Results for "Michael Ricci"

Apple, At&t Sued over iPhone 4 Antenna Problems

July 1, 2010

Just six days after the iPhone 4s launch, a pair of Maryland residents sued Apple and AT&T, alleging that the smartphones defective antenna design drops calls and cant hold a strong signal. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Maryland, claims that Apple knowingly sold defective phones and broke its warranty promises. The lawsuit also levels ...

Marla Miller Unfurls the Myth of Betsy Ross and the First Flag

July 1, 2010

George Washington didn't chop down a cherry tree. And just maybe Betsy Ross didn't sew the first flag. Happy Fourth! In her myth-busting biography Betsy Ross and the Making of America, historian Marla Miller sets the record straight on the history surrounding one of the most famous women of the Colonial era. Along the ...

Google Web Search Partially Blocked in China

July 1, 2010

Google Inc. confirmed Wednesday that a search engine feature had been partially blocked in China on the same day that its license to offer Internet services there was due to expire. At issue is the suggest tool, which automatically recommends search queries based on the first few letters a user types. Suggestion technologies are popular in ...

Amazon Lures Authors with 70% Royalty Deal, and HTML5

July 1, 2010

When money talks, people tend to listen. In a bid to lure authors, Amazon.com on Wednesday said it would give writers 70% of the revenue, minus expenses, from their digital books sales on Amazon's Kindle store. In addition, Amazon said it is giving authors the ability to sell their Kindle digital books on their own websites, ...

Me, Myself and iPhone

July 1, 2010

Smile. At least that was the conclusion of a recent study by OkCupid.com, the popular dating site for 20-somethings. To determine which factors made a photo more attractive, the staff tabulated the number of interested responses to thousands of pictures, then broke down their characteristics. The findings were intriguing, to say the least. Women ...

Solitaire Miles "Born to be Blue" CD Release Party at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago

July 1, 2010

Please join us as we celebrate the release of vocalist Solitaire Miles's Born to Be Blue on July 13th at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago 8-12 pm. The band will include a long list of Chicago greats including Willie Pickens on piano, Art Davis on trumpet, Neal Alger on guitar, Marlene Rosenberg on bass and Robert ...

Dr. Ronnell L. Bright Joins ARC

July 1, 2010

The Artists Recording Collective (ARC) is pleased to officially announce that Dr. Ronnell L. Bright has joined our artist roster. In a telephone conversation with ARC, Dr. Bright and his wife Dianna, stated that material ranging from unreleased musical recordings, as well as audio and video interviews will be released. “...Jazz is about the truth. It's ...

An Interview with Jeff Clayton

July 1, 2010

Now available on The Clayton Brother's “The New Song and Dance" project experience page is the second part of a recent interview with ArtistShare. In this interview, Jeff Clayton speaks about his influences and compositional process for “The New Song and Dance". This interview with Jeff offers an amazing insight into the creative process of The ...

Enjoy a Handful of Keys at Carefusion Newport Jazz Festival

July 1, 2010

Robert and Clara and Sting and Trudie

July 1, 2010

Crossover projects in classical music have traditionally been matters of opera singers or big-ticket instrumentalists performing jazz, pop or folk music, usually not as well as the musicians who perform this material full time. But since the late 1980s, crossover has moved in the other direction too. Stewart Copeland and Roger Waters have written operas; Paul ...