Tag: LOS ANGELES
WGA signs internet news writer-producer contract (Reuters)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – The Writers Guild of America West, has signed its first contract for the Web newsroom. The contract includes Internet writer and producer working on the CBS studios in Los Angeles, the guild announced Wednesday. The writer and producers voted unanimously to be represented by the WGAW late July 2009. In the [...]
False ad suit can proceed versus Groupon: attorney (Reuters)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
An online coupon sent via e-mail from Groupon is depicted on the screen of a laptop in Los Angeles Oakland, California (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has said that parties to a lawsuit can proceed against misleading advertising Groupon online coupon distributor, according to a lawyer who has attended a court hearing on Wednesday. A [...]
Woman who was assaulted settles Match.com lawsuit (AP)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
LOS ANGELES – A woman who sued Match.com after being sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating web site loose its appeal Tuesday when he saw evidence that the site was screening its members for sexual predators. Carole Markin sued the website when he learned that his assailant was convicted of sexual [...]
Video: The TechLife special E3 preview edition! (Yahoo! News)
July 27th, 2011, No Comments
Welcome all the technology in the life Tecca TV, where we give the technology meets lifestyle news five in as many minutes. We spend a bit of fun Friday at the end of the week! If you missed our last episode, be sure to check out Life Technology Edition 3 also. This time we have [...]
Google to debut new mobile payment service on Thursday (Yahoo! News)
July 27th, 2011, No Comments
After months of speculation, rumors and banter, Bloomberg reported that Google has previously come to Apple and introduced a new mobile payment system Thursday. The service is approaching the ground communication (NFC), which uses special hardware inside a mobile phone to the reader conduct wireless transactions in shops equipped with NFC with. Google's new mobile [...]
Clear Channel swipes at Pandora with iheart revamp (AP)
July 11th, 2011, No Comments
Los Angeles – radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. will take a swipe at online music service Pandora with an update of its iheartradio program that mimics the Pandora personalized audio experience, but not imitating the start need to make a profit. The operator of over 850 radio stations across the country are kicking the [...]
U.S. Internet providers to act against online pirates (Reuters)
July 11th, 2011, No Comments
Verizon Wireless signs seen in his shop in Westminster LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Consumers who illegally download copyrighted films, music or TV shows could see their speed Internet access limited or slowed in the anti-piracy effort, announced on Thursday. U.S. ISPs, including Verizon Communications Inc., Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp. and [...]
Internet providers to act against online pirates (Reuters)
July 8th, 2011, No Comments
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Consumers who illegally download copyrighted films, music or television shows might see their Internet speed slowed or access restricted under an industry anti-piracy effort announced on Thursday. U.S. Internet service providers, including Verizon Communications Inc, Comcast Corp, Time Warner Cable Inc, Cablevision Systems Corp and AT&T Inc agreed to alert customers, [...]
Entertainment, broadband firms adopt piracy warning system (Reuters)
July 8th, 2011, No Comments
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) – A broad coalition of entertainment industry companies, guilds, Internet services and telecommunications providers said Thursday they have joined to launch a new warning system to tell consumers when they have downloaded copyrighted material illegally. Under the new measures, illegal downloaders could find their ability to surf the web restricted for a [...]
‘FarmVille’ creator Zynga to go public (AP)
July 2nd, 2011, No Comments
In this June 2, 2011 photo, workers enter the CityVille game room at Zynga headquarters in San Francisco, Thursday, June 2, 2011. Based on papers file LOS ANGELES – Zynga, the online game maker behind “FarmVille” and other popular Facebook pastimes, is going public, the latest in a crop of high-valued Internet IPOs expected after [...]
