Jazz News

Review: Dave Fiuczynski at the Baked Potato

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

As the Baked Potato steams toward its massive 40th anniversary jazz festival next weekend, there was something perfect about East Coast guitarist Dave Fiuczynski's performance Thursday night.

Revered as a home for musicians' musicians and those who love them, the Baked Potato is a cramped, warm little clubhouse hugging the 101 Freeway between Studio City and Hollywood, the sort of place where crinkled posters of musicians great (Larry Carlton) and obscure (Damn the Machine) frame a small performance space where ...

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Search Warrant and Affidavit Detail Apple's Role in Missing-iPhone Investigation

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

The search warrant and affidavit unsealed at the request of The Times and other media outlets sheds more light on a case that has generated a great deal of public interest in Apple Inc.'s role in the investigation of its missing prototype iPhone.

According to the search warrant, Apple CEO Steve Jobs contacted technology blog Gizmodo.com editor Brian Lam to ask him to return the prototype that the electronics giant said was stolen after a company engineer lost it in ...

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Jack Johnson Heads 'To the Sea' with Free Santa Monica Gig

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

The songs of low-key romantic Jack Johnson have always been beach-ready, and the Hawaii-raised singer will promote the release of his upcoming “To the Sea" with a free show at the Santa Monica Pier.

Set for Monday, May 24, Johnson will take over the 3,000-capacity pier for a 75-minute set, his only show in the Los Angeles-area until October.

The concert will also serve to raise awareness for environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay. The bulk of tickets, therefore, will be ...

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TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2010

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2010

Late June signals not only the start of summer, but also the arrival of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival as it takes over the city for 10 incredible days.

Local clubs, restaurants, venues and even a church or two will be playing host, creating a Festival network that includes over 40 participating stages all over the city. Now, that is a lot of jazz!

TD Toronto Jazz Festival presented by Toronto Downtown Jazz Society

June 25, 2010 through ...

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Apple Factory Worker Kills Himself After Disappearance of iPhone Prototype Last July

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2010

An employee at a factory that makes iPhones in China killed himself after his house was raided and he was allegedly beaten up following the disappearance of an iPhone prototype.

Responding to the allegations (Wednesday 22 July 2009), Apple gave a subtle warning to its suppliers, insisting they are required to treat workers with dignity and respect. The dead worker, Sun Danyong, 25, worked in product communications at Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese firm that makes many Apple products at ...

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Wikipedia Goes 3-D

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

Only Wikipedia, the massively collaborative online encyclopedia, would want its users to know what's on the other side of its logo...in three dimensions. For those of you who still doubt the ability of Wikipedia to get the facts straight, the latest update should be a case in point for exactly how things work when everyone gets a say about what's wrong, what's right and what's somewhere in-between. Wikipedia announced a number of new changes last March, including a major redesign ...

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Roommates Tip Led Cops to iPhone Finder

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2010

Police closed in on the man who found and sold a prototype 4G iPhone after his roommate called an Apple security official and turned him in, according to a newly unsealed document in the ongoing police investigation.

The tip sent police racing to the home of 21-year-old Brian Hogan, and began a strange scavenger hunt for evidence that a friend of Hogans had scattered around this Silicon Valley community. Police recovered a desktop computer stashed inside a church, a thumb ...

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Google Grabs Personal Info off Wi-Fi Networks

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2010

Google said its fleet of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world have for several years accidentally collected personal information that consumers send over wireless networks. The company said on Friday that it is currently in touch with regulators in several countries, including the United States, Germany, France, Brazil and Hong Kong, about how to dispose of the data, which Google said it never used. “It's now clear that we have been mistakenly collecting samples of payload data from ...

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