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The battle for splash page supremacy carries on although no one told Flavors.me they have already lost. I recently wrote an article explaining how About.me sold out to AOL

As Christmas Eve approaches, we here at TechZulu would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday.

I love music. You love music. Everyone loves music. And my guess is that you would love music even more if you could sound like a rockstar, without any practice or pesky band members.

Well, your wish has come true.

On January 6, 2011, Digital Media Wire is hosting its 4th Annual Digital Media Insider at CES, an exclusive event for the digital media industry’s key movers and influencers at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

About.me, Tony Conrad’s stealth startup went live to the masses four days ago and just like that has been acquired by AOL.

With perhaps the biggest splash of any mobile app launch ever, Word Lens has premiered today with great success. If you haven’t seen it already, Word Lens is a real-time, augmented reality translation service…and it will blow your mind.

Amidst your Friday product releases and celebratory beers to cap a great week, I wanted to remind you that SXSW Accelerator applications are due TODAY! Similar to DEMO and TechCrunch Disrupt, the Austin-based conference is holding a showcase to feature the most exciting startups around. There are categories for Innovative Web Technology, Social Media and Social Networking Technology, Entertainment Technology, News Technology, and Music Technology.

TechZulu had the pleasure of being a partner of this years past 5th annual ITVFest a few months back. We have watched it grow for quite some time now and every year just keeps getting better and better.

This week TechZulu Live is back from the holiday break with an amazing interview lined up for this thursday. Our special guest this week is Somrat Niyogi CEO & Co-Founder of Miso. Miso is a “Foursquare for TV+Movies” app, rewarding users with badges when they check-in to TV shows via the iPhone, iPad, Android, and web.

Distribber.com isa new-model flat-fee distribution service that places independent films on digital sales platforms such as iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Cable VOD while allowing filmmakers to keep 100% of their revenue