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Today, Microsoft is hitting Google where it has no solution yet by partnering with LA-based sound licensing site AudioMicro (Full disclosure: Lalawag founder Sean Percival just signed on board the company as an advisor), to make 1,500 sound effects free for Office users to use in their documents and presentations.
Mashable has cajoled some tech luminaries (including people from Foursquare, StumbleUpon, MTV, OKCupid, and more) to share their top ten songs in their playlists.
Though Michael Meschures is a young, first time entrepreneur, he’s still managed to do what many aspiring entrepreneurs have not — launched his product! Spaphile is the fruit of his labors with co-founder Eli Natan. They started out focused on servicing the LA region exclusively, but have recently expanded their efforts to San Diego as well.
UC Berkeley professor Avideh Zakhor as she and her team have constructed a Laser Backpack that can be used to capture 3D models of building interiors.
Noted LA Angel Investor (and “Silicon Beach” moniker proponent) Paige Craig recently unveiled his stealth startup, Betterworks — a platform…
You might remember the furor last week over the discovery that your iPhone was keeping a log of cell tower locations it has accessed while also backing it up on your computer. People were understandably upset over this seemingly egregious breach of personal information. This morning, Apple released a fairly comprehensive list of questions and answers responding to the issue.
Sony just confirmed on its PlayStation Blog the worst case scenario for its recent PlayStation Network downtime/security breach – massive amounts of customer personal data was compromised by hackers. There are over 70 million PSN accounts currently. This is a security breach of disastrous proportions.
This morning, Nielsen released a new batch of survey results of U.S. smartphone consumers looking to buy a new phone and it looks like there’s a greater percentage of people who want Android phones than iPhones now.
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Personalized recommendations site Hunch put up an interesting infographic showing the results of their poll of 388,315 Hunch users on whether they identify as a “Mac Person” or “PC Person.”
Remember that Christmas of 2006 where finding a Wii was akin to finding the Holy Grail at retail? Well, get ready to relive those fun times soon because Nintendo just announced that its new gaming console will come out in 2012.
Our friends at Spaphile (an LA-based deals site) are putting on a “Relax After Taxes Pamper Event” at the Pink Taco in the Century City shopping plaza on Saturday from 3-7pm
Tech Headlines For April 21st, 2011
New York startup biz-dev dude Eric Stromberg recently posted a seven-step guide with tips on how to score a gig with a startup.
The internet was nearly broken in two this morning on the revelation from Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan that there has been a hidden file in iOS 4 that has been recording the locations of where your iPhone or iPad has been as you’ve been using it.
Remember the glory days of the dot-com era bubble in the early 2000′s when it seemed like every day brought a new group of startup IPOs?
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