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New York's Broadband Sucks. Is Anything Being Done To Fix It?

A study came out yesterday claiming that New York has the "fastest-growing" tech industry in the U.S. That research, conducted by the Center for an Urban Future, sure made a lot of people happy . (Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has long said that the Big Apple needs to become less economically depen ... More >>

City Helped Create 22 Companies and 300 Jobs Through Incubator, Bloomberg Brags

​In today's New-York-City-is-the-best-place-in-the-universe news, Mike Bloomberg has for us the latest success story for the Big Apple: its small business start-ups. In line with the theme of many of the mayor's events so far this year -- promoting innovation in fashion, in film and television ( ... More >>

Mike Bloomberg and Christine Quinn Cut Ribbon for Bronx's First City-Sponsored Business Incubator

Mayor Mike Bloomberg fondly remembers his days as a small business owner and likes to share the joy of successful entrepreneurship with New York City start-ups. This time, in the Bronx. The mayor announced today the first city-sponsored business incubator in the borough, which will be part of the ... More >>

OFFICE SPACE

Giving the gift of awkward silences

AOL TechCrunch Deal Is Done, So What Does This Mean for Everyone Else?

​Well, when we're wrong, we're wrong: I didn't think AOL was going to pull the trigger, but they just did. Apparently, at TechCrunch Disrupt -- Michael Arrington's cuddlefest of sycophantic entrepreneurs, wannabes, and the Real McCoy, who mostly attend to have their asses kissed -- Michael Arr ... More >>

Your Single-Serving Website of the Day: There's a Startup For That

​Single-serving sites, done correctly, are the dim sum of the internet: the really good ones are hard to find and often look like all the others, but when done correctly, and priceless and wonderful treats. I guess? Anyway, here's the latest, which will assauge your fears that something you do ... More >>

TED Conference is Really Sorry For Ignoring Women All Those Years, Launches TEDWomen

​"It's a boys club." You've heard it about almost every industry imaginable; it's always true. The tech world, though, is a special sort of sausage club. The global TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) conferences, held annually since 1990, aim to give a stage to ambitious social entrepre ... More >>

Talking Points Preview: Early Notes on New York Magazine's "Life is Tweet" Start-Up Guide

​Every week, as the clock strikes midnight and Monday begins, New York magazine releases its new issue online. Because the April 26 issue is about the internet, I went to the corner magazine store and bought it, hours before it's available for free. For some reason, though counterintuitive, th ... More >>

City Universities Are Part of Bloomberg's Green Jobs Vision

​Every week, as the clock strikes midnight and Monday begins, New York magazine releases its new issue online. Because the April 26 issue is about the internet, I went to the corner magazine store and bought it, hours before it's available for free. For some reason, though counterintuitive, th ... More >>

My Week in Disappointment

​Every week, as the clock strikes midnight and Monday begins, New York magazine releases its new issue online. Because the April 26 issue is about the internet, I went to the corner magazine store and bought it, hours before it's available for free. For some reason, though counterintuitive, th ... More >>

Lidia Bastianich Honored at the BPeace Gala

​Every week, as the clock strikes midnight and Monday begins, New York magazine releases its new issue online. Because the April 26 issue is about the internet, I went to the corner magazine store and bought it, hours before it's available for free. For some reason, though counterintuitive, th ... More >>

A Briny Love Connection: Whole Foods and Wheelhouse Pickles

​Every week, as the clock strikes midnight and Monday begins, New York magazine releases its new issue online. Because the April 26 issue is about the internet, I went to the corner magazine store and bought it, hours before it's available for free. For some reason, though counterintuitive, th ... More >>

Death of a Sales Ploy

​Every week, as the clock strikes midnight and Monday begins, New York magazine releases its new issue online. Because the April 26 issue is about the internet, I went to the corner magazine store and bought it, hours before it's available for free. For some reason, though counterintuitive, th ... More >>

The Launching Fad

A next-generation start-up plays the fortune game

Fortune Teller

An Interview With Silicon Valley Voyeur Po Bronson

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An Interview With Silicon Valley Voyeur Po Bronson