Southwest Takes to Skies with Inflight Entertainment
Southwest Airlines may not have video screens built into the backs of its airplane seats, but that doesn't mean the carrier can't offer its passengers inflight entertainment -- and turn it into a new...
View ArticleReview: ‘Terms and Conditions May Apply’
A briskly cautionary and slickly packaged doc that could score some bookings in brick-and-mortar venues before wide dispersal on smallscreen platforms.
View ArticleApple Misses a Few Beats, Misreads Music Market
Isn’t it interesting that the Cupertino company is replicating the flaw of the major labels, holding onto a past paradigm, a veritable cash cow, until it is trumped by somebody living in the future.
View ArticleApple TV Adds HBO Go, WatchESPN
Apple has gotten its hands on cable TV networks in a fashion — announcing that HBO Go and WatchESPN are now available directly on Apple TV set-tops — but the services are available only to subscribers...
View ArticleHollywood Chamber Wins Suit Against German Store’s Use of Sign, Walk of Fame
A German court has ruled in favor of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in its legal effort against a Dorstein, Germany department store that featured an unauthorized ‘Hollywood’-themed shop and...
View ArticleApple iPhone 5s and 5c Debut Leads to Long Lines, At Least One Brawl
Wall Street wasn’t impressed when Apple announced two new iPhone models last week — but consumers have responded to the debut of its latest smartphones Friday with the usual gusto, and then some....
View ArticleApple TV Update Yanked After It Renders Some Set-Tops Useless
Apple has suspended the version 6.0 update for Apple TV, which adds features including the streaming-music iTunes Radio service, after users reported it disabled access to services or in some cases...
View ArticleApple Sells 9 Mil New iPhones Over Weekend, Stock Surges
Apple said it sold a record 9 million new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c smartphones in three days — and depleted its stock of the higher-end 5s models — with shares opening 6% higher Monday. The company also...
View ArticleApple TV 6.0 Upgrade Reissued After Glitch That ‘Bricked’ Set-Tops
Apple has re-released the 6.0 software update for Apple TV set-tops, which the company pulled over the weekend after the initial release disabled some devices. Apple last Friday released the update,...
View ArticleApple Offers Refunds to ‘Breaking Bad’ Season Pass Customers
Apple has extended an olive branch to angry “Breaking Bad” fans by offering up refunds to disgruntled customers who purchased the show’s final season on iTunes. The cost of the show and what...
View ArticleCan Capitalism Find High Times as California Embraces Pot?
It’s a spring afternoon on West Hollywood’s Santa Monica Boulevard and in-between a Russian grocery and a tattoo parlor, things are bustling at “Dr.” Dina Browner’s Alternative Herbal Health Services...
View ArticleDowntown L.A.’s First Talkie Theater Becomes a Spectacular Apple Store, and...
One of downtown Los Angeles’ landmark clock towers, the one atop the 1927 Tower Theatre, is no longer right just twice a day. More significantly, the landmark theater below it at 8th and Broadway is no...
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