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The music industry may be bellyaching about how tough times are as revenue continues to sink like a rock for traditional music companies, but don’t tell that to Jeff Price. (c) 2010, Los Angeles Times. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

As shoppers get ready for another tough holiday season, more will be using coupons – but not your mother’s old-school, cut-on-the-dotted-line version. (c) 2010, Los Angeles Times. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

Virtually everything you do online is scrutinized by search engines and advertising networks that evaluate you as a potential customer based on what you search for, the sites you visit and the ads you see — whether you click on those ads or not. (c) 2010, San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.). Distributed by [...]

Google revealed new details about its Google TV system last week with the launch of a new Web site, and Logitech showed off the first piece of hardware running the Internet-TV system, a gadget called the Revue. (c) 2010, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

All the ballyhoo that social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are diminishing our need for e-mail can be best summarized by paraphrasing Mark Twain: Reports of e-mail’s death have been greatly exaggerated. (c) 2010, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.). Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

Brick-and-mortar retailers badly want to tap into Facebook’s 500 million users. (c) 2010, The Dallas Morning News. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

Awash in jargon — “wall,” “news feed,” “tags,” “defriend” — social media can be intimidating for baby boomers and seniors who have spent most of their lives comfortably in an analog world. (c) 2010, Detroit Free Press. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

University of Southern California student Elizabeth watched the season finale of HBO’s lusty vampire drama “True Blood” along with about 5.4 million television viewers. (c) 2010, Los Angeles Times. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

Facebook wants to make mobile phones more social. The world’s largest social network has been quietly developing software that would make smart phones look and function more like its online service, according to a source familiar with the project. (c) 2010, Los Angeles Times. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

As the buzz surrounding Google Inc.’s efforts to jump into the digital music market rose to a roar late August, one name kept surfacing about the person who might lead it — Ian Rogers. (c) 2010, Los Angeles Times. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.