Maryland firm to market robotic pets for older adults
A Frederick digital marketing firm that targets older consumers has a new partnership with a company that makes robotic pets.
Montgomery, Charles counties lauded for tech advances
Montgomery County has been ranked as the No. 1 large county in the nation for its use of digital technology to improve service to residents and spur innovation.
Movie theaters forced to make expensive upgrades to projectors
Cinematic entertainment has come a long way from the black-and-white talkies that fostered the growth of one of the world’s largest leisure industries. The movie business can be lucrative, but it often throws major curveballs at theater owners — especially small, independent ones.
Gene Policinski: Free speech rights travel at speed of bytes
As it made the quantum leap from parchment to paper through the electronic era to digital formats, First Amendment law on freedom of expression has lagged behind technology. Today, this delayed legal reaction is playing out once again with Twitter, Facebook and the World Wide Web.
DC’s WTOP Radio restructures newsroom for digital
WASHINGTON — One of the nation’s top-grossing radio stations announced plans Wednesday to reorganize and expand its Washington newsroom to make online news as high a priority as radio and in some cases break news online first. Washington’s WTOP Radio said it aims to become a full multi-platform news operation by changing the way it […]
Hey Jude: Beatles songs coming to iTunes
“Beatles for Sale” is finally for sale on iTunes — along with the rest of the Fab Four’s albums, from “Please Please Me” to “Revolver” to “Abbey Road.” The Beatles had been the most prominent holdout from iTunes and other online music services. On Tuesday, Apple Inc. said its iTunes store will start selling downloads […]