Amazon Unveils Plan to Revolutionize Grocery Shopping

A new initiative by online giant Amazon will dramatically change how consumers tackle one of the most persistent errands they face: buying groceries. The Silicon Valley Business Journal reports that Amazon is developing a drive-up grocery store, with the first…

Remember DVDs-by-Mail? Netflix Is Still Making Hundreds of Millions in Profit Off the DVD Business — and Is Upgrading the Operation

Some readers may be surprised to learn that the DVD-by-mail business continues to thrive at Netflix, even as the company’s rapidly expanding online streaming business has far surpassed the scale of the DVD operation. The New York Times reports: “Netflix…

Tech Giants, Other Top Firms Join Forces to Tackle a Global Issue

Huge tech firms including Apple, Microsoft and Google, along with other major companies such as General Motors, Goldman Sachs, UPS and Walmart, are joining a White House-coordinated effort to create a global consensus on climate change. Mashable reports that the…

Comcast and Discovery Reach Agreement on Carriage

Comcast Corp. and Discovery Communications have come to terms on carriage, announcing today that they’ve signed a long-term, comprehensive renewal of their distribution agreement. The agreement “will deliver Discovery’s 12 U.S. networks to Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers across the nation,”…

‘A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.’ So the great photographer Ansel Adams once said. This One — on the Cover of Today’s New York Magazine — Packs a Wallop

This Woman, Who Just Died at Age 98, Was a True Pioneer of Early TV. A Double Threat — Creator/Writer and Star – She Wrote Nearly 11,000 Sitcom Scripts All By Herself!

She created a popular radio sitcom in the 1940’s that later became a TV show that ran on all three major networks: ABC, CBS and NBC. “Peg Lynch, who wrote and starred in ‘Ethel and Albert, one of television’s earliest…

Whitney Houston’s Daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Dies at 22

“Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away Sunday, July, 26 2015, surrounded by her family. She is finally at peace in the arms of God. We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last…

Cosby Wants His Money Back From the Accuser He Settled With Back in 2006

Back in 2005 Andrea Constand sued Bill Cosby, claiming that he had sexually assaulted her after giving her drugs. In 2006, the case was settled before it was tried. That settlement involved an undisclosed amount of money paid by Cosby…