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eBay Experiments With ‘Shoppable Windows’ In New York

eBay Experiments With ‘Shoppable Windows’ In New York

By Chris Crum June 5, 2013

eBay has been beta testing “shoppable windows” for physical retail stores for several months, and will officially launch the first ones in Manhattan this Saturday. While this is only a month-long experiment, it could turn into something much bigger for …

Watch the Empire State Building's New LED Light Show Watch the Empire State Building's New LED Light Show
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New York City’s famous landmark, the Empire State Building, is used to being lit up for events – Christmas, Election Day, St. Patrick’s Day, etc. But it’s never seen anything quite like this. The tower now has a new LED …

Staten Island Pizza Shop Owner Bites Mans Ear Staten Island Pizza Shop Owner Bites Mans Ear
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I swear this is how it started in “Dawn of the Dead” didn’t it? A couple of stories here and there. Like a man eating another mans face in Miami, and a man eating another man’s brain and heart in …

Google Lends Space for CornellNYC Tech Google Lends Space for CornellNYC Tech

Google not only provides decent internet search, reliable email, wacky self-driving cars, and augmented reality specs, but now it’s in the real estate business. Mashable reported today that Google is loaning out 22,000 feet of its New York City office …

NYC Limits Social Media Between Teachers, Students NYC Limits Social Media Between Teachers, Students

Long is the troubled history of teachers and students communicating via social networking sites. The thing is, you never hear about teacher-student communication on Facebook or Twitter until it causes some kind of trouble and then we’re all left to …

New York City Moves Closer To Creating A .NYC Domain New York City Moves Closer To Creating A .NYC Domain

Since the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began taking applications for new generic top-level domains, unique opportunities galore have opened up for several possible new website domains. One place that’s hoping to acquire its own domain, and …

Freedom Tower Broadcast Spire Being Built Freedom Tower Broadcast Spire Being Built
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The hardest thing about the tragedy on September 11th was the giant hole in the ground at the World Trade Center. After years of ridiculous political bureaucracy and scandals, the new Freedom Tower is almost ready. Construction is currently on …

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