Articles filed under Bloomberg
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'Straight Outta Compton' marketing brings film into mainstreamAug 15, 2015 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES -- Everybody can be straight outta somewhere, and that's fine with Universal Pictures. An online marketing campaign for the rap-music film “Straight Outta Co...
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What's behind political left's frustration with techAug 15, 2015 7:00 am - Is the political left turning against technology? One could be forgiven for thinking so. Left-leaning media regularly expresses frustration with the titans of Silicon V...
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Want a bike path? Crowdfund itAug 15, 2015 7:00 am - Your friends ask you to fund their marathon training, their home renovations, even their potato salad. Why not crowdfund something you'd actually use, like a bike path o...
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Millennials join confident consumers snapping up autos in U.S.Aug 09, 2015 7:40 am - SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Surprising U.S. sales gains from the Detroit Three and top Japanese automakers provide another sign that the American consumer is back and ready to s...
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A 'Star Trek' economy: Do we want an economic utopia?Aug 09, 2015 7:38 am - I grew up watching "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (easily the best of the Star Trek shows). There's one big, obvious thing missing from the future society depicted in ...
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Spider vans crawl U.S. roads to triage nation's potholed bywaysAug 09, 2015 7:37 am - PHOENIX, Ariz. -- The white Ford van rumbled down Devonshire Street, past the green-trunked palo verde trees and graveled lawns of central Phoenix. Lasers up front mappe...
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TomTom said to weigh options including sale amid Nokia dealAug 08, 2015 7:41 am - TomTom, the Dutch maker of navigation software and devices, is exploring options that could lead to a sale as mapping technology draws growing interest from potential bu...
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Why streaming services are so secretive about usersAug 08, 2015 7:33 am - Streaming is the future of entertainment. Everybody knows that, right? What we don't know is how many people are actually watching or listening to what on which streamin...
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Why Detroit should put hackers behind the wheelAug 08, 2015 7:32 am - While the self-driving car has been touted as the inevitable future of the automobile industry, the idea of giving up the wheel to a software program still makes plenty ...
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Why a Phoenix suburb turned the tables on NHL's CoyotesAug 02, 2015 7:34 am - Hockey was probably always going to be a long shot in the desert. But nobody expected what's playing out in sunny Glendale, which has done the unthinkable to the Arizona...