Netflix boosts original programming with DreamWorks deal
The agreement is Netflix’s largest for original programming, the companies said in a statement.
From the ashes of Webvan, Amazon builds a grocery business
The online grocery start-up Webvan may have been the single most expensive flame-out of the dot-com era, blowing through more [...]
MTV to host biggest online-only music festival
Concertgoers won’t have to leave their homes to enjoy the “Live Music Day Festival,” the biggest online-only event of its kind, music networks MTV, VH1 and CMT said on Tuesday.
Twitter back online after brief outage
Twitter was down for about a half-hour for an unknown number of users on Monday after a glitch during a “routine change.”
Rare book prices skyrocket thanks to the Internet
The rare book market is thriving, as book fly out of dusty warehouses and into the hands of consumers thanks to Internet shopping.
Man poses as Harry Styles to get girls naked
John Eastman is being accused of posing as pop sensation Harry Styles from One Direction online.
TD Garden will stream One Fund benefit concert
Can’t make it to tonight’s show? The TD Garden said it will live stream the benefit concert online.
China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
China’s Internet is brimming with corruption officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories online as casually as they do mistresses.
Man arrested for drugging, raping Columbia U. student
A 27-year-old man from Long Island has been arrested for allegedly raping a Columbia University student after he drugged her [...]
Back from the dead, ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’ woo viewers online
In a bold wager to revive canceled ABC soaps “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” a pair of Hollywood veterans are taking the 40-year-old dramas online, remaking them for lifelong fans and a younger, Internet-savvy audience.