December 7, 2011

Here’s how you can help make sure those who are lacking the basics, like a smartphone or a laptop, are well dressed for the digital age.

Emoji, the more elaborate cousins of emoticons, are available to in-the-know smartphone owners via apps, but Apple’s update to its iPhone software paves the way for them to go mainstream.

The talented creators of “Once,” a musical inspired by the 2006 film starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, faced a big problem that they’ve only partly resolved.

After 70 years, Pearl Harbor survivors, aging and fewer in number, are giving up on major gatherings in the future.

For his version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” the director David Fincher, a specialist in alienation, alters what is for many a text as sacred as the Harry Potter novels.