Katie Landan
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iOS 8 arrives: Users frustrated by download times, memory demands
iOS 8 arrives: Users frustrated by download times, memory demands * * * * * Share Katie Landan 3:05 p.m. EDT, September 17, 2014 Apple released iOS 8 at 10 a.m. PDT Wednesday, the latest iteration of the operating system for the iPhone 4s or newer, the iPad 2 or newer, the iPad Mini, the iPad Air and the iPod Touch 5. Users lamented about the long download times, and the frustration… → Read More
The Stanley Cup makes its way around L.A.
[View the story "The Stanley Cup makes its way around L.A." on Storify]The Stanley Cup makes its way around L.A. Storified by Los Angeles Times· Fri, Sep 12 2014 23:22:40 We're following @keeperofthecup around today. Let us know if you have questions about the #stanleycup and we'll get them answered!L.A. Times Sports The #stanleycup stops by the @latimes! http://t.co/J0IdjtA0zoL.A. Times Sports One… → Read More
Early reactions on Apple's unveiling of bigger iPhone, Apple Watch
[View the story "What Twitter has to say about Apple products announced today" on Storify]What Twitter has to say about Apple products announced today Storified by Los Angeles Times· Tue, Sep 09 2014 18:59:44 #iPhone 6plus preorder? ¿ #iWatch savings jar ¿ The phone was not a surprise but the watch stole the show. #appleeventAffan Farooq #AppleEvent are u kidding me? First you need a 800$ phone,… → Read More
Twitter rolling out 'buy' button; impulse shoppers beware
Impulse shopping online got a little easier Monday with Twitter’s announcement that it will begin testing a “buy” button on tweets. The San Francisco-based company plans to gradually roll out a product that will enable users to make purchases with just a few taps. “This is an early step in our building functionality into Twitter to make shopping from mobile devices convenient and easy, hopefully… → Read More
One place, many stories
At Eggslut in downtown Los Angeles' Grand Central Market, the line is almost always long. → Read More
Celebrities and fans take to Twitter to memorialize Lauren Bacall
Celebrities and fans alike took to Twitter Tuesday to grieve and memorialize Lauren Bacall, who, according to her family, has died at the age of 89. Many sang praises and shared photos of the smoky-voiced movie legend who taught Humphrey Bogart how to whistle in "To Have and Have Not." She and Bogart were one of Hollywood's most legendary couples on and off screen. Details of the location and cause… → Read More
Where the road ends
With graduation from UCLA around the corner, Edgar Ortiz and a friend traveled to the beach in early June to break from the busyness. → Read More
Welcome home - LA Times
For the third time, Barby Tolentino traveled to the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station to spend the day welcoming home his younger brother from deployment. → Read More
Southland's reaction to scattered rain showers is classic
The scattered rain showers that hit the Southland on Monday may have been unexpected for July, but L.A.’s reaction to even a smattering of the wet stuff was classic. The scattered showers and thunderstorms were part of a weather system hovering over Nevada that is steering monsoonal moisture over Southern California. And as they typically do, residents and commuters alike took to Twitter for snarky… → Read More
Twitter asks, what about all those burned LeBron James jerseys?
Cleveland Cavaliers fans are dusting off their LeBron James jerseys on news he's returning to the team -- at least those who didn't already burn their James jerseys. Some Cavs fans famously set fire to their No. 23 jerseys after the superstar left for the Miami Heat four years ago. Twitter did not forget this. Users had some amusing things to say about the fans who did burn their James jerseys.… → Read More
LeBron's decision is taking so long, who knows what might happen first?
For the second time in four years, LeBron James is holding the NBA and virtually anyone else who cares about basketball hostage as he frets over a familiar free agency decision: Miami or Cleveland. And Twitter has had just about enough of it. Whereas King James’ first episode of “The Decision” in 2010 turned him into a league-wide supervillain and attracted vitriol across social media from any and… → Read More
As Argentina beats Netherlands at World Cup, Twitter focuses on Germany
Argentina and the Netherlands were deadlocked 0-0 at their World Cup semifinal game during regular time. And extra time. It came down to a shootout, which Argentina won 4-2 -- and which many observers found less than thrilling. But excitement from the day before, when Germany creamed Brazil 7-1, carried through into the reactions to this match. Some on Twitter paused their yawning long enough to… → Read More
L.A. Now Live: California news dominated by high-profile crime
Crime was front and center in Southern California news this week, starting Monday when “The Shield” actor Michael Jace allegedly shot wife April to death at their Hyde Park home. → Read More