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Doug Gross

  • Digital Producer, CNN
New Mexico, Yardley
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Covers:  consumer finance, shopping, banking, credit cards, web culture, tech, web, geek, consumer technology
Doesn't Cover: stocks, stock market, earnings, Wall Street

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Doug Gross’s Biography

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News nerd at Nerdwallet.com. Formerly CNN.com tech/web/social media reporter. Geek. Rocker. Wearer of guyaberas.

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Ghoulish stabbing raises question: Who is Slenderman?

Ghoulish stabbing raises question: Who is Slenderman?

(CNN) -- He's the Internet's own monster, a ghoul who lurks in its darkest corners and, like the Web itself, …

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On Facebook, clicking 'like' can help scammers

On Facebook, clicking 'like' can help scammers

It's an image that tugs at the heartstrings. A smiling 7-year-old girl poses in her cheerleading uniform, cir…

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Have smartphones killed boredom (and is that good)?

Have smartphones killed boredom (and is that good)?

(CNN) -- Take a look around today at people in line at Starbucks, on the train platform or waiting for their …

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Police: Naked scammers seduce, blackmail men on Web

Police: Naked scammers seduce, blackmail men on Web

(CNN) -- Who would have thought that getting naked and naughty with a stranger online could have negative con…

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App stores: Gatekeepers, or censors of the mobile Web?

App stores: Gatekeepers, or censors of the mobile Web?

(CNN) -- It's been framed as a debate between Web freedom and the freedom from stumbling upon potentially off…

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Iceland wants to ban Internet porn

Iceland wants to ban Internet porn

(CNN) -- Iceland is working on banning Internet pornography, calling explicit online images a threat to child…

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Daughter downloads 10-billionth app, mom hangs up on Apple

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By Doug Gross
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS Woman whose daughter got App Store's 10-billionth app thought win was prank Apple announced download Saturday, awarded Gail Davis $10,000 in credit The milestone app was "Paper Glider," a paper-airplane simulator (CNN) -- Apple's countdown to 10 billion downloads in its App Store hit its long-awaited milestone this weekend.
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Apple buys 3D company that helped make Kinect

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By Doug Gross
| CNN Verified
Story highlights Apple buys 3-D motion-sensor company PrimeSense Purchase reportedly was for $360 million Analyst says technology could be for an Apple TV set or for gaming Apple won't say what its plans for PrimeSense are CNN — Apple has bought a 3-D-sensor company that helped build Microsoft’s motion-control system Kinect, stirring curiosity about what the tech giant might be up to behind closed doors in Cupertino.
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Tackling Threat of Mudslides in Rain Soaked California

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By Julie Watson, Doug Gross
| Insurance Journal Verified
Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California’s long coastline, causing hundreds of landslides this month. So far the debris has mostly blocked roads and highways and has not harmed communities as in 2018 when mudslides roared through Montecito, killing 23 people and wiping out 130 homes. But more rain is in the forecast, increasing the threat.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

General assignment reporter at The Coastal Courier, a three-times-a-week paper in Hinesville, Ga.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Jimmy Olsen.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Being a journalist means remembering you work for your reader, not your sources.