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News Summary: Pandora refreshes apps

News Summary: Pandora refreshes apps
By The Associated Press CHANGES: Internet radio company Pandora is adding more functionality to its mobile apps - showing lyrics and artist information and making it easier to share self-crafted stations with friends. Pandora is essentially bringing the features of its website to users of its

Pandora refreshes iPhone, Android apps

Pandora refreshes iPhone, Android apps
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Internet radio company Pandora is adding more functionality to its mobile apps - showing lyrics and artist information and making it easier to share self-crafted stations with friends - as companies intensify efforts to lure mobile advertising dollars. Pandora is essentially

An uneasy economy, and those living through it

An uneasy economy, and those living through it
By CALVIN WOODWARD and MITCH WEISSAssociated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Here was Chas Kaufmann's life before the Great Recession: $28,000 in restaurant tabs in a year, cruises, house parties with fireworks. His Mr. Gutter business was booming in the Pennsylvania Poconos. Now: "We mainly

An uneasy economy, and those living through it

An uneasy economy, and those living through it
By CALVIN WOODWARD and MITCH WEISSAssociated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Here was Chas Kaufmann's life before the Great Recession: $28,000 in restaurant tabs in a year, cruises, house parties with fireworks. His Mr. Gutter business was booming in the Pennsylvania Poconos. Now: "We mainly

An uneasy economy, and those living through it

An uneasy economy, and those living through it
By CALVIN WOODWARD and MITCH WEISSAssociated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Here was Chas Kaufmann's life before the Great Recession: $28,000 in restaurant tabs in a year, cruises, house parties with fireworks. His Mr. Gutter business was booming in the Pennsylvania Poconos. Now: "We mainly

Pandora shares fall on reported Apple music talks

Pandora shares fall on reported Apple music talks
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shares of Pandora Media Inc. snapped downward Thursday after a report said Apple Inc. and major music companies had intensified talks about starting a new music service early next year. THE SPARK: Bloomberg News reported that Apple and the record labels were in talks about

Ai Weiwei goes 'Gangnam Style' _ with handcuffs

Ai Weiwei goes 'Gangnam Style' _ with handcuffs
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is the latest to go "Gangnam Style" - but in a trademark act of irreverence, he's thrown in a pair of handcuffs and a poke at Chinese censors. In a video posted on Google Inc.'s YouTube, Ai sports a neon-pink T-shirt, black jacket and dark

A look at Netflix since much-hated price hike

A look at Netflix since much-hated price hike
By The Associated Press It's been more than a year since Netflix announced an unpopular price increase in the U.S. Since then, the company has revived its subscriber growth, but investors are troubled by how much it's spending to acquire Internet content and expand abroad. And Netflix

McGovern anti-war candidacy a US cultural landmark

McGovern anti-war candidacy a US cultural landmark
By HILLEL ITALIEAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Abbie Hoffman sobbed that fateful night at the Manhattan apartment of fellow activist Jerry Rubin. So did Rubin and Allen Ginsberg. John Lennon was drunk, and out of control, shouting "Up the Revolution!" in mock celebration of a dream defeated

McGovern candidacy a cultural landmark

McGovern candidacy a cultural landmark
By HILLEL ITALIEAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Abbie Hoffman sobbed that fateful night at the downtown Manhattan apartment of fellow activist Jerry Rubin. So did Rubin and Allen Ginsberg. John Lennon was drunk, and out of control, shouting "Up the Revolution!" in mock celebration of a dream