Andrew LaVallee

Radiohead/Lolcats/Grindr

“I very much hope the song does justice to his memory as the last survivor. It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us,” Thom Yorke said.

The two of them nailed down a first draft of the story in two months, [...]

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Mon, August 24 2009 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments

AOL/NCAA/LCD

The new AOL CEO, fresh from Google. March Madness video on the iPhone. “Vidification.”

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Sat, March 28 2009 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments

Viddyhos, Pirates, Whopper Sacrifices

Why is it so hard for me to keep this site updated, when I blog and Twitter at work all day long? A brief sampling, more of which can be found on my clips page: ViddyHo, Yelp, Facebook, Pirate Bay, Apple, Twittering advertisers during the Super Bowl, Caribou’s jab at Starbucks, Yahoo and Google earnings, [...]

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Wed, February 25 2009 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments

ZuneGate

Day Two.

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Mon, December 8 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments

More WSJ blogging

Crazy widget. iPhone factoids. Obama’s tech-czar search. Ad agency spats.

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Thu, November 13 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments

Precisely one day after I waited in line at the AT&T store,

Best Buy says it will start selling the iPhone next month.

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Tue, August 12 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments

More on Verizon/Alltel, Virgin/Helio, Philly Wi-Fi

Other stuff I recently wrote or chipped in on:

iPhone pricing details
Verizon acquiring Alltel
Virgin Mobile acquiring Helio
Philadelphia’s last-minute Wi-Fi rescue
News on RIM, CenturyTel and “in-call media“

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Fri, July 4 2008 » Wall Street Journal » No Comments

2007 by the numbers

Google Inc. crossed $700, IAC/InterActiveCorp split itself into five pieces, and Apple sold more than one million iPhones. Here’s a look at some of the numbers behind the year’s tech happenings.
Read Ones and Zeros

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Fri, December 28 2007 » Wall Street Journal » Comments Off

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