Wednesday, May 11 2011
Tablets leave netbooks in the dust as even laptops lag
LOS ANGELES — There was a time when Steve Mehta was on his laptop nonstop. Nowadays, he hardly touches it. The 43-year-old attorney uses his…
Bruno Mars launches rhythm-based iPhone app
Fans of Bruno Mars can now play along with the Grammy award winner in a new rhythm-based iPhone and iPod game. “Bruno Mars Revenge,” released…
Chinese entrepreneurs see Apple’s App Store as entryway to global market
BEIJING — Lu Miao speaks very little English. He’s never traveled outside of Asia. He’s not a software engineer. But in a few short months,…
Is the bin Laden kill game cathartic, educational, or just ghoulish?
"We have something to add to the information that is out there," Halper says. "We are going to help people understand the tactical picture because of the tools we work with. That's something you can't do in most magazines that work in 2-D."
Monday, May 9 2011
Illinois teen is a YouTube lip-syncing sensation
CHICAGO — Nine months ago, Keenan Cahill was just another freshman at York High School in Elmhurst, Ill., doing his homework, holing up in his…
Wednesday, May 4 2011
Bin there, done that: Video games let you kill, abuse Osama
Sunday night a team of two dozen Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden. If all goes as planned, you will soon be able to reenact…
Tuesday, May 3 2011
Tweeting Osama: Twitter, Facebook have different roles when news develops
CHICAGO — In the middle of Sunday night’s online explosion of reactions to Osama bin Laden’s death, Lady Gaga tweeted, “Are monsters ready for me…
Monday, May 2 2011
HBO makes a play for mobile
LOS ANGELES — HBO is going mobile. The pay TV network on Monday will begin offering its subscribers access to watch HBO programming on Android…
Thursday, April 28 2011
Apple denies tracking iPhone, iPad users
LOS ANGELES — Breaking nearly a week of silence to respond to a mounting outcry, Apple Inc. denied that it was tracking iPhone and iPad…
Wednesday, April 27 2011
In L.A. Noire, you ask questions first, shoot later, the artful game is a risky move for Rockstar
LOS ANGELES — Aaron Staton is used to being in front of cameras. But it wasn’t until the actor best known as ad account executive…