Bogut and Jackson to Warriors for Monta Ellis, Brown and Udoh

A league source confirms that the Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks have agreed on a trade that will send guard Monta Ellis, forward Ekpe Udoh and veteran center Kwame Brown to the Milwaukee Bucks for center Andrew Bogut and guard Stephen Jackson. The trade officially ends the Warriors' already-slim hopes of being part of a trade for Dwight Howard. Golden State had told the Orlando Magic it would be willing to do a deal for Howard even though...

Read More

Apple's App Store hits 25 billion downloads

Apple cus­tomers have col­lec­tive­ly down­loaded 25 bil­lion apps from the App Store, the com­pa­ny has announced on its web­page. That’s more than three apps per per­son in the world. The mile­stone sig­nals not only a vast appetite for apps, but also grow­ing smart­phone pen­e­tra­tion and Apple prof­its (the com­pa­ny takes a 30% cut from every app or in-app pur­chase). Peo­ple with iOS devices are down­load­ing an increas­ing num­ber of apps. One 2011 study, for instance, con­clud­ed iOS own­ers down­load about 60 apps each, which is 50...

Read More

9 bedrooms, full-size court: Jordan home for sale

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) -- Michael Jordan's longtime personal residence in suburban Chicago is for sale for $29 million. The sprawling estate is in Highland Park, along Lake Michigan, and has more than 56,000 square feet of living space. That includes nine bedrooms, 15 baths and five fireplaces. There's also a three-bedroom guesthouse, pool area, outdoor tennis court and three climate-controlled multi-car garages. An indoor basketball complex...

Read More