Coldplay is heating up. A week after Apple announced that the English band would headline the opening night of its upcoming iTunes Festival, Coldplay on Tuesday released a new song,…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the late actor and director Harold Ramis, a native of his hometown of Chicago, was one of America’s “greatest satirists.” In a statement, the…
After the coffee. Before applying for Piers Morgan’s CNN gig. The Skinny: I’m almost through “House of Cards,” and I think we may have to replace the phrase “jumped the…
The founders of DVR pioneer TiVo are shifting their focus from broadcast TV to broadband Internet as they introduce a new device designed to make it easier for people to…
Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was born 59 years ago today. His life was unusual from its very beginning. The child of a young unmarried couple, he was put up…
Netflix has reached a deal with Comcast to ensure that its TV shows and movies are streamed smoothly to households, the first deal the online video streaming service has reached…
The note that Jan Koum has taped to his desk in his Mountain View office says it all: “No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!” It’s from Brian Acton, Koum’s co-founder…
Facebook’s announcement it is paying $19 billion in cash and stock to acquire WhatsApp is a milestone in the short history of mobile messaging apps. Hundreds of millions of people…
Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have…
Apple today announced the first iTunes Festival to be held in the US, featuring an amazing lineup of global superstars, running from March 11-15. Taking place at ACL Live at…
Will Wall Street have a crush on King Digital Entertainment? The London-based maker of the highly addictive smartphone game Candy Crush has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
iBook charts for week ending Feb 17, 2014: Top Paid Books 1. L.A. by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan (Little, Brown and Company) 2. Divergent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen…
Local businesses will have a chance to develop an online presence with the help of Google and Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the…
You may be in the market for a big-screen TV, whether your first or an upgrade. The good news is that you can find jumbo-sized sets with compelling features at…
