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With Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) less than two weeks away, and with Hanukkah set to start even sooner, these next few weeks are primetime for the shopping world. As always, there are deals to be had, but if you’re not careful, you’ll wind up wasting money on sub-par products. Sure, that tablet is super cheap, Continue Reading →

Fox said Thursday that it will soon begin embedding clips from some of its popular TV shows in tweets. As part of Twitter’s Amplify program, which allows advertisers, broadcasters, and others to include video clips in tweets, Fox will be posting highlights from shows like Glee, The Mindy Project, So You Think You Can Dance, Continue Reading →

Comcast plans to start selling movies for download and streaming through the cable operator’s set-top boxes and its Xfinity TV website, according to people with knowledge of the plan. The effort, which would offer a new path for Hollywood studios to generate revenue from films after they leave theaters, could start by the end of Continue Reading →

It looks like gossip is traveling at Hyperloop speed over Snapchat’s hubris in turning down $3 billion in cash from Facebook. Om Malik just tweeted the latest: After Facebook, “Google offered $4B but @evanspiegel said no! Nice way to drive up valuation.” Valleywag heard the same. When it’s just paper billions, it’s fun to shout Continue Reading →

Candy Crush Saga, the game that has become synonymous with addictive freemium gameplay, has turned a year old. And in celebration of the milestone developer King announced some interesting internal numbers that show roughly how many people have become slaves to candy making, and what the impact has been like across Facebook and mobile. Here Continue Reading →

In-flight wireless data services are taking off in Europe. The European Commission has now approved two key pieces of legislation that could finally see passengers be able to use their phones and tablets — and laptops with cellular connectivity — while flying. The first allows devices to be operated beyond “flight mode” (except during take-off Continue Reading →

It’s been more than four months since Google launched its on-demand music streaming service, All Access, on the Web and as part of the native Google Play Music app for Android smartphones and tablets. Now, both Google Play Music and All Access are available for iOS devices too. The free version of the app allows Continue Reading →

iPad owners tired of waiting for Microsoft to launch a version of Office for the tablet now have yet another option. Released Thursday, HopTo is a free iPad app that lets you view, edit, and create Word documents and Excel spreadsheets, and view PowerPoint presentations. The ability to edit a PowerPoint file is slated for Continue Reading →

UPDATE: Sony has announced that it sold over 1 million PlayStation 4 consoles in the first 24 hours. Read more about that update here. The PS4 went on sale November 15 in North America for $399. That’s $100 less than the Xbox One, which includes the Kinect accessory. It hits stores in Europe on November 29 Continue Reading →

From trick-or-treating, to Thanksgiving feasts, to the sweet celebrations Christmas and Hanukkah, your kid will be exposed to a lot of unhealthy options this holiday season. Get ahead of it! November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Here are five mobile apps that empower young ones to understand the consequences of what foods they put into Continue Reading →