Archive for February, 2011

Harvard Journalism Foundation Explains Apple’s New Subscription Model Policy

Harvard Journalism Foundation Explains Apple’s New Subscription Model Policy

Earlier this morning, Apple sent out a press release detailing their new policy on subscription revenue for content sold on iOS devices. Essentially, they’re mandating that any subscription sold within an app will be subject to Apple’s 30% cut and that any in app subscription option be as cheap, if not cheaper than any out of app option.

11:47am Feb 15, 2011
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Headlines: HTC’s Tablet and Facebook Mobile News

Headlines: HTC’s Tablet and Facebook Mobile News

HTC Unveils Flyer Tablet HTC has finally unveiled the long-rumored Flyer, its 7-inch tablet running on Android 2.4.  Known for…

10:23am Feb 15, 2011
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Three Reasons Social Media Made The Grammys More Fun

Three Reasons Social Media Made The Grammys More Fun

Last night was the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards out here in LA at the Staples Center. The way to watch the telecast was to have your Twitter and/or Facebook open at the same time. Why? We give you the three best reasons to have been following along via social media.

4:03pm Feb 14, 2011
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Top Ten Reasons To Date An Entrepreneur

Top Ten Reasons To Date An Entrepreneur

We know many of you are successful entrepreneurs who may not necessarily have the time to find a date for Valentine’s Day.

Not to worry, Lalawag’s got your back.

12:16pm Feb 14, 2011
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The Investor: Why Public Markets Fail to Serve Small and Mid Cap Companies

The Investor: Why Public Markets Fail to Serve Small and Mid Cap Companies

This article was re-posted courtesy of Ex Post Facto. In 2008 and 2009, there were fewer than 20 VC backed…

4:23pm Feb 11, 2011
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Event: Tubefilter Hollywood Web Television Meetup

Event: Tubefilter Hollywood Web Television Meetup

So you’re an aspiring web video star. You look at iJustine’s million plus YouTube subscribers and go “How in the hell did she do that?”

You may want to consider going to Tubefilter’s Hollywood Web Television Meetup next Wednesday at Busby’s on Wilshire.

2:00pm Feb 11, 2011
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Stop What You Are Doing And Read This Procrastination Chart [infographic]

Stop What You Are Doing And Read This Procrastination Chart [infographic]

We know it’s Friday and we know you’re a little brain dead from the rigors of the work week. Don’t worry, Uncle Lalawag’s got you covered. Just follow this simple diagram throughout the day and you’ll get to the weekend in no time.

11:00am Feb 11, 2011
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LA Startup Spotlight: Mike Mothner, Founder/CEO of Wpromote

LA Startup Spotlight: Mike Mothner, Founder/CEO of Wpromote

Throughout the year, Lalawag will be interviewing some of the most innovative and exciting startups from the LA area in our ongoing feature series, “LA Startup Spotlight.”

This week we sat down with Mike Mothner, the founder and CEO of top-ranked search engine marketing firm, Wpromote. Mike’s an entrepreneur, through and through, forming the company when he was just 20 years old.

2:30pm Feb 10, 2011
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What To Make Of The New Apple iPad Details Revealed This Week

What To Make Of The New Apple iPad Details Revealed This Week

The past couple of days have been a bit of a whirlwind with new revelations and speculation about the inevitable Apple iPad 2 release.We’ve got the skinny and what to make of it.

11:24am Feb 10, 2011
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Headlines: Translate App, Dell Tablet, and New iPad Details

Headlines: Translate App, Dell Tablet, and New iPad Details

Dell Unveils 10-inch Windows 7-based Tablet
Dell has already launched tablets that run on Google’s Android mobile software. New iPad to be thinner, lighter, faster – WSJ report

5:03pm Feb 9, 2011
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Valley Girl Interviews “Software King” Steve Walske, Former CEO of Parametric

Valley Girl Interviews “Software King” Steve Walske, Former CEO of Parametric

Jesse Draper just released a new episode of The Valley Girl Show on her site.  The episode features an interview…

12:45pm Feb 9, 2011
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Dan Lyons And Nick Denton Explain Why The AOL/Huffington Post Merger Is A Train Wreck

Dan Lyons And Nick Denton Explain Why The AOL/Huffington Post Merger Is A Train Wreck

We’re all still sorting out the bombshell announcement from Sunday that AOL would be acquiring The Huffington Post for $315 million. Is it a good move or bad?

Well, someone whose opinion you may be interested in hearing from is Nick Denton, owner of the Gawker blog empire.

11:12am Feb 9, 2011
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Headlines: Mobile Priority Inbox, Kindle Page Numbers, HP Reclining Touchscreen PC

Headlines: Mobile Priority Inbox, Kindle Page Numbers, HP Reclining Touchscreen PC

Priority Inbox Comes to Gmail Mobile Users, Amazon Gives “Real Page Numbers” to Kindle, and HP Shows Off Awesome Reclining Touchscreen PC.

3:36pm Feb 8, 2011
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Find and Reserve Parking In Real Time For Free With Parking In Motion on iPhone

Find and Reserve Parking In Real Time For Free With Parking In Motion on iPhone

There’s a lot of wonderful qualities of our great city of Los Angeles, but finding parking is not one of them. Fortunately, one of our own local startups, Parking In Motion, has come up with a solution in the form of an iPhone app to help people to not only find parking in Los Angeles, but also in over 300 other US cities.

2:00pm Feb 8, 2011
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Tablet Buying Guide: Motorolla Xoom vs. Apple iPad vs Blackberry Playbook vs Dell Streak 7 [infographic]

Tablet Buying Guide: Motorolla Xoom vs. Apple iPad vs Blackberry Playbook vs Dell Streak 7 [infographic]

2011 is shaping up to be the year of the tablet gadget, with the inevitable release of the iPad 2, Android 3.0 tablets, and more. How’s a gadget fan supposed to keep track of all the features of each of these tablets?

Simple. Skattertech’s put together a handy infographic table of what each of the four big tablets brings to the game right now:

11:00am Feb 8, 2011
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