Apple Ad Campaign Highlights iPad Apps You've Never Heard Of
If you don't recognize some of the apps in Apple's latest iPad ad campaign, you're probably not alone. Earlier this month, Apple's ad agency TBWA\Media Arts Lab started placing outdoor ads around the...
View ArticleTaylor Swift Mocks Kanye West's 2009 VMAs Interruption
MTV's Video Music Awards telecast airs Sunday, but singer-songwriter Taylor Swift evidently can't stop thinking about 2009's VMAs shindig, when rapper Kanye West famously stole the microphone during...
View ArticleFacebook Levels Playing Field for Android, iOS Developers
Facebook announced an update on Tuesday to its software developer kit (SDK) for Android that lets app users share to Facebook without having to log in to the network. Developers can now add a line of...
View Article17.4% of Global Web Traffic Comes Through Mobile
People around the globe are accessing the web via their smartphones more often than ever. So far in 2013, 17.4% of web traffic has come through mobile, representing more than a 6% increase since 2012...
View ArticleDid 'Where's My Water 2' Just Leak on Twitter?
A Disney Mobile game developer just sneakily hinted at Where's My Water 2 on Twitter. Tim FitzRandolph posted a innocuous tweet on Tuesday, which featured a photo of a tray of cookies decorated with...
View ArticleCoke's All-Digital 'Ahh' Campaign Prompts 4 Million Visits
About six months ago, Coca-Cola embarked on its first all-digital campaign. How did it go? Coke appears happy with the results. Some 4 million consumers have visited the 40 websites affiliated with...
View ArticleElmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
Crime novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard passed away on Tuesday at age 87. During his 60-year career, Leonard wrote nearly 50 novels, 26 of which were adapted for television or movies. Films...
View ArticleInside the Spacesuit: 10 Rare Views of a NASA Icon
The spacesuit is the unsung hero of the space industry. It doesn't boast the massive thrust of a rocket, nor does it have the panache of a lunar lander. But the spacesuit is a marvel. It's a...
View ArticleVine Tops 40 Million Users
Instagram hasn't hurt Vine's user growth much, if the latest numbers from the 6-second video sharing app are any indication. Vine revealed in a tweet Tuesday that it now has more than 40 million...
View ArticleNickelodeon Star Comes Out on YouTube: 'I'm Gay'
The actor who plays Fred Figglehorn — who rose to fame as a boy on YouTube in 2008 before starring in a movie and Nickelodeon show — revealed his sexual orientation in a YouTube video on Tuesday. "I'm...
View Article'New York Times,' 'Daily Candy' Bring Film Festivals to the Web
Film festivals are going omnichannel: This week, both The New York Times and NBC's Daily Candy announced that they will be hosting events to premiere a string of films, which will also be available to...
View ArticleOn Syria, Obama says no rush toward costly interventions - Reuters
HaaretzOn Syria, Obama says no rush toward costly interventionsReutersBy Erika Solomon. BEIRUT | Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:35pm EDT. BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called the apparent gassing of...
View ArticlePNG fears over asylum flood - The Australian
Brisbane TimesPNG fears over asylum floodThe AustralianKEVIN Rudd's plan to house thousands of asylum-seekers in tents on Manus Island would be beyond the capacity of Papua New Guinea to deliver, with...
View ArticleAbbott set for triumph as Rudd's seat at risk - WA today
Brisbane TimesAbbott set for triumph as Rudd's seat at riskWA todayTony Abbott is on track to become the nation's 29th prime minister as support for Labor crumbles and the Opposition Leader draws...
View ArticleVintage Vince Young bids for Packers backup QB job (Yahoo! Sports)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Vintage Vince Young resurfaced for one entertaining series at Lambeau Field.
View ArticleAthletics edge Orioles 2-1 (Yahoo! Sports)
BALTIMORE (AP) -- After Jarrod Parker and Chris Tillman waged a magnificent pitching duel for eight innings, it became apparent that a tense matchup between the Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles...
View ArticleTwins' Mauer to remain on concussion list (Yahoo! Sports)
CLEVELAND (AP) -- All-Star catcher Joe Mauer is not going to be activated from the seven-day concussion list when the Minnesota Twins begin a homestand next week.
View ArticleKurt Busch on verge of improbable Chase berth (Yahoo! Sports)
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) -- The pre-Kurt Busch numbers at Furniture Row Racing weren't pretty: one win, three top-five finishes, eight top-10s and a measly 48 laps led in almost 200 races.
View ArticleKolb injured as Bills fall to Redskins 30-7 (Yahoo! Sports)
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) -- Kevin Kolb left the game with concussion-like symptoms, leaving the Buffalo Bills with an undrafted rookie as their only healthy quarterback.
View ArticleJeter expected back Monday (Yahoo! Sports)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is about ready to rejoin the team after being sidelined earlier this month by a strained right calf.
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