Speed your home sale by shooting a YouTube video

05/02/13 By Lou Carlozo

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nicholas Kennedy was in a rush to sell his condo in Sherman Oaks, California. He and his wife have a 3-month-old girl, and the couple wanted to be close to their families in the Dallas, Texas area.

So they met with area real estate a... ...Read More »

Amazon gains against Apple's iTunes in music downloads

04/16/13 By Alistair Barr

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has grabbed more than a fifth of the market for digital music downloads, helped by the launch of its own tablet computers and aggressive pricing, according to an industry study released on Tuesday.

AmazonMP3, t... ...Read More »

Capitol wins digital records lawsuit vs ReDigi start-up

04/01/13 By Jonathan Stempel and Alistair Barr

(Reuters) - In a major lawsuit testing the legitimacy of music downloads, Capitol Records LLC has won a court ruling that the start-up ReDigi Inc has infringed its music copyrights.

U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhatta... ...Read More »

Capitol wins in digital records lawsuit against ReDigi start-up

04/01/13 By Jonathan Stempel and Alistair Barr

(Reuters) - In a major lawsuit testing the legitimacy of music downloads, Capitol Records LLC has won a court ruling that the start-up ReDigi Inc has infringed its music copyrights.

U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in Manhatta... ...Read More »

Google says to shut down YouTube in early April Fools' gag

03/31/13 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc, getting a headstart on the annual tradition of April Fools' pranks, released a YouTube clip on Sunday declaring that the world's most popular video website will shut down at the stroke of midnight.

The three-minute video intended as a gag - a m... ...Read More »

Amazon offers free digital versions of purchased CDs

01/10/13 By Alistair Barr

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc, taking aim at Apple's dominant iTunes store, on Thursday unveiled a service that it hopes will boost digital music sales and encourage more people to use its Cloud music service.

Amazon launched Amazon Aut... ...Read More »

Amazon steps up digital music competition with Apple

01/10/13 By Alistair Barr

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc unveiled a service that increases competition with Apple Inc's dominant iTunes store.

Amazon launched Amazon AutoRip, which gives customers free digital versions of music CDs they purchase from the world... ...Read More »

Military discipline for "soldiers" on Korea exam's front line

11/05/12 By Ju-min Park and Jane Chung

GWANGJU (Reuters) - Conversations between men and women are forbidden at the school on the outskirts of Seoul, where security cameras watch the students' every move. There is no access to television, the Internet, mobile phones or MP3 players.

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Analysis: E-readers grapple with a future on the shelf

10/28/12 By Jeremy Wagstaff

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader.

Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon... ...Read More »

Reaction to the death of Marvin Hamlisch

08/07/12 Reaction to the death of composer Marvin Hamlisch.

"When I think of him now, it was his brilliantly quick mind, his generosity, and delicious sense of humor that made him a delight to be around. Just last night, I was trying to reach him, to tell him how much I loved him, and that I wanted to use an old song of his, that I had just heard for the first time. He was a true mus..... ...Read More »

Apple to ditch iPhone YouTube app

08/07/12 Apple says the next version of its software for the iPhone and iPad won't come with a pre-installed YouTube application.

Users will be able to play YouTube videos in the Web browser, says Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller. Google Inc., which owns YouTube, is also working on a downloadable app, she says.

Muller says Apple Inc.'s license to include the..... ...Read More »