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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Google gives Google+ a facelift, enhances photo features

    Google is taking significant steps to differentiate Google+ from Facebook by adding dozens of new features, redoing the social network's design and adding a handful of tools that will make it easier for users to upload photo albums.
    Google is taking significant steps to differentiate Google+ from Facebook by adding dozens of new features, redoing the social network's design and adding a handful of tools that will make it easier for users to upload photo albums. In total, Google+ is...

    Tags: Social Media, Arts and Culture, Staples Center, Verizon Communications, Culture

    2. May 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. The war for mobile messaging is on

    SAN FRANCISCO — WhatsApp is one of Silicon Valley's most buzzed-about companies, yet it actively avoids the spotlight, operating out of a small office in Mountain View, Calif., with no sign on the building entrance or on the office door.
    SAN FRANCISCO — WhatsApp is one of Silicon Valley's most buzzed-about companies, yet it actively avoids the spotlight, operating out of a small office in Mountain View, Calif., with no sign on the building entrance or on the office door. Unlike...

    Tags: Telecommunication Service, Computer Hardware, Apple Inc., North Carolina State University, Culture

    3. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Review: Darcy James Argue's Secret Society taps into Brooklyn

    What does Brooklyn sound like? While the fashionably clad, underemployed youth of Lena Dunham's "Girls" may spring to mind given the New York City borough's pop cultural footprint, bandleader Darcy James Argue paints a broader picture of a time and place than any TV series could hope.
    What does Brooklyn sound like? While the fashionably clad, underemployed youth of Lena Dunham's "Girls" may spring to mind given the New York City borough's pop cultural footprint, bandleader Darcy James Argue paints a broader picture of a time and...

    Tags: Prologue, Arts and Culture, Girls (tv program), Brooklyn (New York City), Music

    4. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. California state Senate OKs social network, drug bills

    SACRAMENTO — Social network sites such as Facebook would be required to remove personal information about minors when asked to do so by their parents under a measure approved by state senators Thursday.
    SACRAMENTO — Social network sites such as Facebook would be required to remove personal information about minors when asked to do so by their parents under a measure approved by state senators Thursday. Separately, the lawmakers voted to allow...

    Tags: Jim Nielsen, Lou Correa, Politics, Crimes, Joel Anderson

    5. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Give friends keys to your Facebook account with 'Trusted Contacts'

    Facebook is rolling out a new feature Thursday that lets users locked out of their accounts get back in with the help of their friends.
    Facebook is rolling out a new feature Thursday that lets users locked out of their accounts get back in with the help of their friends. The new feature, called "Trusted Contacts," lets a user pick up to five friends to receive security codes if the user...

    Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Social Media, Arts and Culture, Media Industry, Culture

    6. May 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. LinkedIn reaches 225 million users as it marks its 10th birthday

    While many people were celebrating Cinco de Mayo this weekend, LinkedIn was marking its 10th anniversary.
    While many people were celebrating Cinco de Mayo this weekend, LinkedIn was marking its 10th anniversary. The professionally-focused social network became a decade old Sunday. To commemorate the occasion, LinkedIn uploaded a neat visual time line...

    Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Arts and Culture, Social Media, Cinco de Mayo, Culture

    7. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. South African ruling party criticized over video of frail Mandela

    <span class="runtimeTopic">JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- </span>South Africa&rsquo;s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as people snapped flash photos of him when President Jacob Zuma and other ANC luminaries visited him at his house.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as...

    Tags: Nelson Mandela, Politics, Tuberculosis, Prisons, European Union

    8. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Republican effort to rebrand the party takes a hit

    WASHINGTON &mdash; As the new Congress began this year, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia sought to redefine the Republican Party as focused on "making life work" for ordinary Americans.
    WASHINGTON — As the new Congress began this year, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia sought to redefine the Republican Party as focused on "making life work" for ordinary Americans. Surveys showed that the public had tired of the...

    Tags: White House, Politics, Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, George W. Bush

    9. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. The Twist: The swivel that shook the world

    It's been just over 50 years since a new dance craze called the Twist swept the nation. Though tame as near-beer by today's standards, the dance so upset the guardians of public morality that Dick Clark ordered the cameras turned away when teens on "American Bandstand" started swiveling their hips. And when adults such as Truman Capote, Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys took up the craze, the New York Times fumed that "instead of youth growing up, adults are sliding down."
    It's been just over 50 years since a new dance craze called the Twist swept the nation. Though tame as near-beer by today's standards, the dance so upset the guardians of public morality that Dick Clark ordered the cameras turned away when teens on...

    Tags: Peppermint, Entertainment Events, Crime, Law and Justice, Music, Richard Nixon

    10. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Review: National Geographic's 'The '80s' gets the decade just right

    It's so easy to make fun of the 1980s.
    It's so easy to make fun of the 1980s. Ray-Bans, glam-rock hair, acid-washed jeans, the yuppie and Reaganomics, and all those regrettable images of women in power suits and tennis shoes. It seemed even as it was occurring an age of Culture Lite, a...

    Tags: Philosophy, Back to the Future (movie), Steve Jobs, Religion and Belief, Ronald Reagan

    11. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Ricin suspect believed he was in 'secret war'

    WASHINGTON &mdash; In the early-morning hours before he was arrested on suspicion of sending a poison-laced letter to the president of the United States, Paul Kevin Curtis was typing messages on his Facebook profile.
    WASHINGTON — In the early-morning hours before he was arrested on suspicion of sending a poison-laced letter to the president of the United States, Paul Kevin Curtis was typing messages on his Facebook profile. Over the previous few days, the 45-...

    Tags: Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Politics, Barack Obama, Trent Lott, Crime, Law and Justice

    12. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. LinkedIn rolls out new, personalized mobile app

    LinkedIn wants to give its mobile app a spark, and the social network is doing so by simplifying and customizing it to individually fit each of its users.
    LinkedIn wants to give its mobile app a spark, and the social network is doing so by simplifying and customizing it to individually fit each of its users. The business-focused social network rolled out the major app update late Wednesday night. The...

    Tags: Apple iPhone, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Culture

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