L.A. Times - Technology News

Traditional news still lags in online advertising, study says

By James Rainey — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:42:00 PST

Traditional media outlets “have had little success” getting advertisers to move from their legacy businesses to their online news sites and relatively few of the ads they create for the Web are targeted to customers based on their interests, according to a new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Pantech Element, a waterproof Android tablet, review [Video]

By Nathan Olivarez-Giles — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:15:00 PST

The Pantech Element isn't the best Android tablet on the market and it doesn't promise to be. But the Element is the only tablet I know of that can be dropped into a sink full of water or held under a faucet for a few minutes and come out unaffected -- two things I've done myself.

Dad puts bullets into teen's laptop; parents worldwide applaud

By Deborah Netburn — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:05:00 PST

Best. Parent. Ever. Tommy Jordan for president.

U.S. Air Force planning to purchase up to 18,000 iPads

By Deborah Netburn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:37:00 PST

The U.S. Air Force is thinking about buying some iPads — somewhere between 63 and 18,000 of them.

Google says its new privacy policy complies with FTC settlement

By Jessica Guynn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:19:00 PST

Google is rebutting charges that its new privacy policy violates a settlement it struck with federal regulators last year.

LinkedIn stock soars after strong fourth quarter

By Jessica Guynn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:09:00 PST

LinkedIn is connecting with investors.

David Choe's N.Y. media tour: Howard Stern, Barbara Walters, NMA

By Deborah Netburn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:37:00 PST

David Choe, the graffiti artist who made headlines for having an estimated $200 million in Facebook stock, spent the last week in New York, granting interviews to a lucky few media outlets.

Kickstarter's big moment: 2 projects earn $1 million on same day

By Deborah Netburn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:42:00 PST

Not one, but two, projects posted on the crowd-sourced funding website broke the $1 million barrier on Thursday, kicking the previous record of $942,579 to the curb.

Google working on home entertainment device

By Jessica Guynn — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:34:00 PST

Sounds like Google is changing its tune.

Apple iPad 3 Mini? A 7-inch iPad is coming, analyst says

By Nathan Olivarez-Giles — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:26:00 PST

It's a rumor that won't die: Apple and a 7-inch iPad.