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Thursday, June 13, 2013  Top prosecutors in San Francisco and New York announced the formation of a nationwide initiative and coalition of police, prosecutors and other officials in an attempt to stop a surge in smartphone thefts.

Friday, June 07, 2013  In an apparent response to controversy surrounding its Facebook page, the Utica Police Department on Friday launched it's new profile page on Google+.

Monday, May 13, 2013  New York state's attorney general is asking smartphone makers to do more to protect consumers from violent street crimes known as "Apple picking," or cell phone thefts.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Barnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Google is stepping in to help family and friends of Boston Marathon runners find their loved ones after explosions near the finish line.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  YouTube says more than 1 billion people are now visiting its online video site each month to watch everything from zany clips of cute kittens to sobering scenes of social unrest around the world.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader's interception of emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent several years ago over unprotected wireless neighborhoods scattered throughout the world.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Google Maps have found their way back to the iPhone. The world's most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the Google Maps' iPhone app.

Monday, September 03, 2012  As Tropical Storm Isaac became a hurricane last week, many people including government officials turned to social media for information.

Thursday, July 26, 2012  Marissa Mayer, 37, first made headlines last week when she announced she was leaving her executive position at Google to become the CEO of Yahoo, and doing so while pregnant.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012  U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is asking Google Maps to blur out images of people in its newest data collection, which includes photographs from planes.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  Cornell students demonstrated research projects on robots, cell phones and music to representatives from Google, Yahoo, GE and Cisco.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  Google Maps gives users a bird's eye view of the world around them, but did you know there are some places you are not allowed to see? Some landmarks are blurred including one in Central New York you might not know about. Do you think you know where it is?

Monday, January 30, 2012  Google, Microsoft and other companies are working together to combat email "phishing" scams. They've formed an organization to design a system to authenticate emails from legitimate senders and weed out scams.

Monday, January 23, 2012  President Barack Obama plans to "hang out" in a video chat room next week to answer questions about his State of the Union address.