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Michael Bloomberg Wants to Do Something Cool with New York's Phone Booths
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Michael Bloomberg Wants to Do Something Cool with New York's Phone Booths

Just 15 years ago, New York City had 35,000 phone booths. Thanks to cell phones it now has just 11,000, most of which serve little purpose for anyone but Clark...

Can the App Economy Cure Dismal Job Numbers?
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Can the App Economy Cure Dismal Job Numbers?

"This is shameless, really," said Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., on Wednesday, as she held out her iPad, showing high-resolution photo of her infant grandson to...

Brogrammers Wanted
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Brogrammers Wanted

"What is best in life? Is it to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women? Well, that's a pretty good start....

Marissa Mayer Is in Over Her Head
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Marissa Mayer Is in Over Her Head

One evening in the spring of 1999, Marissa Mayer got a recruiting email from a tiny search company. "I was in a long-distance relationship at the time, so I was...

The New Artisan Economy
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The New Artisan Economy

The recovery from the Great Recession of 2007-09 has been so anemic that the average American would probably be surprised to hear that the recession has officially...

Google's Grand Plan
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Google's Grand Plan

In a typical month, David Lawee meets two dozen founders of new companies. He grills them on their businesses, their ambitions, their funding, and their clever...

What Geography Can Teach ­S About Basketball
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What Geography Can Teach ­S About Basketball

The annual Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, created in 2006, has become something like Bonnaroo for sports nerds. And if there was a breakout star at this year's...

How To Kill Patent Trolls
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How To Kill Patent Trolls

Firms that collect and enforce patents of dubious value—with no intention of creating the invention described in those patents—are the scourge of innovators everywhere...

Windows Without Windows
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Windows Without Windows

Microsoft's new version of Windows is fantastic, jarring, and risky at the same time. Fantastic because it marks the clearest sign yet that Microsoft is embracing...

Apple Needs More Than A Good Lawyer in China
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Apple Needs More Than A Good Lawyer in China

Apple has no problem getting Chinese consumers to desire its products, as a near-riot outside its Beijing store showed in January. But the U.S. tech giant has been...

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You Need To Learn How To Program

If you're looking for a New Year's resolution, let me suggest an idea that you might not have considered: You should learn computer programming. Specifically,...
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