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The vote paves the way for a big win for the country’s telecom giants.

Republicans in Congress took the first step Thursday toward rolling back federal privacy rules imposed last year on internet providers like AT&T, Charter, Comcast and Verizon.

In a major win for the telecom industry, the Senate voted — largely along party lines — to scrap the protections put in place by the Obama administration’s Federal Communications Commission, which had required internet providers to obtain customers’ permission before sharing their personal data with third parties, like advertisers.

Officially, the rules remain on the books: The House still has to vote on its version of the measure, called a resolution of disapproval.

But Republicans are expected to prevail when they bring their proposal to the chamber’s floor — an inevitability that left consumer-protection groups, along with their Democratic allies in Congress, seething on Thursday.

“With today’s vote, Senate Republicans have just made it easier for American’s sensitive information about their health, finances and families to be used, shared, and sold to the highest bidder without their permission,” said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., in a statement. “The American public wants us to strengthen privacy protections, not weaken them. We should not have to forgo our fundamental right to privacy just because our homes and phones are connected to the internet.”

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A designer named Kosho Tsuboi has conceived a beautiful gadget idea. His product, the Magic Calendar, is an e-paper calendar that syncs with a smartphone to display your schedule. The project is associated with Google’s Android Experiments, which appears to be a Japanese program in which creators can pitch ideas for Android-centered gadgets. In this case, the calendar relies on a custom Android app, and, judging off the below video, uses Google Calendar for syncing.

There aren’t many details on how exactly the calendar works or what the app is like — if there is, I’m not seeing it because the main website is in Japanese. But I think the idea is what’s important here. Who wouldn’t want to own this minimal e-paper calendar? It looks like...

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Walmart-owned Vudu is taking yet another step to simplify its disc-to-digital program. Starting today, all you need to “convert” DVDs and Blu-rays collecting dust on your shelf into streaming digital movies you can watch anywhere is the case they came in and your smartphone. To be a little more specific, you scan the film’s barcode using Vudu’s mobile app and your phone’s camera. (Both Android and iOS are supported.) From there, you pay a small fee to gain access to that same movie as an UltraViolet digital copy.

8,000 movies can currently be converted via the new method. “There is something for everyone including fan favorites like the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and the Bourne series, as well as classics like Top Gun and The...

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For those who have a hard time tuning it all out and de-stressing, there's a new gadget that can help.

Thync, which specializes in neurostimulation wearable devices, is launching the Thync Relax Pro. The Relax Pro — Thync's second generation device — aims to relieve stress and "encourage restful sleep and relaxation."

It works by sticking to the back of your neck and delivering stress relief through "gentle nerve stimulation."

Here's how it works. 

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You'll need to download an app to make the device work. Within the app, you can choose between two modes: Thync Deep Relax and Thync Deep Sleep. Thync's first device was focused more on calming and energizing, but the new device hones in on poor sleep caused by stress.

By using the Deep Sleep setting before bed, Thync promises you'll reach a "drowsy and peaceful state." The Deep Relax setting is intended to release stress and improve your mood.

The device works by sticking to your neck via a pad with electrodes on it.

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Let’s say you’re a guy encountering some fertility problems, and you want a hands-on approach. A new device could let you turn your phone camera into a microscope — which would then allow you to test your semen in the privacy of your own home. Within seconds, the app can assess the quality of a man's swimmers with 98 percent accuracy.

All over the world, 45 million couples grapple with infertility; in almost half of those cases, it’s because the man is infertile. But testing semen isn’t easy — it requires men to masturbate at a clinic and then wait a few days for the results. The analysis is either done manually by a trained technician, or through expensive equipment, and can cost patients anywhere between $150 and $350.

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A post going around Reddit this week features a photo of a bathroom in Korea that has a display installed. This monitor provides a bunch of information, but most prominently, it tells people which stalls are occupied and whether the stalls have a regular or squatting toilet. (Squatting toilets are popular in Asia; feel free to go down an internet rabbit hole about them.)

This is all obviously useful information to have, and infinitely preferable to having to look at the occupied knob on a door, or, in a worst-case scenario, whether you see someone’s feet. It also beats these bathroom lights that seemed like a brilliant idea in 2014.

I’m not sure how this display is being updated, like is it relying on the door locks to communicate back?...

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Google has introduced a new feature to make sure Android users never forget where they park their cars. 

The update, first spotted by Android Police, comes in the form of a new menu option when you open Google Maps and tap on the blue icon that indicates your location. You will now be given the option to "save your parking" which will then place a blue "P" on the spot. 

The same option will also give you the opportunity to add notes to your parking icon, as well as include photos if you really want to make sure everything goes smoothly. This feature should be especially handy to travellers that leave their cars parked at airports for long stretches, or for drivers that leave their cars in multi-tiered parking lots. 

In addition, the updated parking feature allows you to set a timer on your parking spot, in case the spot is at a meter or has a time limit. This is a thoughtful and welcome feature, and should prove to be extremely useful. 

Google Maps users on iOS will likely have to wait a bit longer for the update to make its way onto the App Store, but it is surely on its way.

SEE ALSO: This iPhone 8 concept design is the best we've seen yet — check it out

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Android security has always been an uphill fight. Unlike iOS, there’s no single mandatory App Store, making it easier for a bad link to give rise to a persistent malware problem. At the same time, the operating system is spread across dozens of carriers and device manufacturers, making it hard to push out fixes once a vulnerability is discovered. But after 2015’s Stagefright bug, Google started a new crackdown, hardening subsequent versions of Android and demanding better patching schedules from partners. Now, a year and a half later, those efforts may finally be starting to bear fruit.

Today, Google published a new report on the fight, running down the state of Android security in 2015. Over the course of 71 pages, the report details...

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The company's blockchain technology is the first service to allow developers to build enterprise-grade technology using Hyperledger Fabric.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos piloted a 13-foot robot at his MARS2017 robotics conference on Sunday night, The Verge reports.

Bezos tweeted a photo of himself in the Method-2 robot:

And a video of Bezos shows him manipulating the robot's arms and asking "Why do I feel so much like Sigourney Weaver?"

This isn't the first time that Bezos showed up to his robotics conference as a man-machine hybrid. Last year he came on stage at the event wearing a robotic suit.

Want more photos of Jeff Bezos in futuristic costumes? Here he is dressed as an alien for the movie "Star Trek Beyond":

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 IBM unveiled its “Blockchain as a Service” today, which is based on the open source Hyperledger Fabric, version 1.0 from The Linux Foundation. IBM Blockchain is a public cloud service that customers can use to build secure blockchain networks. The company introduced the idea last year, but this is the first ready-for-primetime implementation built using that technology.… Read More

NBA superstar Charles Barkley made a now-legendary comment prior to the US Olympic basketball Dream Team playing Angola in 1992. 

"I don't know anything about Angola, but I know they're in trouble," Barkley quipped. The US went on to win by 116-48.

Tesla isn't the automotive equivalent of Angola, but at times I get the sense that General Motors considers itself the Dream Team: the car company that symbolizes US manufacturing might.

Both Tesla and GM have been to hell and back since the financial crisis. Tesla nearly went bankrupt in 2008, but was saved by a last-minute funding round on Christmas Eve. And GM did go bankrupt in 2009, after being bailed out by the federal government.

Fast-forward to 2016, however, and Tesla has a market cap of $40 billion and GM has been raking in cash for two solid years amid an SUV sales boom in the US.

While both companies have bounced back, there's no question that GM is better positioned financially to compete in the mass market EV space. 

Staggering cash burn

Tesla is burning through impressive amounts of cash as it gears up to launch its Model 3, the company's first mass-market vehicle, later this year. Last week, the company announced a new capital raise, to get another billion in the bank as it commits to spending $2 billion or more in 2017.

GM also spends plenty of money, but according to Dan Ammann, the automaker's President, it's bringing in a billion a month. What's more, the company's recent sale of its European Opel division, for about $2 billion, means it can also reduce its balance-sheet cash cushion to $18 billion from $20 billion.

Being basically cash-flush means that GM can take some huge risks. And that's what it did when it committed to bringing its own mass-market electric car to market a full year ahead of Tesla's $35,000 Model 3.

As with most major automakers, GM has been content to let Tesla get all the headlines while taking all the risk. Electric vehicle sales have been abysmally disappointing, making up only about 1% of the annual global market; five years ago, there were predictions that we'd be headed toward 15% to 20% by now.

Tesla's own sales have steadily increased, proving that there's solid demand for at least for Tesla electric cars, but it's still delivering fewer cars in the year than a big carmaker does in a month. CEO Elon Musk has charted an ambitious trajectory to sell 500,000 vehicles annually in 2018 and a million by 2020. But the company is very far from achieving those goals.

With the Chevy Bolt EV — priced just under $30,000 once tax credits are applied, with 200-plus miles of range on a single battery charge — GM has decisively stepped off the EV sidelines. From debut to production, which commenced last October, GM took about a year and a half to steal some of the Model 3's thunder.

Tesla still has the sexy

In early 2016, I attended the reveal of the Model 3 in Los Angeles, and the prototype vehicles that we saw there were compelling: sexy, fast, and high-tech. Last week, we got our first crack at a few days with the Bolt, and while I'd be hard-pressed to call the boxy four-door hatchback sexy, it is fast, and it is high-tech.

As electric cars go, it's wildly impressive, and evidence of what a giant carmaker can do in a short period of time when it throws all its muscle behind a project. (Ford did something similar in 2015 and 2016 when it rolled out its GT supercar at the Detroit auto show in January '15 and won Le Mans with the machine in June '16.)

To borrow Barkley's line, "Tesla is in trouble."

Not because it won't get the Model 3 out on schedule and be able to collect on the nearly 400,000 pre-orders it has for the car. If anything, Tesla could launch the Model 3 sooner than expected this year, and because manufacturing automobiles is an industrial practice that has been perfected over a century, there's good reason to believe that Tesla will be able to build thousands of Model 3's every month, once the assembly lines in California get up to speed.

Tesla is in trouble because its balance sheet is precarious and its ability to raise additional capital is based on a growth story: what was a $20 stock in 2010 is a $260 stock today. Investors anticipate more growth as Tesla rolls out more designs and sells more cars. Thus far, the company has existed in, effectively, a market of one.

But it's now throwing its most important vehicle up against a worthy competitor that's already out there and — more importantly — being manufactured by GM, which can actually afford to lose money on it forever.

In Tesla's current world, nobody really "cross-shops" its cars with anybody else's because there aren't any long-range EVs available, and Tesla's cars sell for about $100,000 on average. The Model 3, however, will be cross-shopped with the Bolt. And make no mistake, the majority of those cross-shoppers will go Tesla. 

But the cross-shopping will be happening. And once Tesla delivers all its Model 3 pre-orders, it will have to continue to stoke demand for the Model 3 as it moves out of the realm of the early adopters. Accordingly, Tesla's costs for each Model 3 sale will increase from where they are now, which is basically zero. 

The Bolt is good — very good

There's another reason that Tesla is in trouble now that the Bolt has hit the streets: It's a great car. Motor Trend didn't name it Car of the Year for 2017 for nothing, and it's certainly a front-runner for Business Insider's Car of the Year award for this year (we'll be making our pick in December, so the battle is already set, possibly, between the Model 3 and the Bolt — stay tuned). 

Due to the Bolt's compact size, I found it more fun to drive than both the Tesla Model S and the Model X, but not the original Roadster, a much smaller vehicle. With a 0-60 mph time of just over six seconds, the Bolt is slower than every Tesla you can buy, and it has nothing like "Ludicrous Mode" on the top-of-the-line Model S P100D, which enables the Tesla to outrun exotic supercars.

But the Bolt is plenty fast for most people. And it also offers a responsive ride, a remarkably quiet cabin, and an infotainment and connectivity setup that, with GM's OnStar 4G LTE connectivity, beats Tesla's very impressive high-tech system. In New York City streets especially, I found driving the Bolt to be like riding a small, nimble, guided missile.

The Bolt doesn't have Tesla Autopilot, the styling is pretty dreary, and GM hasn't built a nationwide fast-charging network to match Tesla's Superchargers (you have to rely on third-party providers, such as ChargePoint, and locating Level 3 high-speed charging can be difficult). But GM is preparing to equip some Bolts with experimental self-driving tech pioneered by Cruise Automation, acquired by GM last year. The rollout will happen with Lyft for ride-hailing, potentially later this year, and consumer applications could follow.

The bottom line, of course, is that there's only one long-range EV that you can now buy for $37,495 (in California and Oregon, with Washington, New York, and New Jersey coming online in the first quarter of 2017). And it's a Chevy.

GM isn't going to overwhelm Tesla with Bolt sales. I actually think the Model 3 will greatly outsell the Bolt once Tesla's car arrives. However, it's also possible that if the Model 3 is delayed or is slow to ramp up, Chevy will be preparing a mid-cycle refresh of the Bolt before Model 3 sales start to achieve some major momentum. In other words, GM will always be ahead, and the company — barring another massive financial meltdown — will never stop putting the Bolt up against the Model 3.

This is a type of competition Tesla has never faced before. For the first time, it will have to spend money to get people to buy its cars — and it can't spend anywhere near as much as the GM's of the world. (We should note, too, that Musk isn't scared about GM arriving on the scene because if anything he wants more EVs on the market, knowing that he can't accomplish his planet-saving goals by himself.)

The worrisome thing here for Tesla is that it's been spectacularly good at bringing sexy, exciting, luxury electric cars to the world. But it's been comparably terrible at mass-producing its vehicles, and although it's dealing with that problem, using only about one-fourth of its total production capacity in California has to change. It's also never had to advertise or market its cars in the same intense manner as other car companies. Musk can get more out of one tweet than Chevy can from a Superbowl ad. And it doesn't cost him anything.

As Tesla grows, it's being pulled away from what it does best, toward what it doesn't do as well. This is a natural process of maturing as an automaker. Tesla's biggest challenge, going forward, is to avoid being such a disruptive upstart in a 100-year-old business that it gets clobbered by the big, slow carmakers that just happen to be able to flip a switch and build hundreds of thousands of Tesla-like vehicles much faster than Tesla can build actual its cars. 

Clearly, Tesla would be in less trouble if the Chevy Bolt were a bad car. But it isn't. Teslas have always blown me away. The Bolt blew me away for different reasons. I just hope Tesla is prepared to take this into account. 

SEE ALSO: Tesla is going to blow through billions to launch the Model 3

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You can easily argue that the Chevy Bolt is the most important car General Motors has ever rolled out. What we have here is a $37,495 all-electric vehicle with a range of nearly 240 miles on a single battery charge. GM took it from intro to assembly in less than two years, in the process beating the avidly anticipated Tesla Model 3 to market by ... well, by a year at least.

What we have here is a $37,495 all-electric vehicle with a range of nearly 240 miles on a single battery charge. GM took it from intro to the assembly line in less than two years, in the process beating the avidly anticipated Tesla Model 3 to market by at least a year. 

So what makes the Bolt more important than, say, the Cadillac XT5 crossover SUV or a new Corvette? 

The Bolt is a completely different kind of "halo" car. Like the Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid 15 years ago — based initially on the homely Toyota Echo compact sedan — the Bolt is anti-sexy. Teslas, of course, drip sex appeal.

We all know, however, that mass-market car buyers don't buy sexy. They bought the Prius because it promised low emissions and great fuel economy. And GM is begging that they'll buy the Bolt because it represents more of an idea about mobility than a specific experience of an automobile. The Bolt is accessible, affordable, versatile, high-tech, and is adaptable to ride-sharing and ride-hailing. It's also fun, but not crazy-knock-your-socks-off fun. 

A platform, not business as usual

In short, the Bolt is a platform rather than a commitment to a reliable automotive premise. For that, GM has Corvettes and Camaros — cars that do their thing and do it well, but that aren't flexible. 

The Bolt was designed and engineered to give GM options. They'll sell some, they'll lease some, but they'll also plug the Bolt into GM's Maven mobility division and into its partnership with Lyft for ride-hailing. They'll build in self-driving technologies developed both in-house and technologies acquired through the company's purchase of Silicon Valley startup Cruise Automation.

For a decade, Tesla has given us the car of the future: a sexy, high-performance, networked, and lately semi-self-driving luxury electric car. Last year, Chevy brought us the new car of the future: relatively inexpensive, with decent performance, also networked, and most importantly, plugged into multiple business models. Oh, and it's manufactured at massive industrial scale in the USA.

The Bolt has been on sale in California and Oregon since last year and should appear in the Northeast in a few months. We were lucky enough to get our hands on a well-optioned 2017 Bolt Premier, tipping the cost scales at $43,015 (Chevy is offering only two trim levels of the car, the LT being the base version). We'd driven pre-production versions of the vehicle, but this was our first crack at sampling its talents in the wilds of the New York-New Jersey area.

Here's how it went:

Photos by Hollis Johnson.

SEE ALSO: The Chevy Bolt still doesn't compare to Tesla's Model 3

The base Bolt is $37,495, which means that a $7,500 federal tax credit drops the price to just under $30,000. Our tester was the Premier trim, which starts at $40,905. Once some options were added, we were looking at about $43,000.

Our "Summit White" bow-tie badged Bolt arrived just ahead of a blizzard in the New York area.

The Bolt was envisioned by the carmaker's Korean studio, a lab for the company's small-car platforms. Because it was engineered around its large, 60 kWh LG battery pack — which provides actual structural integrity to the car — the Bolt is distinctive within GM's global lineup. That said, it does have that compact-crossover-hatchback look.

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 Slack has emerged as the darling of enterprise chat. The competitive deck appears nearly stacked against the startup, and it seems that every other month a new product launches that’s billed in as the next “Slack Killer.” What Slack does isn’t actually all that original, yet it has been able to ride a wave of popularity, attracting users, capital and worthy challengers. Read More

RadioShack, which filed for bankruptcy for the second time last week, is closing 552 of its stores. 

The closures will affect 36% of the chain's stores.

A court filing listed the locations that are set to close. These stores have the "lowest sales velocity and highest rent," according to the court filing.

The company said it will "continue to evaluate" the fate of its remaining 1,000 stores.

The closures will occur in two waves, with 187 closing immediately and another 365 closing by the first week of April.

RadioShack did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

Below is a list of all 552 stores that will close:

 Alabama:

• 8640 Madison Blvd, Madison
• Shoppes at Rangeline, 4419 Rangeline Rd, Mobile

Arizona:

• 7932 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson
• El Con Shopping Center, 3421 E Broadway Blvd
• Saguaro Shopping Center, 1458 E Main St, Mesa
• Lowe’s Pad, 1840 W Valencia, Tucson
• Indian Village Shopping Center, 4015 N 16th St, Phoenix
• Catalina Plaza, 4020 N Oracle Rd, Tucson
• Sigal Butte Marketplace, 10735 E Apache, Apache Junction
• Desert Palm Power Center, 3833 E Thomas Rd, Phoenix
• Fry’s Kino Gateway Shopping Center, 2071 E Irvington Rd, Tucson

California:

• 2110 Newbury Rd, Newbury Park
• Lyons Station 23412 Lyons Ave, Newhall
• 23365 Mulholland Dr, Woodland Hills
• 609 State St, Santa Barbara
• 5041 Gosford Rd, Bakersfield
• 2071 W Shaw Ave, Fresno
• 300 Pine St, San Francisco
• 2655 Somerville Rd, Antioch
• Fremont Hub S/C 39106 Fremont Hub, Fremont
• The Clock Tower 3573 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
• 1155 Arnold Dr, Martinez
• 7110 Dublin Blvd, Dublin
• 2591 Main St, Oakley
• 4230 Park Blvd, Oakland
• 1340 4Th St, San Rafael
• Raley’S Towne Center 30 Raley Town Centre, Rohnert Park
• 2770 El Camino Real, Santa Clara
• 3145 Payne Avenue 3145 Payne Avenue, San Jose
• 767 Ikea Ct, West Sacramento
• 865 S Main, Red Bluff
• Hawthorne Plaza, Hawthorne
• 1124 Main St, Delano
• 10927 Atlantic Ave, Lynwood
• 5804 N Figueroa, LA
• 1817 Cesar Chavez Ave, LA
• Spring Valley Shopping Center, 513 Sweetwater Rd, Spring Valley
• Hardman Shopping Center, 5146 Arlington Ave, Riverside
• San Pedro Plaza, 517 S Gaffey, San Pedro
• Martin Luther King JR Shopping Center, 1601 E 103rd St, LA
• 1001 N. State College Blvd, Anaheim
• 13132 Palm Drive, Desert Hot Springs
• Mission Village, 32161 Camino Capistrano
• Fashion Fair Shopping Center, 15100 Hesperian Blvd, San Leandro
• 3325 #10 Sonoma Blvd, Vallejo
• 4846 E Kings Canyon #101, Fresno
• 20566 Redwood Rd, Castro Valley
• Main & Ohlone, 1419 Main St Box 5, Watsonville
• 1353 Washington Ave, San Leandro
• 673 Trancas, Napa
• 2200 Macarthur Blvd #2200, Oakland
• 10125 N Sepulveda Blvd, Mission Hills
• Island Plaza, 2608 S Saviers Rd, Oxnard
• Western Square, 1714 S Western Ave, LA
• Mission Plaza Shopping Center, 1512 N H St Ste E, Lompoc
• Niles Center, 6007 Niles St, Bakersfield
• Five Points Plaza, 11970 Garvey Ave, El Monte
• Covina Bowls Shopping Center, 1065 W Badillo, Covina
• Barstow Shopping Center, 1350 E Main St, Barstow
• Sylmar Plaza, 13209 Gladstone, Sylmar
• Pic n Save, 14712 La Paz, Victorville
• Ramona Plaza, 1458 E Florida Ave, Hemet
• 11719 Rosecrans Ave, Norwalk
• 825 N Lake Ave, Pasadena
• Hemet Valley Mall, 2200 W Florida Ave, Hemet
• Placentia Village Shopping Center, 1478 N Kraemer Blvd, Placentia
• Lake Elsinore Square, 18284 Collier Ave, Lake Elsinore
• Washington Plaza, 482 E Washington Blvd, LA
• Magnolia Vineland Shopping Center, 5160 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood
• 2073 S Garey Ave, Pomona
• Oak Hils Shopping Center, 644 Bailey Rd, Bay Point
• 43 E 4th Ave, San Mateo
• 4901 Santa Clara St #5, Hayward
• Manchester Center, 3402 N Blackstone, Fresno
• Stony Point Plaza, 740 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa
• Manteca Shopping Center, 1281 W Yosemite, Manteca
• Lake Crest Village, 1012 Florin Rd, Sacramento
• 17171 Foothill Blvd, Fontana
• Ontario Village, 624 W Holt Blvd, Ontario
• San Fernando Value Square, 12980 Foothill Blvd, Sylmar
• Wilshire & Mariposa, 3422 Wilshire Blvd, LA
• Freedom Centre, 1990 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville
• Gilroy Village Shopping Center, 280 E 10th St, Gilroy
• Deer Valley Plaza, 4498 Lone Tree Way, Antioch
• City Heights Village, 4371 University Ave, San Diego
• 50223 Harrison St, Coachella,

Colorado:

• 1275 E 1St Ave, Broomfield
• Quebec Square 7305 E 35Th Ave #150, Denver
• 715 S Colorado Blvd, Denver
• Thornton Shopping Center, 3843 E 120th St, Thornton
• 5305 E Colfax Ave #A, Denver
• One Fountain Plaza, 6720 Camden Blvd
• 1977 S federal Blvd, Denver
• Ralston Plaza, 12385 W 64th St, Arvada
• Albertsons Pad, 4090 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs
• Market Sq, 12041 W Alameda Pkwy, Lakewood
• University Square, 2660 11th Ave, Greeley

Connecticut:

• 254 S Frontage Rd, New London
• 850 N Colony Rd, Wallingford
• South Main St, 39 South Main St, West Hartford
• Newbrite Plaza, 196 E Main St, New Britain
• Copaco Shopping Center, 279 Cottage Grove Rd, Bloomfield
• Charter Oak Marketplace, 63 Overlook Terrace, Hartford
• Black Rock Turnpike, 2071 Black Rock Tpke, Fairfield
• North St Shopping Center, 1 Padanaram Rd, Danbury
• New Milford SC, 173 Danbury Rd, New Milford

Delaware:

• Peoples Plaza Shopping Center, 710 Peoples Plaza, Newark
• Governor’s Square Shopping Center, 803 Governor Place, Bear

District of Columbia:

• 120 G St NW, 615 12th St NW, Washington DC

Florida:

• 3655 University Blvd, Jacksonville
• 3491 Thomasville Rd, Tallahassee
• 3315 Sw Archer Road, Gainesville
• 2003 N Atlantic Ave, Cocoa Beach
• 12640 S Cleveland, Ft Myers
• 17315 Tamiami Trail, North Port
• 10941 Us Hwy 1, Port St Lucie
• 3262 Se Federal Hwy, Stuart
• Clearwater Plaza, 1291 S Missouri Ave, Clearwater
• Northgate Shopping Center, 9023 Florida Ave, Tampa
• Britton Plaza, 3850 S Dale Mabry, Tampa
• K-Mart Shopping Center, 4640 Forest Hill Blvd, W Palm Beach
• 19831 NW 2nd Ave, Miami Gardens
• West Colonial Square, 7222 W Colonial Drive, Orlando
• Sabal Palm Plaza, 2315 S Federal Hwy, Fort Pierce
• Southgate Plaza, 400 N Navy, Pensacola
• 2 NW 16th Ave, Gainesville
• 1455 E Semoran Blvd, Casselberry
• Trails Shopping Center, 222 North Nova Road, Ormond Beach
• Hunt Club Corners Shopping Center, 600 S Hunt Club Blvd, Apopka
• Roosevelt Mall, 4419 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville
• Townview Square Shopping Center, 7248 Gall Blvd, Zephyrhills
• Hollywood Festival Centre, 6609 Taft St, Hollywood
• 3747 E Tamiami Trail, Naples
• Oakwood Plaza, 1780 Stirling Rd, Dania Beach
• Universal Plaza, 5411 N University Drive, Lauderhill
• Miller Square Square Shopping Center, 13722 SW 56th St, Miami
• Marina Village Shopping Center, 4933 34th St S, St Petersburg
• Concourse Village, 75 E Indiantown Rd, Jupiter
• Centre at University, 8396 N Lockwood Ridge Rd, Sarasota
• Temple Terrace Shopping Center, 8759 N 56th St, Temple Terrace
• Palma Sola Square, 5777 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton
• Punta Gorda Crossing, 2310 S Tamiami Trl, Punta Gorda
• Palm Plaza, 715 N 14th St, Leesburg
• Promenades Mall, 3280 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte
• Golden Gate Shopping Center, 285 E Van Fleet Drive, Bartow
• Shopped of Auburndale, 2036 US Hwy, Auburndale
• 969 State Rd 434 West, Longwood
• Melbourne Shopping Center, 1421 S Babcock St, Melbourne
• Chiarelli Plaza, 1315 Homestead Rd, Lehigh Acres
• Bird 107 Plaza, 10613 Bird Road, Miami
• Sun Tan Shopping Center, 945 E 8th Ave, Hialeah
• Miami Gardens Shopping Center, 5920 NW 183rd St, Miami
• Mark's Square, 4610 Mobile Hwy #B, Pensacola
• Gardens Towne Square, 4246 Northlake Blvd, Palm Beach Garden
• Santa Barbara Centre, 106 Hancock Brdg Pkwy W, Cape Coral
• Coral Way Shopping Center, 2520 SW 22nd St, Miami
• Palm Aire Market Place, 167 S Pompano Pkwy
• Goolsby Pointe Shopping Center, 11685 Boyette Rd, Riverview

Georgia:

• 1930 Cobb Pkwy Nw, Kennesaw
• 3830 Washington Rd, Martinez
• Chamblee Village 1891, Chamblee Tucker Rd, Chamblee
• 65 Lawrenceville Suwanee, Lawrenceville
• Marketplace Shopping Center, 6135 Peachtree Pkwy, Norcross

Hawaii:

• Haleiwa Shopping Plaza 66-145 Kamehameha Hwy, Haleiwa
• Kona Coast Shopping Center, 74-5586 Palani Rd, Kailua-Kona
• Kamehameha Shopping Center, 1620 N School St, Honolulu
• Wahiawa Shopping Center, 823 California Ave, Wahiawa
• 808 Wainee St #102, Lahaina
• Kukui Grove Center, 3-2600 Kaumualii Hwy B-8, Lihue

Idaho:

• Magic Valley Mall 1485 Poleline Rd, Twin Falls
• Gateway Shopping Center 2735 Broadway Avenue, Boise
• Coeur D’Alene Mall Shopping Center, 131 E Best Ave, Coeur D Alene,
• Century Square, 2922 E Cleveland Blvd, Caldwell

Illinois:

• 19 Crystal Lake Plaza, Crystal Lake
• 1191 S Elmhurst Rd, Des Plaines
• 843 E Rollins Rd, Round Lake Beach
• 2565 Sycamore Rd, Dekalb
• Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg
• 21182S La Grange Rd, Frankfort
• 535 S La Grange Rd, La Grange
• Willowbrook Plaza 6944 Kingery Hwy, Willowbrook
• Rock River Plaza 3925 41St Ave Dr, Moline
• Fairview Park Plaza, 1055 W Broadway, Centralia
• Gladstone Corners, 5316 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
• Ashland Plaza, 3150 S Ashland Ave, Chicago
• 5791 Belleville Crossing, Belleville
• Aurora Commons, 1272 N Lake St, Aurora

Indiana:

• 1642 Us Hwy 41, Schererville
• 1240 E Tipton St, Seymour
• 3245 W 3Rd St, Bloomington
• East Washington Plaza, 8311 E Washington St, Indianapolis
• Target South Center, 3638 South East St, Indianapolis
• Speedway Supercenter, 5828 Crawfordsville Rd, Indianapolis
• Chauncey Hill Mill, 135 S Chauncey Ave Ste F1 W Lafayette
• Marwood Plaza Shopping Center, 3349 Kentucky Ave, Indianapolis
• Auburn Plaza, 1025 W 7th St, Auburn
• 2488 E Wabash St, Frankfort
• Plymouth Plaza, 2013 N Michigan St, Plymouth

Iowa:

• Auto Zone Shopping Center, 415 Cleveland St, Muscatine
• Euclid Avenue, 2545 E Euclid Ave, Des Moines
• Uptown Shopping Center, 4131 University Ave, Des Moines
• Sycamore Mall,1653 Sycamore St, Iowa City

Kansas:

• 711 W 23Rd, Lawrence
• 1530 S W Wanamaker Rd, Topeka
• 2710 W Central, Ed Dorado
• Central Mall 2259 South 9Th St, Salina
• Wyandotte Plaza, 7706 State Ave, Kansas City
• 5390 Johnson Drive, Mission

Kentucky:

• 210 Brenwood Drive, Berea
• Shoppes Of Murray 600 12th Ave
• North Park Shopping Center, 524 W New Circle Rd, Lexington
• Eastland Shopping Center, 1301 Winchester Rd, Lexington
• Preston Highway, 796 Eastern Parkway, Louisville

Louisiana:

• 1201 Hwy 90E, Morgan City
• 1215 Nw Evangeline Thrwy, Lafayette
• 200 Production Dr, Lafayette
• Jennings Plaza 307 E Interstate Dr, Jennings
• 250 Cities Service Hwy, Sulphur
• 1595 Gause Blvd, Slidell
• Kenner Center, 303 W Esplanade, Kenner
• Carrollton Plaza Shopping Center, 3600 S Carrollton Space, New Orleans
• Gonzales Plaza, 216 N Airline Hwy, Gonzales
• 717-719 Canal St, New Orleans
• Zachary Village, 5875 Main St, Zachary
• Park Four Plaza, 8309 W Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette

Maryland:

• Hampshire-Langley Shopping Center, 1141 University Blvd, Takoma Park
• Severna Park Mall Shopping Center, 559 Ritchie Hwy, Severna Park
• Rivertowne Commons, 6183 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill

Massachusetts:

• 314 Pond St, Ashland
• 1334 Beacon St, Brookline
• 723 Belmont St, Brockton
• 344A Cambridge St, Woburn
• Westgate Plaza 261 E Main St, Westfield
• The Center At Lenox 489 Pittsfield Lenox Rd, Lenox,
• Mall at Walpole, 110 Providence, E Walpole
• Patriot Square, South Dennis
• River City Zayre Plaza, 110 River St, Waltham
• 270 New State Hwy,  Raynham
• Liberty Plaza, 192 Border St, E Boston
• Fresh Pond Shopping Center, 178 Ale Wife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge
• Northgate Shopping Center, 339 Squire Road, Revere
• Brockton East Shopping Center, 740 Crescent St, Brockton
• Mattapan Square, 1615 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan
• Mystic Mall, 164 Everett Ave, Chelsea
• Boston St Plaza, 94 Boston St, Lynn
• Blockbuster Pad, 155 Centre St, Malden
• Dorchester Avenue, 1524 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester
• Central Plaza, 96 Church St, Lowell, 01852
• Century Shopping Center, 233 Memorial Ave, W Springfield
• Massachusetts: Springfield Plaza, 1375 Liberty St, Springfield
• Pittsfield Plaza, 686 Merrill Rd, Pittsfield
• Chicopee Marketplace, 601 Memorial Dr, Chicopee
• Webster Square Shopping Center, 68 Stafford St, Worcester

Maryland:

• 1554 Annapolis Road, Odenton

Maine:

• 420 Alfred St, Biddeford
• 51 Us Rt 1, Falmouth
• 20 East Ave, Lewiston
• 1016 Main St, Sanford

Michigan:

• 205 N Maple, Ann Arbor
• Drayton Shopping Center 5040 Dixie Hwy, Waterford
• Waterford Plaza 5148 Highland Rd, Waterford
• Gull Road Mall 5460 Gull Rd, Kalamazoo
• North Point Plaza, 4073 N Euclid Ave, Bay City
• 420 Baldwin St, Jenison

Minnesota:

• Elk Park Center 19178 Freeport St, Elk River
• Richfield Shoppes 6535 Nicollet Ave, Richfield
• Hibbing Marketplace 141 9Th Ave W, Hibbing
• Thunderbird Mall S.C.1401 12Th Ave S, Virginia
• Crystal Shopping, 109 Willow Bend, Crystal
• Highland Plaza, 3009 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis
• Minnehaha Mall, 2868 S 26th Ave, Minneapolis

Mississippi:

• South Lake Center, 35 Goodman Rd, Southaven
• Indian River Plaza Shopping Center, 3661A Sangani Blvd, Diberville
• 115 Northwest Plaza, Senatobia

Missouri:

• 1405 N Westwood, Poplar Bluff
• 105 S E State Rte 291, Lees Summit
• 6236 N Chatham Avenue, Kansas City
• 2013 W Worley, Columbia
• Plaza Shopping Center, 1824 S Glenstone, Springfield
• Florissant Marketplace 8218 N Lindbergh Blvd, Florissant
• Kimberly Building, 2518 S Brentwood Blvd, Brentwood
• 8312 E 171 St, Belton
• Chouteau Crossings, 4365 NE Chouteau, Kansas City

Nebraska:

• Lincoln Crossing 5130 N 27Th St, Lincoln
• 3002 Dodge St, Omaha
• Van Dorn Plaza, 4848 Van Dorn St, Lincoln
• Eastgate Plaza, 2700 E 23rd St, Fremont,

Nevada:

• Rainbow Springs Shopping Center, 3531 S Rainbow Blvd, Las Vegas
• Bonanza Square, 2342 E Bonanza Rd, Las Vegas
• Warm Springs Marketplace, 7291 S Eastern Ave, Las Vegas
• Keystone Square, 495 Keystone Ave Ste A, Reno
• Silver State Plaza, 578 N Mccarran Blvd, Sparks
• Shoppers Square, 299 E Plumb Ln, Reno

New Hampshire:

• 586 Nashua St, Milford
• Hatch Plaza 389 Tenney mountain Hwy, Plymouth
• Nashua Mall, 42 Gusabel Ave, Nashua

New Jersey:

• 147 Haddon Ave, Westmont
• Harrison Plaza 416 Bergen St, Harrison
• Blueberry Crossing 240 S White Horse Pike, Hammonton
• Medford Shopping Center 176 Route 70, Medford
• 486 Brick Blvd, Bricktown
• Whitehouse Mall 531 Route 22 East, Whitehouse Station
• Roselle Plaza Shopping Center, 711 E 1st Avenue, Roselle
• Collegetown Shopping Center, 775 N Delsea Dr, Glassboro
• Roebling Market, 635 S Clinton Ave, Trenton
• West Grove Square, 67 S Main St, Neptune
• Rio Grande Plaza, 1500 Route 47 South, Rio Grande
• 489 Broadway, Bayonne
• Clifton Ave Shopping Center, 179 E Kennedy Blvd, Lakewood
• Ventnor Plaza Shopping Center, 5016 Wellington Ave, Ventnor City
• Old Bridge Shopping Center, 259 New Road, Somers Point
• Bloomfield Plaza, 135 Bloomfield Ave, Bloomfield
• Elmwood Park Shopping Center, 100 Broadway, Elmwood Park
• Edgewater Place, 517 River Road, Edgewater
• 22 Lexington Ave, Passaic
• Market St, 168 Market St, Paterson

New Mexico:

• Northplains Mall 2809 N Prince, Clovis
• 2010 E Main, Farmington
• 2360 Highway 180 East, Silver City

New York:

• Hampton Bays Town Ctr 26 E Montauk Hwy, Hampton Bays
• 68 Main St, Southampton
• Delaware Plaza 180 Delaware Ave, Delmar
• 22 Clifton Country Rd, Clifton Park
• Townsquare Shopping Ctr 329 Glenmont Rd, Glenmont
• 232 N Comrie Ave, Johnstown
• Price Chopper Plaza 131 Ballston Ave, Saratoga Springs
• Martin’S Plaza 3953 Vinyard Dr, Dunkirk
• 1029 Payne Avenue, North Tonawanda
• Niagara Consumer Sq 7312 Niagara Falls Blvd, Niagara Falls
• 1765 East Avenue, Rochester
• 714 Foote Ave, Jamestown
• Chautauqua Mall 318E Fairmont Ave, Lakewood
• Pyramid Mall Ithaca 40 Cather Wood Road, Ithaca
• Campbell Plaza, 125 Dolson Ave, Middletown
• Troy Plaza, 120 Hoosick St, Troy
• 44 Plaza, 51 Burnett Blvd, Poughkeepsie
• Gold Coast Shopping Center, 3554 Long Beach Rd, Oceanside
• Marketplace at Brentwood, 51 Wicks Road, Brentwood
• 173 Glen St, Glen Cove
• 1010 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
• 690 Sunrise Hwy, Merrick
• Baldwin Shopping Center, 1769 Grand Ave, North Baldwin
• Manhattan Mall, 901 Ave of the Americas, New York
• Baychester Shopping Center, 1213 E 23rd St, Bronx
• Plainview Shopping Center, 385 S Oyster Bay Road, Plainview
• Selden Plaza, 293 Middle Country Rd, Selden
• 1975 Wantagh Ave, Wantagh
• Garden City Park, 2413 Jericho Turnpike, Garden City Park
• 3491 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown
• 353 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley
• 2232 31st St, Astoria
• 965 Richmond Ave Ste G, Staten Island
• 254 7th Ave, Brooklyn
• Pathmark Mall, 1341 Forest Ave, Staten Island
• 925 Lexington Ave, New York
• Pathmark Plaza, 134-40 Springfield Blvd, Springfield Gdn
• 5119 5th Ave, Brooklyn
• Lake Success Center, 1530 Union Turnpike, New Hyde Park
• 144 East 98th St, Brooklyn
• Ridgemont Plaza, 2833 Ridge Rd West, Rochester
• East Ridge & Hudson Ave, 709 Ridge Rd E, Rochester
• Wegman’s Plaza, 1593 Military Rd, Niagara Falls
• Town Hall Plaza, 6050 South Park Av, Hamburg
• Pittsford Plaza, 3349 Monroe Ave, Rochester

North Carolina:

• Parkway Plaza 4215 University Dr, Durham
• 709 E Dixon Blvd, Shelby
• Garrett Crossing, 1338 Mebane Oaks Road, Mebane
• Meadow Green Shopping Center, 640 S Van Buren Rd, Eden
• Whitehall Commons, 8128 S Tryon St, Charlotte

Ohio:

• 175 Central Parkway, Heath
• 1361 Leesburg Ave, Washington Court House
• Solon Square 33417 Aurora Rd, Solon
• Tiffany Square Plaza 7131 Tiffany Blvd, Youngstown
• New Towne Mall 400 Mill Ave, New Philadelphia
• 6611 Glenway Ave, Cincinnati
• Snow View Plaza, 1765 Snow Rd, Parma
• Shore Center Shopping Center, 22318 Lake Shore Blvd, Euclid
• Southland Shopping Center, 6815 Pearl Rd Middleburg Hts
• Severance Town Center, 3578 Mayfield Rd, Cleveland Hts
• Kamm’s Plaza, 3756 Rocky River Rd, Cleveland
• Arlington Plaza, 1400 S Arlington St, Akron
• Town & Country Shopping Center, 3724 E Broad St, Columbus
• Kettering Town Center, 2132 E Dorothy Ln, Kettering
• West Highland Plaza, 3953 West Broad St, Columbus
• 3325-3337 Secor Rd, Toledo
• 1761 W Lane Ave, Upper Arlington
• Northern Lights Shopping Center, 3547 Cleveland Ave, Columbus
• Appleseed Shopping Center, 1406 A Lexington Ave, Mansfield
• Norwalk Korners, 201 Mila Rd, Norwalk
• Hyde Park Plaza, 3866 Paxton Rd, Cincinnati
• East Side Square, 140 S Tuttle Rd, Springfield
• Surrey Square Mall, 4462 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati
• Brentwood Plaza, 8541 Winton Rd, Cincinnati
• Potter Village Shopping Center, 1222 Oak Harbor Rd, Fremont
• North Towne Commons, 821 W Alexis Rd, Toledo
• North Plaza Shopping Center, 1222 30th St NW, Canton
• The Shops at Waggoner, 7940 E Broad St, Reynoldsburg
• Skyview Plaza, 15937 State Road, East Liverpool
• Liberty Plaza, 3551 Belmont Ave, Youngstown
• Fort Steuben Mall, 100 Mall Drive, Steubenville

Oklahoma:

• 8527 N Rockwell, Oklahoma City
• 71 1 N Perkins Rd, Stillwater
• 2730 S Harvard Ave, Tulsa
• Garnett Plaza, 11613 E 31st, Tulsa
• Penn Crossing, 2127 NW 23rd St, Oklahoma City
• 240 Penn Park, 1413 W 1240 Service Road, Oklahoma City
• Ashland Shopping Center, 1638 Ashland St, Ashland
• Melanie Square, 1734 SW Court Pl, Pendleton

Oregon:

• 11705 Sw Pacific Hwy, Tigard
• Northeast 6Th St 1606 Ne 6Th, Portland
• 2056 North Lombard, Portland
• McKenzie Crossing Shopping Center, 5713 Main St, Springfield
• 8428 E Burnside St, Portland
• 1485 NE Burnside, Gresham
• 1281 N Hwy 99W McMinnville
• 5th Ave 919 S W 5th Ave, Portland

Pennsylvania:

• 2000 Wharton 2000 Wharton St, Pittsburgh
• 3927 Washington Road, Mcmurray
• Cranberry Mall, Cranberry Township
• Hermitage Crossing 1037 N Hermitage Rd, Hermitage
• Warren Commons 2817 Market St, Warren
• Clearfield Mall 1800 Daisy St, Clearfield
• 2266 Wilkes Barre Twp Mkt, Wilkes Barre
• Wind Gap Plaza 812 Male Rd, Wind Gap
• Shops At Northampton 1040A Second St Pike, Richboro
• 1 East Trenton Ave, Morrisville
• Brentwood Shoppes 225 N Pottstown Pike, Exton
• Brentwood Towne Square, 362 Towne Square Way, Pittsburgh
• Penn Hills Shopping Center, 11630 Keleket Drive, Pittsburgh
• Banksville Plaza Shopping Center, 3139 Banksville Rd, Garden City Park
• Waterworks, 961 Freeport Rd, Pittsburgh
• 110 5th Ave, Pittsburgh
• 3606 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh

Puerto Rico:

• Plaza Fajardo, 150 Carr 940, Fajardo
• Dorado Shopping Center, local 25-C, Dorado
• Norte Shopping Center, Baldorioty de Castro, Santurce
• Jardines Y Guaynabo, Jard de Guaynabo S/C, Guaynabo
• Plaza Palma Real, 350 Carr #3 Ste 140, Humacao
• Plaza Juan Díaz, 101 Ave Victor Cruz, Juana Diaz
• San Lorenzo Shopping Center, 500 Carretera 183 Unit 25, San Lorenzo
• Plaza Prados del Sur, SR PR-153 , Santa Isabel
• Wester Plaza Center Two, 2765 Ave, Mayaguez

Rhode Island:

• 5949 Post Road, 5949 Post Road
• 266 Bellevue Ave, Newport
• Cranston Shopping Parkade, 232 Garfield Ave, Cranston
• Ocean State Plaza, 355 Reservoir Ave, Providence

South Carolina:

• 3024 Wade Hampton Blvd, Taylors
• Walmart Out Parcel, 607 St James Ave, Goose Creek
• Greenwood Commons, 504 Bypass, 72 NW, Greenwood
• Woodside Village, 4450 Hwy 17 S, Murrells Inlet

Tennessee:

• The Market Place 7074 Charlotte Pike, Nashville
• Broadway Shopping Center 2039 N Broadway St, Knoxville
• Brentwood East Shopping Center, 15543 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville
• Elysian Fields Shopping Center, 3983 Nolensville Rd, Nashville

Texas:

• 204 Central Expressway S, Allen
• Canyon Creek Plaza 206 W Campbell Rd, Richardson
• 445 E Fm 1382, Cedar Hill
• 311 Southwest Plaza, Arlington
• 5804 Kirby Dr, Houston
• 5858S Gessner Dr, Houston
• 3212 Hillcroft, Houston
• Bellaire Triangle 5419 Bellaire, Bellaire
• League City Marketplace 2920 Gulf Freeways, League City
• 902 Kitty Hawk, Universal City
• 1528 Wildcat Dr, Portland
• 1312 Airline Rd, Corpus Christi
• Portairs Shopping Center 4212 Ayers St, Corpus Christi
• 494 Highway 71 W, Bastrop
• 900 N Austin Ave Ste 504, Georgetown
• 120 E Oltorf St, Austin
• Capital Plaza 5501 Nih 35, Austin
• Tanglewood Villages .C. 2110 W Slaughter Ln, Austin
• 4301 W William Cannon Dr, Austin
• South Texas Plaza, 300 S Bibb St, Eagle Pass
• Deer Park Station, 9001 Spencer Hwy , Laporte
• Kingsville Plaza, 2730 S Brahma Blvd, Kingsville
• Village Square, 310 Valley Hi Drive #302, San Antonio
• Commons @ Presidio Square, 14418 Bellaire Blvd, Houston
• Green Acres Shopping Village, 1745 Troup Hwy, Tyler
• Pint Hollow Shopping Center, 5185 W 34th St, Houston
• Meadowpark Shopping Center, 2625 Loop 35, Alvin
• Bay Center, 3533 Palmer Highway, Texas City
• Gulfgate Court S/C, 6888 Gulf Freeway, Houston
• 2910 N First St, Abilene
• Midkiff & Illinois, 3300 W Illinois, Midland
• Lubbock Corners Shopping Center, 5707 4th St Suite 2, Lubbock
• Bassett Center, 6101 Gateway W Blvd, El Paso
• Desert Mountain Plaza, 4650 Transmountain Drive, El Paso
• 901 North Grandview, 901 N Grandview, Odessa
• 1804 East Amarillo Blvd, Amarillo
• 19th St, 2420 19th Space 1, Lubbock
• Cross Pointe Shopping Center, 1453 N Saginaw, Saginaw
• 3207 50th St, Lubbock
• Broadwalk Center, 2601 S IH 35 Bldg C, Round Rock
• Kyle Crossings, 5186 Kyle Ctr Dr Suite 9, Kyle
• 1443 Lee Trevino Drive, El Paso

US Virgin Islands:

• Buccaneer Mall, 9800 Buccaneer Mall #37, Charlotte, Amalie
• Tutu Park Mall, 4605 Tutu Park Mall, St Thomas
• Nisky Center, 8000 Nisky Shop #19, Charlotte, Amalie
• Sunny Isle Shopping Center, 4500 Sion Farm, Christiansted

Utah:

• 4576 South 4000 West, W Valley City
• Fred Meyer Center, 1828 W 900 S, West Jordan
• Gateway Crossing, 282 South West #8, West Bountiful
• 1466 N State St, Orem

Vermont:

• Highgate Shopping Center 317 Swanton Rd, St Albans

Virginia:

• 418 Garrisonville Road 418 Garrisonville Rd, Stafford
• Haygood Shopping Center 1037 Independence Blvd, Virginia Beach
• 167W Oceanview Ave, Norfolk
• 2301 Colley Ave, Norfolk
• 14331 Warwick Blvd, Newport News
• 2092 Nickerson Blvd, Hampton
• Birchwood Shopping Center, 3742 Virginia Beach
• Cheshire Plaza, 4135 Cheshire Station Pl, Woodbridge
• Midtown Shopping Center, 140 E Little Creek Rd, Norfolk

Washington:

• Orchards Green 11717 NE 76Th Way, Vancouver
• Pacific Village 1299 156Th Ave Ne, Bellevue
• Wenatchee Valley Mall 511 Valley Mall Parkway East, Wenatchee
• Burien Plaza Shopping Center, 126 SW 148th St, Burien
• 1523 3rd Ave, Seattle
• Rainier Valley Square, 3820 Rainier Ave S, Seattle
• Westwood Town Center, 2600 SW Barton St, Seattle
• Five Mile Shopping Center, 1910 W Francis Ave, Spokane
• East Towne Plaza, 4217 Wheaton Way, Bremerton
• Twin City Town Center, 1541 NW Louisiana Ave, Chehalis
• Spanaway Park Shopping Center, 14902 Pacific Ave S, Tacoma
• Mid Valley Mall, 1820 Yakima Valley Hwy Ste, Sunnyside

West Virginia:

• 266 Three Springs Dr, Weirton

Wisconsin:

• Greentree Centre 5131 Douglas Ave, Racine
• East Town Mall 2350 E Mason St, Green Bay
• Janesville Mall, 2500 Milton Ave, Janesville,
• Delavan Crossing, 1823A E Geneva St, Delavan 

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LG really wants you to buy a G6, so much so that it’s willing to throw in a complimentary Google Home. The company confirmed today that the phone will be available through T-Mobile starting on April 7th for $650. (This comes out to $26 down and $26 monthly payments over 24 months.) If you buy before April 30th, you’ll also get a free Google Home.

As a reminder, LG debuted the G6 at Mobile World Congress last month. It features a 5.7-inch display, dual cameras, and a rear fingerprint sensor. On the downside, it includes Qualcomm's Snapdragon 821 processor, as opposed to the new 835. But still, it’s a sleek-looking phone at the very least.

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President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget, which was announced March 16, would make the world "less prosperous and less safe" if approved, according to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

"We are deeply troubled that the budget proposal disproportionately affects the poorest people, abroad and at home," Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Foundation, said in a statement to the press.

Trump's budget heavily favors defense and aid for veteran affairs, and it slashes funding for a number of departments, including energy, transportation, education, agriculture, and the environment.

In the statement, Desmond-Hellmann pointed to the leaps public health organizations have made in reducing cases of infectious disease and lifting people out of poverty.

Over the last 25 years, vaccines and other interventions have prevented some 122 million child deaths.

"Foreign aid, and investments in research and development, have played a vital role in achieving this progress," she said. "Empowering people to lead healthy, productive lives creates more stable societies, which are critical to our national security."

When governments cut funding for departments that oversee public-good organizations, such as energy and the environment, underserved communities often bear the greatest burden. Basic necessities — like clean water for drinking and bathing — may never reach them.

"In the United States, we must continue to focus on expanding access to education and economic opportunity," Desmond-Hellmann said. "The proposed cuts will ultimately make America, and the world, less prosperous and less safe."

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Amazon on Thursday announced that it’s bringing its Alexa voice assistant to its main shopping app on iOS. The company says Alexa will hit the Amazon app starting today, with a full rollout expected to be completed by sometime next week.

The update will make Alexa available via the microphone icon within the Amazon app. Tap that, and the assistant will do many of the things it can do on an Amazon Echo speaker. You can ask it to search for things to buy and add to your shopping list, naturally, but the e-commerce giant also says it’ll be able to read Kindle books, stream music from Amazon’s own services, control select smart home products (but not smart door locks), check the news and weather, answer random questions, or use one of the many third-party “skills” that work with the assistant.

It’s worth noting that Amazon already makes a dedicated Alexa app for iOS — that doesn't let you use the assistant in full, but it is used to handle settings and download skills for iPhone-owning users of other Alexa devices. That app will continue to be used for any settings changes with the updated Amazon app. The company did not specify why it’s bringing the assistant to its main app instead of the Alexa app, but the former should introduce it to a much wider audience.

Notably, Amazon also did not mention if it would bring Alexa to the Android version of the Amazon app. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The update is just the latest in a string of moves Amazon has made to make Alexa more ubiquitous than its rival voice assistants. Though its Echo speakers are Alexa’s most popular conduit, the service is showing up in a growing number of third-party apps and smart devices. In January, Chinese phone maker Huawei announced that it plans to incorporate Alexa into its Mate 9 Android phone. The number of skills developed for Alexa has exploded in the past year, too, though past studies suggest most people tend to use the assistant for simpler tasks.

Nevertheless, all of this comes at a time where fellow tech giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft continue to develop and promote their own smart assistants. Though none of these helpers are at a point of being very good, they are thought to be the next major way people interact with their computing devices.

Amazon has to hope this move will make more people comfortable with using its horse in the race, but given that Apple’s Siri assistant is still baked into iOS as a whole, it’s unlikely to take up too much turf.

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Shareholders from CenturyLink Inc. and Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications approved the merger of the two telecoms on Thursday.

The combined company will be based in Monroe, La., which is CenturyLink’s headquarters. But the company will continue to have a presence in Colorado and the Denver area.

According to SEC filings, Level 3 stockholders will receive $26.50 per share in cash and 1.4286 shares of CenturyLink stock for each Level 3 share. Level 3 shareholders will own 49 percent of the company once the deal is completed, which isn’t expected until Sept. 30.

In a statement, CenturyLink CEO Glen F. Post said, “This expanded network should allow us to bring substantial operational and service benefits to our enterprise customers, as well as an enhanced customer experience.”

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The merger has already received state regulatory approvals in Ohio, Utah, Nevada, Georgia and West Virginia, and clearances in Connecticut, Indiana and Louisiana, said CenturyLink spokesman Mark Molzen. The companies still need the blessings from other state, federal and international agencies.

Level 3 moved to Colorado in the 1990s and built a massive internet fiber pipeline connecting cities, countries and continents. The companies announced in October that they would merge.

At the time, the combination meant CenturyLink would gain 200,000 miles of fiber-optic networks in the deal, while Level 3 would reduce operating losses by $10 billion.

CenturyLink, which acquired Denver’s Qwest Communications in 2011, has 4,600 employees in Colorado, Molzen said. It’s also a major provider of consumer internet services.

A design studio called Those is making a smart whiteboard that it calls “the first connected display that draws with a pen.” It’s named Joto, and it’s one part internet-enabled whiteboard, one part art display, and one part nostalgic throwback to a physical medium. It’s an eclectic mix of ideas, and it ends up resulting in a lot of wildly different imagined use cases for the device.

The wildest of Joto’s ambitions is as a notification board that integrates with a number of top services. While it’s not totally clear what Joto will be capable of, it’s easy to imagine seeing it draw tweets and Slack notifications as they come in, or display a physical version of your company’s Trello board in real time. The company also shows off using it...

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A passenger on a February 19th flight from Beijing, China to Melbourne, Australia was burned when her headphones caught fire. The incident was detailed in a report released today by the Australian government’s Transport Safety Bureau, which stated that the headphones’ batteries were the likely the cause of the fire. The passenger’s name, the name of the airline, and the brand of the headphones were not released.

The ATSB says that “a loud explosion” was heard about two hours into the flight. The injured passenger had been sleeping when the headphones exploded. “As I went to turn around I felt burning on my face,” she told the ATSB.

The passenger says she pulled the headphones down around her...

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Google is making a play to capture the family market. Today it announced its new Family Link app, which lets parents create a Google account for their kids. This account is completely controlled by parents, so that means they can manage the apps their kids use, monitor how long they’re staring at their device, and set a designated “bedtime” for the screen. They can remotely lock it, too.

To create this account, parents just have to get their kids a device that runs Android Nougat, download Family Link, and then create an account through the app. Family Link is now available through an early-access program. Yes, you’ll have to request an invite and your kids also have to be under 13 years old. It isn’t clear how freely Google is giving...

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Wind River, an IoT software division of Intel, wants to help industrial users bring their legacy machine-to-machine systems into the age of open source and cloud computing.

On Tuesday, it introduced software to virtualize industrial applications at the edge of the network, letting enterprises gradually migrate from older M2M technology to modern systems that give them more flexibility.

The platform, called Wind River Titanium Control, runs on commodity Xeon hardware and uses widely adopted cloud platforms such as OpenStack and KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine). The company has validated hardware systems from major manufacturers to run Titanium Control and pre-validated virtual network applications through its Titanium Cloud Ecosystem, begun in 2014. Titanium Control is targeted at industries like manufacturing, energy and health care.

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Google Chrome is notorious for how much battery it consumes — but Google says it's taking steps to fix that.

In an update to the web browser discussed in a blog post on Tuesday, Google says it will further "throttle" tabs you have open in the background that aren't being used — giving them less resources so they consume less power. (We saw the update on Engadget.)

Right now, Google software engineer Alexander Timin writes, these background tabs "consume a third of Chrome's power usage on desktop."

That's a lot of power that's potentially going to waste, given the common habit of opening dozens of tabs and forgetting about them.

The new throttling mechanism identifies tabs that are using too much processing power in the background, and limits how much they can have access to. The result is "25% fewer busy background tabs" — saving on processing power and energy consumption, which should prolong device battery life.

It also won't touch tabs that are maintaining a real-time connection or playing music. So if you've got the web version of Spotify playing, for example, the throttling won't cause problems for that.

The ultimate plan is apparently for "background tabs to be fully suspended" — causing huge savings in power.

Chrome's battery-guzzling is a constant pain point for users, and has been by competitors to attack the web browser. Microsoft, in a video advertising its rival browser Edge, put Chrome in a battery test against other web browsers, all running on identical laptops. Edge lasted seven hours and 22 minutes — versus just four hours 19 minutes for Chrome, three hours less.

This new version of Chrome (Chrome 57) is available to download or update to now.

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Microsoft Teams might be launching across the world today, but the app started off on a fruit farm in Hawaii and a hotel room in Las Vegas. These unconventional work locations formed the foundations for the Microsoft Teams chat app that thousands of businesses will start using this week. “We really wanted to experience being close together and get the team much more close-knit so that we could model how we really make Teams more close-knit in software,” explains Brian MacDonald, head of Microsoft Teams, in an interview with The Verge.

Brian MacDonald worked on the original version of Microsoft’s Outlook email app, and was tasked with creating a concept for the company’s new chat software. Microsoft had tried, years ago, to convince...

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It’s unlikely to put a dent or even a slight ding in the popularity of Venmo, but today Google is making it easier to send cash using its Gmail app for Android. You can already send people payments via Google Wallet through Gmail on the desktop. Now, that same feature is coming to the mobile app (but just Android, not iOS).

You tap the attach button like you normally would to send along a photo, video, or document, and now you’ll see an option to attach some money. Recipients don’t need a Gmail email address for it to work, and they can have money transferred directly to their bank account once it’s been received.

Sending payments through Gmail is completely free on both sides, which does offer this option one advantage over the fees...

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By Jon Arnold
Questioning the difference between disruption and innovation in video collaboration

By Zeus Kerravala
As compelling as this network option might be, some questions need further exploration.

Back at CES, Samsung showed off a concept for what it calls the Frame, a TV designed to seamlessly blend into a background and display artwork when not in use to further enhance your living room decor. Today, the company announced that it will actually be releasing the Frame this spring.

While it’s nice to know that the admittedly impressive Yves Béhar-designed screen will be making its way to market, Samsung is still being extremely coy about details. There’s no price, no specs, and no release information outside of that nebulous spring date. It’s unclear whether or not the Frame uses Samsung’s new QLED technology, what smart TV features it may have, or even if it’s a 4K set.

Still, it is rather nice-looking television. It employs...

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 After unveiling a limited preview of Teams in November last year, Microsoft is now rolling out its collaboration and communication platform, positioned as a rival to Slack, more widely: Teams is now available, and free, for all 85 million monthly active users of Office 365, Microsoft’s suite of cloud services and apps as a web app and native apps for Windows, iOS and Android. Read More