Have we got the phone number for you, Mr. Woods! (Photo: Wikimedia)

Here’s A Tip. Are you travelling outside the U.S. soon? Are you afraid of getting publicly humiliated by an Austrian waiter because you rounded his tip up to the nearest 5 percent, not 10? Well How Much Should I Fucking Tip has a goddam solution! Just type the country or city of your choice into the search bar and get the proper percent to tip at restaurants, at hotels, and in taxis. There are also convenient notes on countries with sneaky service charges, or specific parking rules. But don’t exit your browser until you’ve typed in “North Korea.”

Bye-bye Burner Phone. A CallingVault number is the phone equivalent of your exclusive-to-Craigslist-Casual-Encounters email address. The virtual phone line provides you with a second phone number  to send/receive texts and calls from your cell without revealing your personal one. The website swears to vault-like protection of your most important conversations. Tiger Woods, we’re talking to you.

Movies, Yeah! Exclusive actor and director interviews, little known facts, and interactive quizzes are making regular movie watching seem just plain vanilla. For $4.99 per 48-hour film rental, you can get meta with your favorite flicks instead. YEAHTV.com streams curated movie content around “iconic” movies like Scream and Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2. “Two months of in-depth research goes into every film curation,” so fans like us could learn about Lawrence Teirney’s on-set diva outbursts and discover firsthand if Robert Pattinson sparkles in the sunlight.

IHeartTraffic. Now you can take a break between bass drops on your personalized EDM station to listen for tidbits about Mayor Bloomberg or for more information about how it’s already raining. IHeartRadio is expanding its radio access to things of importance. Listeners can now request geo-targeted local news, traffic, and weather updates via the “Add-Ins” feature.

Helping Journalists Help Themselves. Visual Revenue has been acquired by Outbrain in an endeavor to help editors optimize their online content sharing. Outbrain aggregates data to increase site traffic, while Visual Revenue uses analytics to advise media companies on strategies that send viewers to flocking to their websites. Now blogs know where to send their thank you cards.

Poached! Jennifer Barrett is leaving the women and teens digital network at Hearst to become vice president of editorial and product for DailyWorth. Is this a new venture to combine fashion and tech? Betabeat has been looking for the ideal shade of lipstick to compliment their cellphone…

Welcome to our Brunch Party. What do techies talk about at the brunch table? Themselves mostly--and innovation. Elepath's Jake Lodwick, Beth Comstock of GE, Bre Pettis of Makerbot, and robot designer Carla Diana get together at SXSW to interview each other.

Brian Lakamp

When he was promoted to President of Clear Channel Digital this month, Brian Lakamp, stepped into some very big shoes. The radio giant's digital efforts had previously been steered by Bob Pittman, the legendary founder of MTV, who is now CEO of Clear Channel's umbrella of corporate holdings. (Mr. Pittman's associates also recently launched a seed stage fund for digital media.)

"We've got a big challenge in front of us, as streaming radio becomes the norm, and the social graph allows for personalization in a way that wasn't possible a few years ago," said Mr. Lakamp, speaking with Betabeat by phone. "Add to that the 750 local radio brands we work with, and you have a a massive opportunity."

Mr. Lakamp will work closely with Mr. Pittman on digital strategy. Clear Channel just released its new iHeartRadio app, which allows users to live stream music from across the nation on their smartphone or tablet. "A huge part of enjoying music is discovery. What better way to do that then to see what your friends on the opposite coast are listening to, or spend an afternoon trying out what's trending in a part of the country you've never been to."

Unlike the record labels and music publishers, who are worried about the implications of Amazon and Google moving into the music streaming and storage business, Mr. Lakamp says Clear Channel sees the tech giant's entry into the marketplace as a chance to work with big new partners. "We're a discovery vehicle, helping them to reach consumers and drive the purchase of more songs."

The iHeartRadio app is available for free, and without commercials, until the end of the year. Users can create profile pages, connect their Facebook friends, or just browse by city, state and genre. They can also create custom radio that mash up their favorite local stations. "It's the ongoing evolution of terrestrial radio. It's local, it's national and its social, which is something the radio industry has in its DNA."