All Stories from July 26, 2013 (Change date)
-
Fred Armisen to direct Kings of Leon live streamJul 26, 2013 7:38 am - NEW YORK — Fred Armisen will direct a live stream of an upcoming Kings of Leon concert for the digital series “American Express Unstaged.” The Nashville, Tenn., band’s ...
-
HBO: Unimaginable that Gandolfini pilot will airJul 26, 2013 6:37 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — An HBO executive says it’s unimaginable that a drama pilot featuring one of James Gandolfini’s final performances will air. Gandolfini shot a pil...
-
It takes a ‘war room’ to launch Netflix’s seriesJul 26, 2013 6:36 am - LOS GATOS, Calif. — Netflix’s Internet video subscription service works around the clock, but it’s unusual for more than two dozen of the company’s engineers and top man...
-
Google discloses it paid $966 million for WazeJul 26, 2013 6:35 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Google says that it paid $966 million to buy online mapping service Waze, six weeks after closing the deal. The Internet search leader spelled out the pu...
-
N.J. shore town nixes Snooki tapingJul 26, 2013 6:34 am - BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A New Jersey town trying to rebuild from Superstorm Sandy is pulling the plug on taping of the MTV show “Snooki & JWoww.” Berkeley Township off...
-
Amazon reports surprise loss on warehouses, content spendingJul 26, 2013 6:34 am - Amazon.com Inc. reported a surprise net loss as the world’s largest online retailer continued to pump money into warehouses and digital content, fueling sales growth at ...
-
Citymaps aims to make maps socialJul 26, 2013 6:34 am - Maps are where it’s at. Just ask Google, which bought maps app Waze for nearly $1 billion, or Apple, which snapped up two small mapping startups earlier this month. Ent...
-
Zynga drops after abandoning u.S. Online-betting planJul 26, 2013 6:33 am - Zynga Inc., maker of the social- networking game “FarmVille,” plunged as much as 16 percent in extended trading after abandoning plans to enter the online- gambling busi...
-
Facebook shares soar 30 percent on big 2QJul 26, 2013 6:32 am - Facebook shares soared 30 percent Thursday after the social media giant pushed aggressively into mobile advertising and reported much-improved second-quarter revenue and...
-
Apple’s smartphone market share slipsJul 26, 2013 6:30 am - A new report shows that Apple’s share of the global smartphone market fell during the second quarter to its lowest level in four years. Apple had 13.1 percent of the wo...