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Apple’s stock touched a new high Wednesday, reflecting investors’ renewed faith in CEO Tim Cook’s ability to outwit the competition and expand the technological hit factory built by the late Steve Jobs. The milestone represents a dramatic turnaround in sentiment since Apple’s shares reached its previous split-adjusted peak of $100.72 in September 2012. After peaking at $100.77 Wednesday morning, shares slipped 3 cents to $100.50, giving Apple a market value of $602 billion - by far more than any other publicly held company. Apple’s stock had fallen to a split-adjusted $55.01 in April 2013 to wipe out about $300 billion in shareholder wealth amid worries that the Cupertino, California, company had run out of ideas without Jobs as its mastermind. The anxiety escalated as sales of iPhones and iPads slowed…

WHAT YOU COULD BE VIEWING FOR THE MONTHS TO COME Have you seen just that bit too little of your favorite heartthrob lately, or are you trying to come up with all kinds of contrived reasons to get more popcorn into your diet? Maybe you’re just attempting to generate some decent excuses for not meeting that annoying friend. Whatever - a lot of us are desperate to get to the cinema more often, and there’s nothing quite like clambering into the seats of a proper theater, nibbles in hand and a drink in the other. The first half of 2014 has been a good one for blockbusters, but now, we move onto the second half of the year, and the new classics are still coming, thick and fast. From A…

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Last month at Comic-Con, TNT launched an ad campaign for its new spy thriller “Legends” that consisted of the hashtag #dontkillseanbean.. Technically, it is not a great sign when network executives think the main reason to watch a new show is the fact that its star is not going to die. But then the mortality rates have gotten pretty high in television of late, and it is Sean Bean. Ever since he played Boromir, the only member of “The Lord of the Rings’” original Fellowship who did not live to see Sauron overthrown, Bean has become, in America anyway, a symbol of high-wattage and untimely death. His Ned Stark was beheaded in the first season of “Game of Thrones,” while in 2012’s “Missing,” his character croaked even before the action…

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had acquired U.S. air conditioner distributor Quietside LLC as part of its push to strengthen its “smart home” business. It is the South Korean firm’s second such acquisition within a week after it said on Friday it had purchased SmartThings, a U.S.-based platform developer which builds apps that allow users to monitor, control and automate devices at home. So-called “smart homes” enable users to control multiple household appliances from a mobile device and are an area of increasing focus for technology companies like Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest maker of smartphones. A Samsung Electronics spokesman said the South Korean company acquired 100 percent of Quietside, but declined to elaborate on the price or other details. “Because air conditioning products are a necessity…

They may be expendable, but there sure are a lot of them.. A total of 17 actors, starting with series instigator and star Sylvester Stallone, get their names above the title on “The Expendables 3,” playing returning members of this venerable mob of mercenaries as well as former and future Expendables and even Expendable auxiliaries. That’s a hell of a lot of folks who don’t seem to care whether they live or die as long as a given mission succeeds. With some of their members looking old enough to apply for joint membership in the RED (Retired Extremely Dangerous) action franchise, “Expendables 3” has tried to make ‘ a virtue of necessity and construct a film about younger types muscling their sclerotic compatriots out of a job. That may sound…

HOST OF CELEBRITY NAMES JOIN IN WITH THE CAMPAIGN What do Phil Schiller, Tim Cook, Dr Dre, Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella have in common? The answer is that they’re all celebrities who have thrown themselves head-first into a seemingly unassuming ‘challenge’ that has turned into a true viral phenomenon in recent weeks: The ALS Association’s Ice Bucket Challenge. The premise is simple enough: you’re a prominent public figure who agrees to have a bucket of ice water poured over your head, having the event recorded so that it can be witnessed by YouTube viewers around the globe. In the process, you also nominate three of your friends to be subjected to the same treatment. But of course, as tends to be the way with these things, this…

The Obama administration said Monday it is taking a first step toward requiring that future cars and light trucks be equipped with technology that enables them to warn each other of potential danger in time to avoid collisions. A research report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the technology could eventually prevent as many as 592,000 left-turn and intersection crashes a year, saving 1,083 lives. The agency said it will begin drafting rules to require the technology in new vehicles. The technology uses a radio signal to continually transmit a vehicle’s position, heading, speed and other information. Similarly equipped cars and trucks would receive the same information, and their computers would alert drivers to an impending collision. A car would “see” when another car or truck…

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Muppets Most Wanted This musical comedy caper film - the sequel to last year’s The Muppets - sees the famous protagonists embark on an international tour, covering such exciting European destinations as Madrid, Berlin and London. But it also gets them unwittingly caught up in a global crime caper headed by villain Constantine, who also just happens to look almost exactly like Kermit. FIVE FACTS: 1. Ricky Gervais stars as Constantine’s accomplice Dominic “The Lemur” Badguy, who poses as the manager of a fictional international talent agency. 2. Ty Burrell and Tina Fey also feature. 3. Muppets Most Wanted is the eighth theatrical film featuring the Muppets. 4. Director James Bobin has said of the film’s production: “There’s no CG work - we don’t ever have a CG character, because…

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” last weekend’s most popular film, collected ticket sales of $28.4 million to top the U.S. and Canadian box office rankings for a second consecutive week, beating” Guardians of the Galaxy” in a battle of superhero misfits. “Guardians of the Galaxy,” which has collected $419 million worldwide since it opened on Aug. 1, had domestic ticket sales of $24.7 million, according to estimates from tracking firm Rentrak. “Let’s Be Cops,” an R-rated action comedy starring Jake Johnson and Daman Wayans Jr. pretending to be Los Angeles police officers, collected $17.7 million to open in third place, ahead of another newcomer, action film “The Expendables 3,” which took in $16.2 million and stars Sylvester Stallone. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” a reboot of the series that began in 1980s…

A loyal Foursquare user since 2010,1 was annoyed to learn that my favorite “check-in” app was reinventing itself. The service has split into two and got rid of quirky features such as naming a mayor for each venue. Foursquare began five years ago as a tool for letting people tell friends where they are. You can check in to a restaurant, a movie theater, rides in a theme park or even the “hot dog man” at Penn Station. The more you check in, the more points, badges and mayorships you earn. They mean little in the real world, but users have competed fiercely for such honors. It turns out there’s not a huge market for this stuff. Foursquare has 50 million users worldwide, compared with Twitter’s 271 million, for example.…

Google’s IPO, a decade ago this week, launched the company on a trajectory that continues to reshape its business and much of the world in its orbit. And CEO Larry Page is determined to push even further. Page’s vision is that Google’s products and services will become the control center of people’s lives: The company’s driverless cars will chauffeur people around safer roads and deliver goods within hours of an online order. People won’t even have to bother leaving their homes, which will be made more comfortable and enjoyable through the use of smart appliances. Robots will handle tedious chores and other jobs, freeing up time for people to enjoy lives prolonged by health-management tools and disease-fighting breakthroughs engineered by Google. Internet-connected eye wear and watches will supplement the smartphones…

HTC will start making a version of its flagship HTC One phone with Microsoft’s Windows software inside. HTC said it developed the new model at the request of Microsoft, which has been trying to boost its Windows Phone system. The company will continue to make an Android version of the One, as well as other Android phones. “By no means does this indicate we’re moving away from Android,” HTC spokesman Jeff Gordon said. HTC Corp. was the first company to release a phone using Google’s Android operating system back in 2008, but it now lags behind Samsung, Huawei, Lenovo and other makers of Android phones despite critical acclaim for the HTC One. HTC was also the first to release a Windows phone, in 2002, but it hasn’t had a new…

Get Hurt (Deluxe Version) The Gaslight Anthem New Jersey rockers The Gaslight Anthem mark their fifth studio album with this release. It’s their first full-length effort since 2012’s Handwritten as well as their first album on Island Records. Produced by Mike Crossey, it was inspired by vocalist and guitarist Brian Fallon’s divorce from his wife. FIVE FACTS: 1. The Gaslight Anthem was formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 2006. 2. The group’s members are Brian Fallon, Alex Rosamilia, Alex Levine and Benny Horowitz. 3. The band has been described as “part of a rich tradition of New Jersey punk, spanning the Misfits to the Bouncing Souls.” 4. Fallon has said that the album was inspired by past examples of “artists who had taken a career shift and kind of…

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