What BlackBerry is missing
Nothing announced or demo-ed today in New York by CEO Thornsten Heins and his team suggested this was a company looking to upend a market…
Clinton Stark
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Verizon to sell BlackBerry Z10 for $199 beginning March
BlackBerry will face stiff competition. $199 on Verizon currently buys the well-reviewed HTC Droid DNA featuring Android Jelly Bean and a 5-inch HD display, or…
Harrison Ford, Salman Rushdie to be honored at Cinequest Film Festival
Sally Potter's new film 'Ginger & Rosa' opens Cinequest 23, and 'Midnight's Children', based on the 1980 book by Salman Rushdie, will headline closing night.…
5 or Die: Here’s what RIM needs to do with BlackBerry 10
It's unrealistic to expect the BlackBerry to magically outpace the iPhone or hot Android sellers like the LG Nexus 4 or Samsung Galaxy S III…
Android App of the Day: Scope Beta for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
Scope supports five networks at this point: Facebook (blue), Twitter (red), Instagram (orange), Foursquare and Tumblr. In testing all worked without a hitch, and refresh…
Theater Ticker: Waiting for Godot, Se Llama Cristina, Our Practical Heaven
On the Stark Theater Radar: openings at Marin Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, and Aurora Theatre.
Smartphone market grows 43%
Last quarter Android once again dominated the market with 7 out of 10 devices sold running the ubiquitous operating system.
Sundance announces awards, local film ‘Fruitvale’ named best drama
Joseph Gordon-Levitt hosted the ceremony in Park City, Utah. Categories included drama, documentary, world cinema, U.S.A.-made films and shorts.
Margrit Mondavi receives Monteith Trophy for contributions to wine industry (Video)
The First Lady of Napa Valley, Margrit Mondavi, the 30th person to receive the prestigious award, was honored at a luncheon yesterday at the Robert…
Review: ‘Wicked’ lights up the Orpheum
Dee Roscioli pushes this production to eleven. When she's "Defying Gavity" at the end of the first act, floating to the rafters of the Orpheum,…