IAC Has Shut Down Hatch Labs, Its Incubator for Mobile Apps
Multiple sources have told Betabeat that IAC shuttered Hatch Labs–its incubator for building mobile tools, apps, and platforms–on December 31st. Hatch Labs closed both its fifth floor offices in the...
View ArticleRudy Giuliani Says He Was Misquoted by John Catsimatidis
In an interview with DNAInfo, Republican mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis claimed former Mayor Rudy Giuliani told him he has a far better chance of winning the mayor’s race than Joe Lhota, who was a...
View ArticleDatemyschool.com Sets Up Shop in Brooklyn’s Industry City
New dating and social networking site, Datemyschool.com, has set up shop at Industry City in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park waterfront, The Commercial Observer has learned. The dotcom startup closed on the...
View ArticlePresident Obama Reflects the Passing of Ed Koch
In 1981, when Ed Koch was mayor, President Barack Obama moved to New York City to study at Columbia University. Today, Mr. Obama joined New Yorkers in mourning Mr. Koch’s death. “Ed Koch was an...
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Girls Gets New Critic: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Thinks a ‘Black Dildo’ Preferable...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Guys With Kids. (NBC) Celebrities are really at their best when they get a forum on Huffington Post, don't you think? Whether it's the award-winning James Franco, a huffy Alec...
View ArticleWalking Internet Avatar Benedict Cumberbatch Reportedly in Talks to Play Alan...
This should delight the Sherlock fangirls on Tumblr: Benedict Cumberbatch, who’s currently shooting The Fifth Estate, in which he plays controversial Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, is reportedly in...
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Seeking Better Real Estate, Cynthia McFadden Buys $5 M. Carnegie Hill Townhouse
Catch her in Carnegie Hill. (ABC/Donna Svennevik) When we saw that Nightline co-host Cynthia McFadden had sold her three-bedroom co-op at 129 East 69th Street last week, we wondered where she would be...
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HBO Releases An Insanely Terrifying Photo of Al Pacino as Phil Spector
Phillip V. Caruso / HBO We haven’t been this creeped out by Al Pacino since he played Dr. Kevorkian. Thankfully, HBO has decided to bring Pacino back, this time as top record producer and convicted...
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Five Essay Prompts for Girls 2×4: ‘It’s a Shame About Ray’
By Alex Bedder 1. The philosopher Rene Girard developed the concept of "mimetic desire," the theory that all of our desires are really borrowed from other people--we see someone else in the bath and...
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Too Bad the ‘Axe-Wielding Hitchhiker Vs. Racist Jesus Murder Driver’ Story...
"Kai" (Fox) By now, you may have seen the local human interest/crime story from a Fox affiliate in Fresno, starring a hippie hitchhiker named Kai who saved the day when the man who picked him up...
View ArticleFacebook Reportedly Developing Not Creepy Location-Tracking App We Can All...
A company that everyone trusts wholeheartedly with the troves of personal data you’ve turned over is reportedly developing an app that will further engender great faith and confidence from the public....
View ArticleTech in 2013: Midtown South Still Beats Lower Manhattan
Despite lower rents and greater vacancies in lower Manhattan, technology and media firms will not likely leave the Midtown and Midtown South neighborhoods they’ve come to call home. The much publicized...
View ArticleHere’s the 2013 Art Basel Exhibitor List
Art Basel today released the names of the 304 exhibitors that will appear in its 44th edition in Basel, Switzerland. The annual fair takes place this year from June 13 through 16. In the main section,...
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Actress Judy Greer Signs Big Book Deal With Doubleday
Judy Greer sold a humorous story collection to Random House imprint Doubleday for a nearly one million dollar advance, reports The Hollywood Reporter. In I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions...
View ArticleYou’ll Never Guess Where Facebook Is Hiding Its Targeted Ad Icon
The Federal Trade Commission didn’t mince words about behavioral targeting when it said, back in 2009, that the online advertising industry needs to get better at self-policing, “or it will certainly...
View ArticleOn the Market: Union Square’s Hotel Boom; Statue of Liberty Closed...
UES cancer survivor claims she was evicted her because of illness. [DNAinfo] Forest City enterprises to use more data analytics, less Ratner, for future decisions. [WSJ] Transformation of historic...
View ArticleTrue Life: I Binge-Watched Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’
Remember when catching up on a TV show required numerous trips to Blockbuster in a single weekend? Us neither. For years we’ve been mainlining our television shows entire seasons at a time, thanks to...
View ArticleNorth Korea Uses Call of Duty Footage in Creepy Propaganda Video
What do you do when you lack the technology to create your own simulation of New York City under missile attack? You use footage from video games, of course! Kotaku reports that a new space race...
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A Ratner in the Stacks: Library To Sell Forest City-Adjacent Branches
Photo courtesy Brooklyn Eagle, Bob Scott The Brooklyn Public Library is looking to sell off two of its branches near downtown Brooklyn to developers, the New York Daily News reports, and what do you...
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The Eight-Day Week: Fashion Week Edition
Prabal Gurung, our guest editor for this installment of Eight-Day Week. Fashion Week is special. The New York Observer asked me to share my plans for the coming days. I hope you’ll join me at my own...
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