap, and ...READ»