Amazon starts selling 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD
While Amazon is going larger with the Fire HD, Apple thought small when it unveiled the iPad Mini ($329). Google, meanwhile, has been broadening its…
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Finding ‘Another Way Home’ at Magic Theatre, San Francisco
At times, the play reminded me of the bold, uncompromising indie film We Need to Talk About Kevin (featuring a haunting performance by Ezra Miller);…
Voices of Loreto: Drenched
Living in the Baja, we fully expect to have periods devoid of phones, Internet, or electricity. For the 3 million inhabitants spread over this skinny…
Napa Valley Film Festival Announces Jury Winners, Audience Favorites
NVFF, now in its second year, more than doubled in size.
Four at the Aurora
Wilder can be very funny, but his humor here is kitschy or weird, instead of revealing. His attempts at profundity, such as the repetitious Christmas…
Android Dilemma: Nexus 4 or Droid DNA?
Google's svelte Nexus 4 (LG) is enjoying the limelight, but Verizon is looking to spoil the Android party with the monstrous Droid DNA (HTC).
What’s a Mossback? For one, it’s our Wine of the Week…
This wine is a lush, well-made Cab that shows off a sophisticated intensity so familiar to the Chaulk Hill sub AVA in Sonoma's Russian River…
I’ll have a Kindle Fire and 2 bottles of artisan Napa Cab – Amazon opens wine marketplace
Bright, colorful labels from over 3,500 wines across various regions -- Columbia Valley, Paso Robles, New Jersey (yep!), Texas (yes sir!), and, of course, Napa…
All Things Greek: Review of A.C.T.’s ‘Elektra’
A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff remarks that Elektra “shows us what happens to a human being who cannot forget… Forgetting is, in fact, very healthy.…
Smartphone Market Share: 234 million Americans Using Mobile Devices
Mobile platforms from Google (Android) and Apple (iOS) continued to dominate; combined, the two control over 86% of the market.