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Twitter lifts 140-character limit for direct messages

twitter-bird.jpg You can now drone on for 10,000 characters -- more like Facebook. Tweets still must be short.

Uber's free ride could be coming to the end

uber-logo.jpg The California labor commissioner's ruling changes everything for Uber's business model, LA Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik writes.

Ex-blogger Ken Layne has a desert magazine

desert-oracle.jpg The original Los Angeles media and politics blogger is featured in today's Column One in the LA Times.

Jeb Bush's LA tech guy resigns over smarmy digital past

ethan-czahor-twitter.jpg "While Ethan has apologized for regrettable and insensitive comments, they do not reflect the views of Governor Bush or his organization and it is appropriate for him to step aside."

Amy Pascal flying into LAX is now TMZ fodder (video)

amy-pascal-lax-tmz-grab.jpg Of all the ways that Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal's life is going to change because her studio emails were hacked and distributed around the internet, this might prove to be one of the more disturbing.

North Korea behind Sony attacks, U.S. officials conclude

"We have found linkage to the North Korean government," according to a U.S. government source.

Sony pulls 'The Interview' from theaters

the-interview-lizzy-caplan.jpg Sony acted to drop plans for a Christmas Day release of the film starring James Franco and Seth Rogen (with a key part for Lizzy Caplan) after the nation's bigger theater chains said they weren't going to screen the movie because of hacker threats.

Instagram becomes more global, but SoCal still on top

dodger-stadium-top-deck-32.jpg Dodger Stadium is now the second most-Instagrammed location in the world, after Disneyland, but SoCal destinations no longer dominate the Top 10 list.

Amazon, Hachette put it all behind them

Gladwell poster copy.jpg Book selling giant Amazon and publisher Hachette announced this morning that they have signed a new multiyear contract, ending their bitter public dispute over book pricing.
internet-service-grafic.jpg A new report concludes that LA "has among the slowest, most expensive internet services in the industrialized world."

Robin Williams' daughter quits social media over the trolls

zelda-robin-williams.jpg Zelda Williams has received a ton of warmth but also some ugliness.

New phishing scam: E-ZPass collections

ezpass-fake.jpg These fake emails labeled as attempts to collect unpaid EZPass bills are sweeping the land. I received one yesterday.

Abuse of women on the Internet on 'Reliable Sources'

amy-wallace-hess-stelter-grab.jpg Los Angeles writers Amanda Hess and Amy Wallace were on CNN with Brian Stelter this morning to discuss their recent pieces. Link to watch inside.

Gender and the female journalist who dares read the Internet

Nasty online bullying of women affects many people who you know. When it's aimed at journalists, it seeks to intimidate and silence.
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porter-ranch-sign.jpgThe natural gas leak above Porter Ranch now qualifies for various government actions. Story
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wet-coyote-vdt.jpgSpotted between the storms at Here in Malibu.
Performing arts with cheer
guys-dolls-kevin-parry.jpgDonna Perlmutter closes out 2015 with productions downtown and on the Westside.
Junkyard down
upick-firetruck-560.jpgAfter 53 years, Sun Valley's Aadlen Brothers and U-Pick Parts cleans out. Photos