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Verizon to offer free Wi-Fi at Staples Center, Nokia Plaza
Going to a large sporting event usually means you won't have Internet connection until you leave the stadium, but Los Angeles' Staples Center will no longer have that problem. The arena, which is home to the Lakers, Clippers and the Kings, has been...
Tags: National Hockey League, San Jose Sharks, Los Angeles Kings, Verizon Wireless, Blake Griffin
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Web Buzz: Springpad to a memorable trip
With this app, collect and organize vacation ideas before your trip, as well as digital memorabilia afterward. Name: Springpad Available for: iOS, Android What it does: Saves notes, photos, videos, to-do lists, audio, books, music and more to...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel
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Pizza Compass app guides users toward tasty meals
Welcome to the 21st century, where a compass can be used to find the nearest pizza place. Thanks to Pizza Compass, an app released Tuesday, iPhone users can now turn their smartphones into their own personal guides toward melted cheese, warm crust and...
Tags: Apple iPhone
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SnapChat users are sending 150 million photos a day
Snapchat, the popular app known for letting users send photos that disappear after a few seconds, announced Tuesday that its users are now sending more than 150 million pictures per day. Evan Spiegel, one of the app's founders, announced the...
Tags: Media Industry, Networking, Telecommunication Service
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Fab co-founder Bradford Shellhammer lays out plans for change
For proof of how fast the business of design is changing, look no further than Fab. The site launched in 2010 as a TripAdvisor-Foursquare-Yelp social-networking hybrid called Fabulis was aimed at gay men. But having burned through most of its start-up...
Tags: Media Industry, IKEA, Amazon.com Inc.
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San Francisco all wet in regatta deal
Stop me if you've heard this one: Billionaire comes to City Hall. Says that if the city will get behind him, he'll bring a major sports enterprise to town and might even renovate some decrepit municipal infrastructure as part of the bargain. Huge economic...
Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Media Industry, Football, Larry Ellison, Indianapolis 500
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Smartphone apps for the beer lover
The smartphone revolution has invaded every facet of modern life, even the sanctity of the saloon. But there are some useful applications that can take your beer-hunting into the digital realm. Apart from the all-purpose apps like Yelp and the social...
Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Bars and Clubs, Sociology, Restaurants, Apple iPhone
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Start-up Sunday: Qloo, a 'cultural discovery' search engine
If you are like me and spend hours trawling the Web to find the next best restaurant, travel destination or book, you might want to take a look at Qloo, a new "cultural discovery platform" that aims to make searches more personal and easier. The New...
Tags: Danny Masterson, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Mutual Funds, Pandora Media, Inc.
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Facebook rolls out updates to Timeline, including cleaner layout
Your Facebook Timeline is getting another makeover. The social network announced Wednesday a number of changes to users' personal pages that will help them better express what's important to them. The update also comes with a much-needed cleaner layout....
Tags: Netflix Inc., Social Media
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10 tech companies to watch in 2013
If you love tech and the business of tech, then 2013 should be a very interesting year. We’ll find out whether Marissa Mayer can keep the momentum going at Yahoo and whether the Web dinosaurs Myspace and Digg can successfully reinvent themselves....
Tags: Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Rihanna, YouTube, Computer Hardware
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Review: 'Romance' in the air at the L.A. Phil with Dutoit, Capucon
The Los Angeles Philharmonic came up with the slogan “Romance at the Phil” for Thursday night’s concert, which fell upon Valentine’s Day. Indeed, the couples attracted by this premise looked dressier than usual for a weeknight --...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture
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Foursquare announces privacy changes; will now show full names
Foursquare alerted its users of upcoming privacy changes next month, and among the most notable differences is that the location-based social network will now display users' full names. The New York-based social network emailed its users over the...
Tags: New Year's Day, Sociology, Culture, Arts and Culture, Social Media
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