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For conventions, TV viewing down, social media up
When it comes to following political conventions, Twitter may soon trump television. TV viewership for last week's Republican National Convention ...
Celebs and pols: When the star alliance misfires
In the aftermath of Clint Eastwood's perplexing and ridiculed "invisible Obama" monologue at the Republican National Convention, conservative blogger ...
Celebs tweet about Eastwood at RNC
A sampling of celebrity tweets in response to Clint Eastwood's odd conversation with an invisible President Barack Obama in an empty chair before the ...
Trouble with the chair: Clint mocked for RNC bit
Clint Eastwood earned plenty of bad reviews for his latest performance: a bizarre, rambling endorsement of Mitt Romney. "Clint, my hero, is coming ...
Eastwood goes off-script in Romney endorsement
Clint Eastwood, the Hollywood filmmaker who knows all about sticking to the script, turned in a bizarre, unscripted endorsement of Republican Mitt ...
AP Exclusive: Shot teen's dad urges threat reports
The father of a 17-year-old disabled boy wounded in a cafeteria shooting on the first day of school near Baltimore said Thursday he wants parents to ...
Twitter unveils new targeting tool for advertisers
Twitter is offering a new way for advertisers to deliver their marketing pitches to the people who are most likely to buy their products and services.
Facebook co-founder sells 450,000 shares
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is shedding another 450,000 company shares for a take of about $8.7 million. Moskovitz has been selling 150,000 ...
Yelp shares surge as insiders hold on to stock
Yelp's early backers apparently still have a high opinion of the online business review service, much to Wall Street's relief, after insiders at ...
IBM buys Kenexa for $1.3B in latest software deal
IBM is buying human resources management company Kenexa Corp. for about $1.3 billion, adding to its stable of cloud-based software. The Monday ...
German group gives Facebook privacy deadline
A consumer protection group Germany has sent Facebook a 'cease and desist' letter that claims the social-networking website breaches German privacy ...
BoSox send Gonzalez, Beckett, Crawford to Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are stocking up for the stretch run with some new, expensive players who couldn't help the Boston Red Sox make it to the ...
Facebook co-founder Moskovitz sells 450K shares
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has shed 450,000 shares in the social network in recent days for about $8.7 million, according to a regulatory ...
Facebook updates iPhone app to speed it up
What's the worst insult you can throw at a fast-moving company like Facebook? Call its iPhone app slow and poky. On Thursday, Facebook Inc.
Everything changing for convention coverage
On the surface, television networks will cover the upcoming Republican and Democratic national conventions much like they have the past few election ...
Obama Facebook threat gets Fla. student probation
A South Florida man has been sentenced to three years' probation for posting threats against President Barack Obama on Facebook. U.S. District Judge ...
Friends tweet before dying in Md. train derailment
They were seemingly ordinary tweets from two friends hanging out on a railroad bridge in their hometown, enjoying one last summer night together ...
Thiel among early Facebook investors selling
Peter Thiel, one of Facebook's earliest investors and a member of its board, was among the insiders selling stock in the social network after a lockup ...
Hollywood reacts to the death of Phyllis Diller
Hollywood reacts to the passing of comic pioneer Phyllis Diller: — "I adored her. She was a wondrous spirit who was great to me." — Barbra Streisand.
Hollywood reacts to the death of Tony Scott
With a career that spanned three decades and included hits such as "Top Gun" and "True Romance," filmmaker Tony Scott touched many in the Hollywood ...
Pussy Riot-like justice around the world
The two-year prison sentence handed down to punk rock band Pussy Riot for a provocative protest inside a Moscow cathedral called attention to just how ...
Facebook stock rebounds after dropping below $19
Facebook's beleaguered stock got an afternoon boost after hitting its lowest level ever earlier in the day. Facebook Inc. hit a new low of $18.
Facebook falls to half of public offering price
Facebook's stock fell to $19 for the first time on Friday, losing half its market value since the company's initial public offering in May. The stock ...
2012 conventions embrace social media openness
Democrats and Republicans are using social media to turn their national conventions away from the smoke-filled rooms of yore and into meetings where ...
Going public: Key developments in Facebook's IPO
Facebook Inc. has had a rocky initial public offering of stock. There were trading glitches on its first day of trading and concerns since then about ...