ASNE census finds 2,600 newsroom jobs were lost in 2012

The American Society of News Editors released its annual newsroom census today and found an unexpected acceleration of job losses. Roughly 2,600 full-time professional editorial jobs at newspapers dis...

Microsoft Sketches Out Holodeck-ish Tech in Patent App

Microsoft apparently is looking to make so-called virtual reality an actual reality with what it calls an “immersive display experience,” based on a patent application published last week....

Smoopa, The Price-Scanning App That Pays Shoppers To Find Bargains, Lands On iOS

Smoopa, a mobile commerce startup co-founded by a longtime ex-Googler, a defense scientist and a former Massachusetts state trooper (yes!), is landing on iOS today with a price-scanning app that pays ...

Music News That Should Have Happened In 2011

The collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica was easily the highest point in an otherwise terribly dull year for music news. Lulu, their album of plodding heavy rock and mumbled teenager poetry, w...

James Lawton: Vancouver’s quick descent from high ground

In the small hours of yesterday morning these 21st Winter Olympics bedevilled by fog on the mountains and what some are saying is a certain moral vacuum at their heart, held their breath for what seem...

10 Reasons You Need a Pet

As the new year unfolds, one of the best resolutions you can make—and keep—is to call your local animal shelter and make arrangements to see if there is a stray dog or cat that you can take into y...