“The Simpsons” couch gags often pay homage to other beloved TV series, whether it be “Futurama” or even “Breaking Bad.” To kick off Season 28 of “The Simpsons,” Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa and Maggie, and the rest of Springfield transform into fantastical characters that look like the Cartoon Network animated series, “Adventure Time.” Related stories …

As “dead” formats go, the CD is still very much alive — it sold 140.8 million units in 2014. That’s a lot more than the critics’ favorite format, the LP, which sold 9.2 million that year. True, CD numbers are headed down, and LPs are up year after year, but CD sales will continue to clobber LP’s numbers for the …

Unboxing Jays’ little u-Jays on-ear, my first impression was that these headphones look and feel are distinctly better than I’d expect for $120 (with free shipping on Amazon). I popped ’em on my head, they sounded really nice, so I kept listening. Checked the price again, yup, it’s $120. So I listened some more. Enlarge Image Jays u-Jays on-ear headphones …

Now playing: Watch this: Watch out, GoPro: Snapchat Spectacles could succeed where… 1:25 The camera built into Snapchat’s “Spectacles” lets you shoot video that shows the world from your point of view. Spectacles.com Like to view the world through Snapchat-colored glasses? You’ll soon be able to do that for real. The millennial-friendly messaging service plus social network plus video hub …

Facebook has been overestimating the average time it told advertisers that users were spending watching videos on its platform for two years, possibly affecting marketer spending on Facebook ads. The metric was artificially inflated because it only counted videos as viewed if they had been seen for three or more seconds, not taking into account shorter views, the company revealed …

Are you a proud owner the of the Apple Watch Series 2? Try this: With the screen off, turn the Digital Crown towards the top of the display. Neat, right? With the Series 2, Apple has added a feature called “Wake Screen on Crown Up.” As you just saw, you can turn the crown up to slowly wake the screen, …

Apple’s smartphone business may be big in Japan but antitrust regulators there are said to be considering taking action against the tech giant for possible violations. Japan’s Fair Trade Commission said last month that three wireless carriers that Apple works with wouldn’t sell surplus inventory of older iPhones to small retailers, which hurt those third parties’ ability to compete. On …

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iHeartMedia is the latest to enter the heated race for digital music subscribers. The company, the biggest radio company in the US, said Friday that its free iHeartRadio app will add two paid tiers in January. iHeartRadio currently offers live streams of the company’s traditional radio stations, “artist-based” stations similar to Pandora, and other audio entertainment like podcasts. But iHeartMedia …

Nine years ago, Lindsey Stirling — violinist, dancer, composer and singer — tried everything she could think of to get on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” After jumping through “all these loops and holes” on the internet, she managed to track down the email of one of the show’s producers. But how do you adequately describe a violin act playing your …