AT&T 4G LTE now available in Tuscaloosa, could impact gameday service
AT&T 4G LTE is now available in Tuscaloosa, but will it make a difference on a jam-packed game day weekend in the fall? Company representatives say it's too soon to tell.
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Do the new XBox One and Playstation 4 gaming systems mean the death of game rentals and sales of used games?
The new Xbox One may mean the death of video game rentals and the sale of used games, both multi-million dollar industries. (Courtesy of Microsoft) While reading a few articles about the new systems( PS4 and Xbox one), I noticed...
Jasper Raines
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Get ready to pay to message
Image: Facebook If you haven't checked your "other" Facebook messages in a while, you're not alone. If you're not even aware that you have other messages, it's time to grab your smartphone or tablet and check it out. This is the...
Adrienne Erin
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Catch us on the Matt Murphy Show this morning, talking #BhamHeartWalk
This morning, you can learn more about the upcoming Heart Walk...what to expect when you get to Uptown Birmingham, free stuff you will receive, the meaning behind the event, etc...by tuning your radio dial to 100.5 FM and listening to The Matt Murphy Show.
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Alabama Gov. Bentley recaps first day of 2013 Paris Air Show (video)
Listen to Bentley discuss a successful first day in Paris while state and industry leaders court aerospace companies considering locating or expanding in Alabama.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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2013 Paris Air Show: Airbus scores several multibillion dollar orders on day one
Airbus won day one of the 2013 Paris Air Show over archrival Boeing Co., booking multibillion dollar orders for both its A380 superjumbos and its more fuel-efficient single-aisle A320 family aircraft.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley talks 2013 Paris Air Show (video)
With a busy agenda and nearly one dozen one-on-one company meetings on day one, alone, Team Alabama is aggressively selling the state to global aerospace companies during the week-long trade show.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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Expanded Alabama presence topic of Paris Air Show meeting with Safran
France-based Safran Engineering Services celebrated the opening of its Brookley Aeroplex office expected to employ 50 highly skilled engineers on April 8, the same day Airbus broke ground at Brookley on its first final assembly line on U.S. soil.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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Huntsville-sponsored reception on eve of 2013 Paris Air Show highlights aerospace jobs
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley challenged public and private economic development leaders gathered at a reception on the eve of the 2013 Paris Air Show to remain focused and “work hard” for the state of Alabama.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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Expanding Alabama's aerospace industry, winning jobs focus for 2013 Paris Air Show
In a Q&A with Made In Alabama, the Alabama Department of Commerce’s public face, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley talked candidly about the state’s expanding aviation and aerospace sector; opportunities for its continued growth; and Alabama’s game plan for the week-long global aerospace and defense trade show.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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Report: Healthcare, manufacturing will steer southwest Alabama employment trends through 2020
And because employment is expected to outpace the region’s labor force, worker shortfalls of 30,000 and 52,100 are projected by 2020 and 2030 respectively. Consider, however, that 25,000 and 48,000 of those figures are expected to occur in Mobile County, alone, painting a more promising employment workforce picture for the remaining seven counties.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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At a glance: 2012 State of the Workforce for Mobile County
Worker shortfalls of 25,000 and nearly 48,000 are projected by 2020 and 2030 respectively.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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Report: Increased training, focus on high-demand jobs can address projected workforce shortfalls
Investment in education and skills development will be crucial to Mobile County’s ability to avoid projected worker shortfalls of nearly 25,000 by 2020 and almost twice that by 2030.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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Send a text message to aliens in outer space through new project set to launch Wednesday
The project's messages, which will be sent from Jamesburg Earth Station in Carmel, Calif., will target a Earth-like planet in a star system 17.6 light-years away that they say is a good candidate for potential life.
Amber Sutton | asutton@al.com
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Microsoft's E3 game showing wrap-up
E3, the videogame equivalent of the World's Fair, is this week. I'm going to be doing little wrap ups of the Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo press conferences. Microsoft is first so let's get into it. Microsoft started out with Metal Gear....
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Work and Play Hard? How to Keep Your Private and Professional Lives Separate
With the prevalence of social media in today's society, it's more difficult than ever to keep your personal and professional lives separate. How can you balance your online social life with professionalism?
Adrienne Erin
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Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software
Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green "felt" of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update since the iPhone's launch in 2007.
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Incoming Mobile Airport Authority chief Roger Wehner talks Airbus, 'getting things done'
Wehner, who currently serves as president of Birmingham-based Global Resource Group LLC, actually spent a significant chunk of his tenure with Alabama Power Co. on executive loan to the authority while Airbus parent EADS and then-partner Northrop-Grumman Corp. built their business case to lure a lucrative refueling tanker project for the U.S. Air Force to Mobile’s Brookley Aeroplex.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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International trade, development expertise feathers in cap of Mobile's new airport authority chief
Veteran economic developer Roger Wehner, president of Birmingham-based Global Resource Group LLC, appears to be the imminent choice to replace outgoing director Bill Sisson, named president of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce in April.
Kelli Dugan | kdugan@al.com
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How to monitor your social media reputation
As you post to your Facebook and Twitter, it's easy to forget that what you post will be out there forever. To look back through and find unflattering things to remove, look no further than Social Fingerprint.
Adrienne Erin
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