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Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app

2013-05-20 13:20:00

William Shakespeare is believed to have written 154 sonnets during his life. Carrying around the complete volume has never been physically burdensome since each poem is a mere 14 lines. But a new application for the Apple iPad and iPhone is seeking to...

In Rotation: Fleetwood Mac and Bauhaus

2013-05-18 10:00:00

Fleetwood Mac "Extended Play" (Fleetwood Mac) The four songs on the new Fleetwood Mac EP — which the legendary pop-rock outfit put up for sale on iTunes last month with little warning — arrive steeped in echoes of the past, in at least...

Demi Lovato gets another tattoo, says, 'Now I'm a warrior'

2013-05-16 11:55:00

Demi Lovato says she's a warrior, and she got herself a tattoo to prove it. The 20-year-old "Heart Attack" singer posted a pic Wednesday of her new ink, which emblazons the lyric "Now I'm a warrior" on her back left shoulder, referring to a song on...

Patricia Wells' 'Food Lover's Guide to Paris' is now an app: Search bistros, cheese shops, more

2013-05-15 13:50:00

Essential for anybody heading to Paris this summer: Patricia Wells' new app, "Food Lover's Guide to Paris." If the name rings a bell, it’s because the book of the same title, which first came out in 1984 and then was revised a couple of times over,...

Google Play marks subscription music service for internet giant

2013-05-16 04:00:00

Google Inc. upended the Internet with its search engine. It launched its own email service, made roads and highways easier to navigate, developed the world's most popular operating system for mobile devices and took a shot at Apple Inc.'s iTunes with...

In Brazil, Domino's makes rented DVDs smell like pizza

2013-05-18 09:17:00

Don't forget the napkins when you watch a DVD in Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Domino's has teamed up with 10 rental stores to use movie DVDs for an unusual marketing push. Users pop in a rented DVD like they would any other, and after...

The war for mobile messaging is on

2013-05-11 08:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — WhatsApp is one of Silicon Valley's most buzzed-about companies, yet it actively avoids the spotlight, operating out of a small office in Mountain View, Calif., with no sign on the building entrance or on the office door. Unlike...

Bieber vs. Beethoven; a new twist on battle rap

2013-05-13 07:00:00

Comedian Lloyd Ahlquist steps onto the stage, girded for battle. Wearing the uniform of a Soviet officer, with medals dripping from his chest, he channels dictator Joseph Stalin and prepares to deliver a rhyming smackdown on Russia's mad monk, Grigori...

All-star 'Gatsby' soundtrack reportedly set for big debut

2013-05-11 16:04:00

One detail I didn't have room to include in last weekend's Arts & Books feature on the soundtrack to "The Great Gatsby" was just how the film's director, Baz Luhrmann, recruited Jay-Z to help him assemble the music for the movie. In an interview...

Whisper shares information about your favorite subject: You

2013-05-05 10:30:00

Not many start-ups hit profitability from the get-go. The Los Angeles-based developer of the Whisper app might be the exception. The iOS app, developed by childhood friends and neighbors Michael Heyward and Brad Brooks, allows users to anonymously share...

Fox veteran Peter Levinsohn named Universal Studios president

2013-05-01 20:01:00

Longtime digital media veteran Peter Levinsohn will join Universal Pictures as president and chief distribution officer, overseeing worldwide home entertainment, new media and digital strategy and international and domestic television distribution....

Prospect Park revives soaps 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live'

2013-04-29 14:13:00

Nearly two years after being canceled by the ABC network, soap operas "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" have been brought back to life on the Web. The two daytime dramas made their online debut Monday on the video site Hulu and Apple's iTunes...

Demi Lovato says she's a warrior, and she got herself a tattoo to prove it. The 20-year-old "Heart Attack" singer posted a pic Wednesday of her new ink, which emblazons the lyric "Now I'm a warrior" on her back left shoulder, referring to a song on her newly released fourth album, "Demi.

2013-05-17 13:55:00

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2013-05-10 14:50:55

Kendrick Lamar at SunFest 2013. Rapper Kendrick Lamar's debut album "good kid m.A.A.d city" (released in 2012) is available on iTunes now.

2013-05-05 00:00:00