AT&T is ready to go Hollywood. The Dallas telecommunications giant unveiled on Tuesday three Web video services under its DirecTV brand. The services will launch in the fourth quarter, the company said, though it was mum on details like the price and what specific channels and content will be available. There’s DirecTV Now, a package …

iPhone 7 may be Apple’s first to rock out with stereo speakers. A batch of rumors unleashed by Japanese blog Mac Otakara on Monday night point to several new features and changes in the next iPhone, which is expected to launch in September. Beyond the addition of stereo speakers, Apple will reportedly kill off the 3.5mm audio jack. Previous rumors …

Back in my day, McDonald’s fast-food Happy Meals came with little plastic toys like chicken McNuggets dressed as cowboys or Garfield the cartoon cat on a skateboard. And we were grateful. Kids these days are about to get a whole new dimension of reality with their Happy Meals. McDonald’s Sweden is kicking off a campaign with Happy Meal boxes that …

Has a friend ever given you a negative opinion of a movie, only for you to see it yourself and find that, though your friend had some valid arguments, it really wasn’t all that bad? That’s been my experience with smartwatches; anticipating the worst, I found that they functioned a lot better than I expected. Let me start by saying …

There’s no doubt that Twitter has been revolutionary. But for the uninitiated, logging into the microblogging platform can be a bit like getting hit with a firehose of news, social commentary, hot takes and Friday Lizard memes. To help cut through the cacophony, Twitter launched Moments — curated feeds of tweets that bring together all the news and discussion around …

Just like the Oscars and the Super Bowl, the race to the White House is set to capture the attention of the world this year. And just as with those movie awards and the big game, for many of us it’s not really about watching career achievers fulfill a lifelong dream to rise to the top of their field. It’s …

It’s Super Tuesday, and that means the remaining US presidential candidates have to do whatever they can to ensure they have enough delegates to carry them to their respective political conventions. Sometimes, that push can involve dirty tricks, by candidates or their fervent supporters, that would make people with more scruples need to take a long, scalding shower. So far, …

If you’re among the few who actually don 3D glasses to watch movies at home, you’re not gonna like this. If you’re everyone else, you probably couldn’t care less. 3D, once hailed as a breakthrough new feature on TVs and propelled into mainstream consciousness by the blue aliens of “Avatar” and the efforts of ESPN and DirecTV, has been waning …

It might be time to start a Kickstarter for Kanye West. That’s the call from Deadmau5 (aka music producer and DJ Joel Thomas Zimmerman) after he spotted what looked like Kanye’s attempt to download music editing software from online file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. In typical rockstar fashion, Deadmau5 used some colourful words. Language warning: Cussing imminent. Kanye tweeted a …

Music-streaming services let you listen to nearly any song or album for a small monthly fee. By our count, there are at least 11 subscription music services available around the world: Spotify, Rdio, Apple Music, Rhapsody, Google Play Music, Tidal, Xbox Music, Deezer, Napster, Mog and Rara. But despite all the options, they’re all pretty similar — you typically pay …