Archive for January, 2011

Mark Zuckerberg Makes An SNL Appearance With Jesse Eisenberg [video]

Mark Zuckerberg Makes An SNL Appearance With Jesse Eisenberg [video]

If you weren’t around a TV Saturday night you may have missed Mark Zuckerberg making a significant cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live. Why was it so significant? Well, it just so happened that Jesse Eisenberg, the actor that portrayed him on “The Social Network,” was hosting that evening.

2:00pm Jan 31, 2011
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LA World Affairs Council Young Professionals Host Mattel CEO Bob Eckert

LA World Affairs Council Young Professionals Host Mattel CEO Bob Eckert

Lalawag recaps the LA World Affair’s Council event with Mattel CEO Bob Eckert. Be sure to check out our video interview with him where we get him to play with Barbie dolls!

11:05am Jan 31, 2011
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Major Headline Re-cap

Major Headline Re-cap

A detailed re-cap of last week’s major tech news stories, broken down by industry.

6:17am Jan 31, 2011
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Ultraviolet Caltech Enterprise Forum Recap and Media Gallery

Ultraviolet Caltech Enterprise Forum Recap and Media Gallery

A couple of weeks ago, we attended a forum at Caltech on the entrepreneurship and consumer opportunities that the upcoming Ultraviolet initiative will present. Here’s our recap of the event complete with some photos and video!

2:35pm Jan 28, 2011
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Google Voice Number Porting Rolls Out To The Masses

Google Voice Number Porting Rolls Out To The Masses

Earlier this week, Google announced the public availability for mobile phone number porting to Google Voice. This is pretty big news for those of us with multiple phone numbers (office/home/cell/etc.) as Google Voice lets us consolidate all our inbound calls to one number. Previously, you had to give out a separate Google Voice number to enjoy this functionality, but now you can port an existing mobile number over to the service.

11:23am Jan 28, 2011
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The Investor: Arbitraging Mobile App Distribution Channels

The Investor: Arbitraging Mobile App Distribution Channels

With the launch of the Apple OS App Store, digital software distribution has hit the desktop in force to the…

9:25am Jan 28, 2011
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Sony Announces The NGP Gaming System (PSP2), We Soil Ourselves In Anticipation

Sony Announces The NGP Gaming System (PSP2), We Soil Ourselves In Anticipation

Last night during their Playstation Meeting 2011 event in Tokyo, Sony announced their next portable gaming device, the PSP2 “Next Generation Portable” (NGP). Lalawag’s got you covered in what you need to know about this very sexy new device.

5:06pm Jan 27, 2011
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State of the Arts in LA

State of the Arts in LA

By now we have all heard that Eli Broad is all set to open up his new museum next to…

2:54pm Jan 27, 2011
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Who was Responsible for the Financial Crisis?

Who was Responsible for the Financial Crisis?

For all of you still wondering who caused the financial meltdown, the official Financial Crisis Commission Report was released today.…

12:13pm Jan 27, 2011
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Pirating the 2011 Oscars

Pirating the 2011 Oscars

Fascinating data and analysis on the piracy rate of Oscar-nominated films throughout the year. It’s interesting that as technology gets…

11:08am Jan 27, 2011
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Spokeo.com: Spooky or Cool?

Spokeo.com: Spooky or Cool?

There is an (almost scary) website called Spokeo.com that’s a new online phone book that aggregates and publicly publishes personal…

8:33am Jan 27, 2011
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The Valley Girl Interviews Kai Huang, Creator of Guitar Hero

The Valley Girl Interviews Kai Huang, Creator of Guitar Hero

So if you didn’t know already, Lalawag’s own Jesse Draper moonlights as The Valley Girl, a web-based business/tech talk show host. Today she’s put up an interview with Kai Huang, the founder of Red Octane and creator of Guitar Hero.

2:00pm Jan 26, 2011
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The Web Is a Customer Service Medium

The Web Is a Customer Service Medium

This is a must-read piece by Paul Ford on what the web’s fundamental purpose is and how to harness it.

11:00am Jan 26, 2011
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LA Startup Spotlight: Diego Prats, CEO of BorderStylo (Glass)

LA Startup Spotlight: Diego Prats, CEO of BorderStylo (Glass)

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Lalawag’s ongoing feature, “LA Startup Spotlight”! Throughout the year, we’ll be interviewing some of the most innovative and exciting startups from the LA area. We’ll kick things off with this chat with Diego Prats, the CEO of BorderStylo. Their flagship product, a browser extension called Glass, hopes to change the way we read and share websites.

5:08pm Jan 25, 2011
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The Oatmeal’s Winter State Of The Web

The Oatmeal’s Winter State Of The Web

Every now and again The Oatmeal comes out with some real gems of content. This time, their “State of the Web” feature has some of the funniest visualizations you’ll see of the biggest news in tech this past quarter.

1:46pm Jan 25, 2011
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