WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has secured commitments from U.S. companies worth about $750 million to get more students connected to high-speed Internet. AT&T, Sprint, Apple and Microsoft are among…
Apple has always used third-party content delivery networks (CDNs) to deliver content to its customers, but it has long been speculated that the company wants their own CDN. These days…
A centralized resource that aims to match volunteers and organizations that need help has restarted in a virtual capacity, three years after a physical Volunteer Center shut its doors due…
On Super Bowl Sunday, February 2nd, for a period of just 24 hours, a new U2 song titled “Invisible” will be globally available via iTunes as a free download to…
Apple is pushing toward an expanded mobile payment system with which consumers can buy physical goods through their iTunes accounts. In its retail stores, the company has allowed shoppers to…
Humans spend a lot of time interacting with, well, nonhumans these days. Just how much time? About five hours a day, says a recent study by eMarketer. That’s 35 hours…
Changes to the Apple Store website appear to indicate that the Cupertino tech giant is now placing more importance on Apple TV, a product Chief Executive Tim Cook has referred…
Internet star Lil Terrio danced with cheerleaders, an Austrian man dressed as Mozart, another guy wore a Waldo costume and Nickelodeon’s Pick Boy was in the house. Welcome to Media…
Shares of Twitter have rocketed from their November 2013 IPO and enjoyed a breathless run for months. Shares of the online service for small messages were initially sold to investors…
LG Electronics Inc. is forecasting lower earnings from its mobile business this quarter and risks from swings in Latin American currencies after posting an unexpected loss in the final three…
VATICAN CITY – The Internet is a “gift from God” that facilitates communication, Pope Francis said in a statement released Thursday, but he warns that the obsessive desire to stay…
After a federal appeals court swept aside rules that required Internet service providers to share their networks equally with all users, I wondered whether Netflix might become the next Covad…
An international documentary in competition at the Sundance Film Festival can already be seen throughout the United States and Canada. Apple’s iTunes made “Sepideh: Reaching for the Stars” available for…
Yahoo edged out Google, Microsoft, and Facebook to top a list of the most-visited websites in the United States, web analytics firm ComScore says. The ComScore list of the top…
Netflix and other online subscription services have been logging gains even as people are canceling HBO, Showtime and other premium TV channels, according to a new report from researcher the…
