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Nielsen study: Social networking dominates smartphone, tablet use
A new report from Nielsen examines a fast-evolving segment of the media landscape: viewing on smartphones and tablets. Consumers are taking advantage of their portable devices to watch videos, access news and information, check sports, engage in...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Sociology, Apple iPad, Social Media
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BlackBerry Q10 smartphone boasts a rarity: a physical keyboard
Physical keyboard lovers, BlackBerry hasn't forgotten about you. The Canadian company's Q10 smartphone, the second phone running the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, began rolling out to U.S. carriers this week. Featuring BlackBerry's much-loved...
Tags: Verizon Wireless, Media Industry, Computer Hardware, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Social Media
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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: Verizon Wireless, Kobe Bryant, Verizon Communications, Social Media, Los Angeles Kings
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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: National Football League, Media Industry, Sports, Los Angeles Hotels, 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: Culture, Restaurants, Arts and Culture, Dining and Drinking, Sociology
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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: Pandora Media, Inc., Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Trips and Vacations, Danny Masterson, Cedric the Entertainer
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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, Starbucks Corp., Computing and Information Technology Industry, Social Media, Britney Spears
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