Past Articles by Laura Sydell
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Pandora Buys A Radio Station, Songwriters' Group Calls It A 'Stunt' This week, the Internet radio broadcaster bought a radio station in Rapid City, S.D., in an effort to get the more favorable royalty rates given to terrestrial broadcasters. But the move has songwriters and composers up in arms. |
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Pandora Buys A Radio Station, Songwriters' Group Calls It 'A Stunt' This week, the Internet radio broadcaster bought a radio station in Rapid City, S.D., in an effort to get the more favorable royalty rates given to terrestrial broadcasters. But the move has songwriters and composers up in arms. |
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Pandora Buys A Radio Station, Songwriters' Group Calls It A 'Stunt' This week, the Internet radio broadcaster bought a radio station in Rapid City, S.D., in an effort to get the more favorable royalty rates given to terrestrial broadcasters. But the move has songwriters and composers up in arms. |
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Pandora Buys A Radio Station, Songwriters' Group Calls It A 'Stunt' This week, the Internet radio broadcaster bought a radio station in Rapid City, S.D., in an effort to get the more favorable royalty rates given to terrestrial broadcasters. But the move has songwriters and composers up in arms. |
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Pandora Buys A Radio Station, Songwriters' Group Calls It A 'Stunt' This week, the Internet radio broadcaster bought a radio station in Rapid City, S.D., in an effort to get the more favorable royalty rates given to terrestrial broadcasters. But the move has songwriters and composers up in arms. |
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Pandora Buys A Radio Station, Songwriters' Group Calls It A 'Stunt' This week, the Internet radio broadcaster bought a radio station in Rapid City, S.D., in an effort to get the more favorable royalty rates given to terrestrial broadcasters. But the move has songwriters and composers up in arms. |
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Pandora Buys A Radio Station, Songwriters' Group Calls It A 'Stunt' This week, the Internet radio broadcaster bought a radio station in Rapid City, S.D., in an effort to get the more favorable royalty rates given to terrestrial broadcasters. But the move has songwriters and composers up in arms. |
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Competitors Try To Chip Away At Pandora's Audience On Monday, Apple announced iRadio — its entry into the crowded field of music streaming services. iTunes has become the top music retailer by selling song files. But no one in the music business thinks the iTunes model is the future. Pandora is the oldest and most successful streaming service so far. But it's been a disappointment to investors. |
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Competitors Try To Chip Away At Pandora's Audience On Monday, Apple announced iRadio — its entry into the crowded field of music streaming services. iTunes has become the top music retailer by selling song files. But no one in the music business thinks the iTunes model is the future. Pandora is the oldest and most successful streaming service so far. But it's been a disappointment to investors. |
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Competitors Try To Chip Away At Pandora's Audience On Monday, Apple announced iRadio — its entry into the crowded field of music streaming services. iTunes has become the top music retailer by selling song files. But no one in the music business thinks the iTunes model is the future. Pandora is the oldest and most successful streaming service so far. But it's been a disappointment to investors. |
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Competitors Try To Chip Away At Pandora's Audience On Monday, Apple announced iRadio — its entry into the crowded field of music streaming services. iTunes has become the top music retailer by selling song files. But no one in the music business thinks the iTunes model is the future. Pandora is the oldest and most successful streaming service so far. But it's been a disappointment to investors. |
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Apple's Music Streaming Service Smaller Than Anticipated Apple announced its much-anticipated entry into the increasingly crowded field of music streaming services on Monday. But what was rumored to have been called "iRadio" is now "iTunes Radio" and the streaming service will be integrated with Apple's music app. It's less of a stand-alone music streaming service than people were expecting. |
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Apple's Music Streaming Service Smaller Than Anticipated Apple announced its much-anticipated entry into the increasingly crowded field of music streaming services on Monday. But what was rumored to have been called "iRadio" is now "iTunes Radio" and the streaming service will be integrated with Apple's music app. It's less of a stand-alone music streaming service than people were expecting. |
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Apple's Music Streaming Service Smaller Than Anticipated Apple announced its much-anticipated entry into the increasingly crowded field of music streaming services on Monday. But what was rumored to have been called "iRadio" is now "iTunes Radio" and the streaming service will be integrated with Apple's music app. It's less of a stand-alone music streaming service than people were expecting. |
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Apple's Music Streaming Service Smaller Than Anticipated Apple announced its much-anticipated entry into the increasingly crowded field of music streaming services on Monday. But what was rumored to have been called "iRadio" is now "iTunes Radio" and the streaming service will be integrated with Apple's music app. It's less of a stand-alone music streaming service than people were expecting. |
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Apple's Music Streaming Service Smaller Than Anticipated Apple announced its much-anticipated entry into the increasingly crowded field of music streaming services on Monday. But what was rumored to have been called "iRadio" is now "iTunes Radio" and the streaming service will be integrated with Apple's music app. It's less of a stand-alone music streaming service than people were expecting. |
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Apple's Music Streaming Service Smaller Than Anticipated Apple announced its much-anticipated entry into the increasingly crowded field of music streaming services on Monday. But what was rumored to have been called "iRadio" is now "iTunes Radio" and the streaming service will be integrated with Apple's music app. It's less of a stand-alone music streaming service than people were expecting. |
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Apple: Price-Fixing Charges 'Not True' Lawyers for Apple will be back in court again Tuesday defending the company against government charges that it conspired with publishers to fix e-book prices. All the major publishing houses settled months ago with the Justice Department. In opening statements, Apple's lawyer said the company won't settle because it did nothing wrong. |
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Microsoft Unveils Its New Xbox One Microsoft has designs on your living room. The software giant's new game console — Xbox One — uses speech-recognition technology and physical commands. Not just to control games, but also your TV, Skype and recorded video. Microsoft demonstrated the new device Tuesday. |
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With New Xbox, Microsoft Makes A Bigger Play For Living Room Microsoft has had few blockbuster successes in recent years. On Tuesday, when the tech giant is scheduled to introduce its new Xbox, it will be targeting more than just hard-core gamers. Analysts say Microsoft will also be aiming to make its console the center of entertainment in your living room. |
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With New Xbox, Microsoft Makes A Bigger Play For Living Room Microsoft has had few blockbuster successes in recent years. On Tuesday, when the tech giant is scheduled to introduce its new Xbox, it will be targeting more than just hard-core gamers. Analysts say Microsoft will also be aiming to make its console the center of entertainment in your living room. |
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Google Launches A Streaming Music Service On Wednesday the company launched All Access, a paid subscription service that will put it in direct competition with Spotify and Pandora. |
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Google Launches A Streaming Music Service On Wednesday the company launched All Access, a paid subscription service that will put it in direct competition with Spotify and Pandora. |
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Consumers Facing Subscription Service Overload Will Only Get More Choices Consumers already have an abundance of choice when it comes to entertainment and news subscriptions. But analysts say it's still early days for all the digital subscription offerings we'll have to pay for. |
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Consumers Facing Subscription Service Overload Will Only Get More Choices Consumers already have an abundance of choice when it comes to entertainment and news subscriptions. But analysts say it's still early days for all the digital subscription offerings we'll have to pay for. |
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Blazing The Trail For Female Programmers Only about 20 percent of all computer programmers are women, but one pioneering CEO is trying to change that. Blazing Cloud's Sarah Allen hopes that making women in the field more visible to each other will help young women see a path for themselves in this fast-growing profession. |
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Blazing The Trail For Female Programmers Only about 20 percent of all computer programmers are women, but one pioneering CEO is trying to change that. Blazing Cloud's Sarah Allen hopes that making women in the field more visible to each other will help young women see a path for themselves in this fast-growing profession. |
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'Bioshock Infinite': A First-Person Shooter, A Tragic Play   BioShock Infinite uses a mix of history and fantasy to create a world dominated by a racist fundamentalist Christian cult. The latest installment in the video game series drew praise from critics as proof that games could be more than just computer graphics. Can the genre really reach the heights of great art? |
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T-Mobile: Adds iPhone Ditches 2-Year Contracts T-Mobile announced Tuesday that it's eliminating its two-year contracts in an effort to make its plans more transparent. Subscribers can pay off their phones in two years, and the cost of their plans will go down. T-Mobile is currently the No. 4 carrier. |
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On Its 7th Birthday, Is Twitter Still The 'Free Speech Party'? The first tweet was posted seven years ago. Since then, the social media site has been used as a free speech platform to spread information, report on the Arab Spring and stay connected with millions worldwide. But critics say that as Twitter has grown, it has sometimes compromised its principles. |
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On Its 7th Birthday, Is Twitter Still The 'Free Speech Party'? The first tweet was posted seven years ago. Since then, the social media site has been used as a free speech platform to spread information, report on the Arab Spring and stay connected with millions worldwide. But critics say that as Twitter has grown, it has sometimes compromised its principles. |
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Controlling Your Computer With A Wave Of Your Hand The Leap Motion Controller senses and tracks hand motions to allow users to browse the Web, play games and open documents. It represents another step in a goal of computer scientists: to make interactions with machines feel natural and easy, and to take away the barriers between humans and computers. |
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Controlling Your Computer With A Wave Of Your Hand The Leap Motion Controller senses and tracks hand motions to allow users to browse the Web, play games and open documents. It represents another step in a goal of computer scientists: to make interactions with machines feel natural and easy, and to take away the barriers between humans and computers. |
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Why Unlocking A Cellphone Could Land User In Jail A ruling about copyright from the Library of Congress covers cell phones. The rules include whether you may buy your phone from one carrier and then use it with another. There is a movement to make it easier to unlock cell phones, so they are not tied to the carrier that you bought it from. |
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Unlocking Cell Phones Could Land Users In Jail A copyright ruling from the Library of Congress covers cell phones. The rules include whether you may buy your phone from one carrier and then use it with another. There is a movement to make it easier to unlock cell phones, so they are not tied to the carrier from which it was purchased. |
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Law Change Makes It Harder To Unlock Cellphones A copyright ruling from the Library of Congress covers whether people may buy a phone from one carrier and then use it with another. A recent change makes it illegal to unlock a phone, or untie it from the original carrier, without permission. But some people are petitioning the White House to undo that change. |
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Law Change Makes It Harder To Unlock Cellphones A copyright ruling from the Library of Congress covers whether people may buy a phone from one carrier and then use it with another. A recent change makes it illegal to unlock a phone, or untie it from the original carrier, without permission. But some people are petitioning the White House to undo that change. |
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Comcast To Complete NBCUniversal Buyout Early Comcast Corp. said Tuesday it will complete its buyout of NBCUniversal from GE for about $16.7 billion, ahead of schedule. Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, has owned 51 percent of NBCUniversal since their $28 billion merger in 2011. |
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Despite Brisk Sales, Apple Has Flat Sales Apple reported its sales rose 18 percent in the most recent quarter. But the gains failed to match expectations, adding to investor concern that the company may not be able to sustain its strong growth. |
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Amazon Starts Music Store For Apple Devices Last December, Amazon unveiled an instant-video app that lets users stream or download movies and TV sows from Amazon to Apple devices. The company says it was also getting calls from its customers asking to make it possible to buy music from Amazon's store onto Apple devices — now they can. |
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'It's About Time': Facebook Reveals New Search Feature The "graph search" feature, which will let users comb their friends' pages for everything from travel tips to restaurants they like, gives the company a path to grow its revenue but could also add to privacy concerns. Most analysts don't see the new feature as a direct threat to Google — for now. |
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'It's About Time': Facebook Reveals New Search Feature The "graph search" feature, which will let users comb their friends' pages for everything from travel tips to restaurants they like, gives the company a path to grow its revenue but could also add to privacy concerns. Most analysts don't see the new feature as a direct threat to Google — for now. |
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Why Is Google Exec Interested In North Korea? Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has landed in North Korea. His trip there is a bit of a mystery. North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un, recently set out a series of policy goals that included expanding science and technology as a way to improve the North Korean economy in 2013. |
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Why Is Google Exec Interested In North Korea? Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has landed in North Korea. His trip there is a bit of a mystery. North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un, recently set out a series of policy goals that included expanding science and technology as a way to improve the North Korean economy in 2013. |
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Why Is Google Exec Interested In North Korea? Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has landed in North Korea. His trip there is a bit of a mystery. North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un, recently set out a series of policy goals that included expanding science and technology as a way to improve the North Korean economy in 2013. |
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Music-Streaming Services Hunt For Paying Customers Services like Pandora and Spotify have been trying to win over two types of customers: younger people who don't buy music at all and older people who still like physical albums. But it's been difficult to lure customers willing to pay for music they won't own or that they can find for free online. |
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Music-Streaming Services Hunt For Paying Customers Services like Pandora and Spotify have been trying to win over two types of customers: younger people who don't buy music at all and older people who still like physical albums. But it's been difficult to lure customers willing to pay for music they won't own or that they can find for free online. |
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Online Videos: Not Just Made By Amateurs Anymore   This year has seen an explosion of professional online videos, eclipsing home videos of cats and babies. In 2012, 8 of the top 10 YouTube videos were professional — and Hulu, Netflix and multichannel networks like MiTu all produced exclusive new programming. |
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Don't Like The Government? Make Your Own, On International Waters A nonprofit called The Seasteading Institute is advancing a hugely ambitious scheme: constructing floating structures that will house hundreds of people in international waters, out of the jurisdiction of any nation. Now, the organization has attracted its first big name donor. |
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Yet Another Shift In Facebook Policies Raises Privacy Concerns Facebook has a long history of upsetting its users by suddenly announcing a change to its privacy settings. In 2009, as a way to quiet the critics, Facebook set up a system for its customers to vote on changes. If enough of them were unhappy, the company would back down. Now, Facebook wants to get rid of the voting. |
