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A ‘.Pin’ By Any Other Name: Amazon and Pinterest Fight For Favorite...
Trouble is afoot in the land of Internet domains. Specifically, in the land of "generic top-level-domains"—or as they are known by non-geeks, the letters that come after the dot. Retail giant Amazon...
View ArticleSteve-o, No! Mudslide Almost Engulfs Steve Ballmer’s Vacation Home
Sad news out of the Pacific Northwest today: Geekwire reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer almost had his beautiful vacation home destroyed by a rampant mudslide. Why do bad things always happen to...
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A Deck Delayed: Will Atlantic Yards Have To Wait For Blight-Concealing Rail...
What about the Yards part of Atlantic Yards? (Dope on the Slope, flickr) In the last few months, the battle cries of the Atlantic Yards opponents have quieted—or been drowned out by the hubbub of...
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Lil Wayne Is Epileptic, Almost Died From Not Drugs [Video]
Lil Wayne, not a healthy human being. (Getty Images) Lil Wayne (Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.), the hip-hop artist whose album I Am Not a Human Being II dropped on Tuesday, has had a pretty terrible month....
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Drumbeat to Downzone Bushwick Continues, Despite Skepticism on Affordable...
Bushwick's urban fabric hasn't changed much since the early 20th century, and Community Board 4 would like to keep it that way. (Photo courtesy Holly Dutton, Real Estate Weekly.) The Williamsburg and...
View ArticleFamous People like Soulja Boy, Brandy and Neil Patrick Harris Already Forming...
Though Google Glass makes even models look vaguely dorky, a host of celebs are lining up to try them out. Stanford computer science PHD student Andrej Karpathy analyzed the winners of the #ifihadglass...
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Michael Malice Will Write an Autobiography of Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il (Wikimedia Commons) Michael Malice, the celebrity ghost writer, recently raised more than $30,000 on Kickstarter to write an autobiography of Kim Jong-il. Mr. Malice never met Mr. Kim, who...
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New York Gourmands’ Sick, Sad Take on the Easter Bunny
A real bunny boiler for Easter. Tired of the same old Easter Egg hunt? Kind of hate the Easter Bunny? This holiday, depraved diners can finally find out if rabbits have anything in common with Jesus by...
View ArticleVideo Q&A Site VYou Shutting Down Its Consumer Product Next Week to Focus on...
VYou, the NYC-based video question and answer site that raised $3 million back in May 2011, will be shutting down its consumer-facing product next week. The company, which operates from an office in...
View ArticleSAC Capital’s Senior Technology Portfolio Manager Arrested In Growing Insider...
The federal government’s investigations into billionaire Stephen A. Cohen’s hedge fund SAC Capital culminated today in the arrest of one its top portfolio managers who was responsible for technology...
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Thieves Can’t Keep Their Hands Off Chelsea’s Derelict Doorknobs
via Wikimedia Thieves don’t exactly have to break doors down to get into Chelsea apartments. According to DNAinfo, there has been a recent increase in robberies in the area—burglars have been breaking...
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Governor’s Office Rumored to Be Negotiating Sale of Marcy Armory to Satmar...
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons. The Satmar Hasidim of South Williamsburg have their own schools, their own ambulance service, their own courts—even their own secret police. And soon, they may have...
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This Apartment Is Art, And Other Specious Claims to Justify Exorbitant Asking...
But is it art? Today, the Pierre penthouse—what may well be the most lavish penthouse in all of New York—officially hit the market for $125 million—which is definitely the most lavish asking price in...
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To Do Saturday: Strut Their Stuff
KAZAKY. Ukrainian boy band KAZAKY are kicking off the worldwide premiere of their The Secret Mission Tour at XL Nightclub. Former fans of ’NSync and the Backstreet Boys be warned: KAZAKY, made up of...
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To Do Sunday: Easter Promises
If you’re in Manhattan for Easter and feeling too old to hunt for marshmallow Peeps or dyed eggs, hit the delicious Easter Breakfast Buffet at Café Carlyle with omelet and carving stations and lots of...
View ArticleOnce Johnny Carson’s Punchline, Seventh Floor 30 Rock Commissary To Be Home...
The drama engulfing NBC’s morning programming is, for the moment, drowning out the beleaguered network’s late night personnel shift. But The Tonight Show’s move back to New York could affect where 30...
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To Do Monday: Bronx Cheer
Break out of that Easter Sunday slumber with the first game of the 2013 MLB season, when the New York Yankees take on the Boston Red Sox, always a rowdy affair with the potential for inappropriate yet...
View ArticleOn the Market: Bloomberg Is Bananas For Historic Districts; Rich People...
Co-op sues woman for pretending long-dead aunt was still alive to keep dirt-cheap rent. [DNAinfo] Building unions losing traction in negotiations with developers. [Crain's] The lengths and lies pet...
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At After-Party for Lucky Guy, Tom Hanks Speaks of the Two Truths to His...
Tom Hanks photobombs 'drunk' Observer reporter. (Patrick McMullan) For a while, it looked like Bill Murray would be this nation's greying Loki--the prankster god who pushes hipsters to the ground and...
View ArticleOMGPOP Founder Dan Porter Departs Zynga; Will Be Replaced by VP of Mobile...
Dan Porter, the founder of New York-based gaming company OMGPOP which was purchased by Zynga in March of last year, has left the company, according to a release obtained by Betabeat. Read More
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