Archive for February, 2011

Governance for Female Bloggers: Introducing IFABBO

Governance for Female Bloggers: Introducing IFABBO

As more and more bloggers come into existence, it seems daily, the question becomes, how do you filter? Who are…

10:34am Feb 8, 2011
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Being Good At Social Media Will Get You In A Playboy Pictorial

Being Good At Social Media Will Get You In A Playboy Pictorial

You read that headline right. If your lifelong dream as a little girl was to get your own pictorial in Playboy, your best chance may be with a new social media contest Playboy is launching with GotCast. (Sorry dudes, this once in a lifetime opportunities is for the ladies only.)

4:06pm Feb 7, 2011
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AOL Buys Huffington Post For $315 Million, Becomes Semi-Relevant Again

AOL Buys Huffington Post For $315 Million, Becomes Semi-Relevant Again

Just when you thought the excitement of a tense Super Bowl and an all new episode of Glee were all you could handle for one Sunday, AOL brought it to the next level by announcing their acquisition of The Huffington Post for $315 million late last night. The merger would place Ariana Huffington as the editor-in-chief of all of AOL’s content sites. Yes, that includes TechCrunch, which means that Ariana Huffington is now Michael Arrington’s boss. Don’t worry, I’ve got enough popcorn for all of us to share.

12:00pm Feb 7, 2011
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Major Headline Re-Cap

Major Headline Re-Cap

A re-cap of last week’s major headlines from the tech industry, ranging from stories in Internet & Media, Mobile, and Finance.

10:24am Feb 7, 2011
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Contest: Win a $25 Fandango Gift Card Courtesy of James Cameron’s Sanctum

Contest: Win a $25 Fandango Gift Card Courtesy of James Cameron’s Sanctum

Check out iJustine’s interview with James Cameron and win a $25 Fandango gift card

5:10pm Feb 5, 2011
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LA Blogger Spotlight: Jenny Alden of DessertDarling.com

LA Blogger Spotlight: Jenny Alden of DessertDarling.com

Lalawag’s “LA Blogger Spotlight” series kicks off with an interview with Jenny Alden, the Dessert Darling!

2:00pm Feb 4, 2011
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Video Flashback to 1994: “What is the Internet, Anyway?”

Video Flashback to 1994: “What is the Internet, Anyway?”

Remember what life was like in the early days of the internet?  Check out this video from NBC’s “Today Show”…

12:40pm Feb 4, 2011
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Infographic of Infographics [infographic]

Infographic of Infographics [infographic]

Yo dawg, I heard you liked infographics so I made an infographic about infographics so you can learn about infographics while you read an infographic.

11:00am Feb 4, 2011
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Rupert Murdoch’s ‘The Daily’ Is The First Promising Tablet Periodical

Rupert Murdoch’s ‘The Daily’ Is The First Promising Tablet Periodical

Remember when the iPad was first released and old print media companies were hailing the device as their savior? News Corp.’s ‘The Daily’

3:17pm Feb 3, 2011
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How Much Profit Are Phone Makers Making?

How Much Profit Are Phone Makers Making?

Horace Dediu from asymco put up a couple of very interesting graphs on the operating profit of the top eight mobile phone manufacturers yesterday. The second one in particular is fairly eye opening:

11:00am Feb 3, 2011
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Top 5 Reasons Not to Miss Chinese New Year

Top 5 Reasons Not to Miss Chinese New Year

Happy New Year! I know that usually sounds like champagne, resolutions and magnum sized hangovers. But this is second New Year’s – the one with dragons, firecrackers and dumplings.

8:46am Feb 3, 2011
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Google Art Project FAQ

Google Art Project FAQ

As you may have already noticed, Google recently launched a new collaboration with many of the largest art museums in…

4:33pm Feb 2, 2011
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Google Accuses Microsoft’s Bing Of Cheating, Get Into Twitter Fight

Google Accuses Microsoft’s Bing Of Cheating, Get Into Twitter Fight

The gloves have finally come off in the search engine wars. Yesterday, Google fired the first salvo at Microsoft, accusing its Bing service of blatantly pilfering search engine results from Google’s own results. Microsoft initially said “so what?” to the claim, then eventually shifted to the offensive as the day went on.

2:00pm Feb 2, 2011
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“A Sadness Factory For Websites”

“A Sadness Factory For Websites”

Silicon Alley Insider has obtained what is allegedly a http://www.businessinsider.com/the-aol-way from AOL called “The AOL Way” with guidelines on how their editorial content should be produced.

11:00am Feb 2, 2011
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Checking In With Coloft For 2011

Checking In With Coloft For 2011

Since Lalawag last checked in with Coloft in May of 2010, we thought it was a good time to visit and catch up with one of its founders, Avesta Rasouli.

3:41pm Feb 1, 2011
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