Apple hits activation snags with some new iPhones Inquirer | NEW YORK — Activation problems marred the US launch of Apple Inc.'s new iPhone on Friday, with many eager buyers leaving stores frustrated that they could not use the hotly anticipated gadget after waiting in line for hours. | AT&T Inc., the sole US carrier for the iPhone, blamed problems synchron...
Software problems bug Apple's launch of new iPhone Houston Chronicle TOOLS | NEW YORK - Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, but there were problems getting the phones to work. | Kenny Pichardo, 24, was the first to buy an iPhone 3G at an AT&T store in the New York borough of Queens, but he said it took the store half an hour to get ...
URBAN LIVING Going bicoastal: Adjusting to life in L.A., myths and all Globe and Mail | -- A few months back, Fortune Magazine asked me to move from New York to Los Angeles, and I readily said yes. On past trips, it always struck me how, from the canyons of Sixth Avenue, the Hollywood studios seemed like just one tentacle of the infor...
Screenwriter Irish Times | Race is still an issue in Hollywood, says Donald Clarke | IN THIS week's Meet Dave , Eddie Murphy plays the tiny captain of an alien vessel that has been constructed in his image. While big, animatronic Eddie prowls Manhattan, his minuscule lookali...
'Mad Men' deftly adds twists to TV cocktail Chicago Sun-Times | NEW YORK — Let’s twist again like we did last summer! | ‘‘Mad Men’’ fans remember how things were really hummin’ last summer, the first for that glorious drama series set in the Manhattan advertising world of 1960. There were lots of twists at the ...
Vogue Models a New Reality Series Wall Street Journal Television advertising is so last season. | In a new effort to attract a younger audience and capture marketing dollars that are increasingly going to the Web, Vogue magazine has teamed with the fashion and media divisions of IMG to produce an elabor...
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Google founder pays $5 million deposit on ticket to space Austin American Statesman | NEW YORK — Sergey Brin, who co-founded Google Inc. to organize all the information on Earth, has now turned his gaze to space. Brin slapped down a $5 million deposit so he ...
EBay scores victory in Internet trademark case Scientific American | EBay scores victory in Internet trademark case Visitors walk past the Tiffany & Co. store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, March 22, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser | By Martha Graybow and Alexandria Sage | NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay In...
EBay scores victory in Internet trademark case Reuters Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:12pm ET | | By Martha Graybow and Alexandria Sage | NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc scored a major legal victory on Monday when a federal judge absolved it of responsibility for policing fake Tiffany jewelry sold on its...
What a tease Toronto Sun Cushioned insoles? Check. Meeting schedule scrawled with barely legible notes? Check. Vast quantities of Red Bull? Check. Let the games begin. | Kicking off tomorrow in Los Angeles, the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit -- or simply E3 to its friends...
The chef with no taste The Guardian The entrance to Alinea, a restaurant in the Lincoln Park neighbourhood of Chicago, is unmarked. Visitors pass through grey metal doors, go down a narrowing corridor, and arrive at a set of doors that slide open automatically. The diner walks into Alinea just to the side of the kitchen, which lacks a big oven or hanging pots. Instead, there are glea...
The chef with no taste The Guardian The entrance to Alinea, a restaurant in the Lincoln Park neighbourhood of Chicago, is unmarked. Visitors pass through grey metal doors, go down a narrowing corridor, and arrive at a set of doors that slide open automatically. The diner walks into Alinea just to the side of the kitchen, which lacks a big oven or hanging pots. Instead, there are glea...
