Can’t get enough of “Game of Thrones,” even when you’re up to date on the mayhem in the latest episode? Fans of the popular fantasy TV show can now listen to the music that appears during Season 6 thanks to an exclusive music streaming arrangement with Pandora. The world’s largest music-streaming service will be the …
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Some Ticketmaster vouchers put on a vanishing act
Now playing: Watch this: How to find out if you’re getting a Ticketmaster voucher 1:18 Did Ticketmaster send you a voucher over the weekend for free event tickets? You better check to make sure you still have it. The vouchers, which are part of the settlement of a 13-year-old class-action lawsuit, began showing up in customers’ inboxes this past weekend. …
Read More »Google marks rare pairing of solstice, ‘strawberry moon’ with doodle
The summer solstice arrived Monday afternoon, officially heralding the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Because this year’s solstice also coincides with a rare astronomical occurrence that will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere sky, Google has created a special animated doodle to mark the occasion. The doodle, created by Doodler Nate Swinehart, follows a …
Read More »Snapchat readies ‘Real Life,’ an online tech magazine
Snapchat hasn’t given up on original content after all. The Venice, California-based company plans to launch a new online magazine called Real Life, which aims to break away from the norm by focusing on our lives with tech. “Real Life will publish essays, arguments, and narratives about living with technology,” Snapchat employee and social media critic Nathan Jurgenson explained in …
Read More »Salesforce also considered bidding for LinkedIn
Microsoft wasn’t the only company interested in buying LinkedIn; Salesforce also looked at making a bid for the professional-networking site, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Goldman Sachs Group advised Salesforce during the negotiation, sources described as familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Ultimately, whatever overture Salesforce made or was considering wasn’t enough to win the hearts at LinkedIn, which announced an agreement …
Read More »New version of Bluetooth promises more speed, greater range
Get ready for your Bluetooth connection to get a big boost. Bluetooth 5, the next iteration of the widely used wireless standard, will quadruple the range and double the speed of links among devices such as mobile phones, fitness trackers, stereo receivers and cars, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group said Thursday. The new standard will also feature increased broadcast messaging …
Read More »Orlando gunman posted threats to Facebook before massacre
The gunman behind the worst mass shooting in modern US history referenced the terrorist organization ISIS in a Facebook post moments before the massacre, a source close to the investigation told CBS News. “You kill innocent women and children by doing us airstrikes..now taste the Islamic state vengeance [sic],” Omar Mateen wrote, according to the source. “In the next few …
Read More »Wearables market expected to hit 213 million units shipped in 2020
Consumer interest in wearable technology shows no sign of waning any time soon. Global shipments of wearable devices is expected to reach 101.9 million units by the end of 2016, an increase of 29 percent over last year, according to a report released Wednesday by market researcher IDC. The market’s annual growth rate is expected to remain steady at about …
Read More »Remember Napster? It’s coming back! Well, sort of
Now playing: Watch this: Napster is coming back! 1:24 You probably remember using Napster to get a lot of music about 15 years ago before the file-swapping service was essentially sued out of existence. The once-high-flying brand is about to be resurrected. Not as the peer-to-peer platform many used to (illegally, it turned out) build music libraries, but rather as …
Read More »Trump revokes Washington Post’s press credentials
Donald Trump’s feud with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has apparently reached its boiling point. The presumptive Republican nominee for president said in a tweet Monday that his campaign has revoked the press credentials of The Washington Post due to what he called “incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting.” Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the …
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