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An amazing time-lapse graphic by Latoya Egwuekwe showing the 2007-2009 plunge to 10% unemployment.
Nothing much happens in the early months. But then late 2008 comes around and everything really gets going...
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In a new disclosure, Zynga tells us it makes 90% of its revenues from gamers putting their own money into the system to buy virtual goods.
Zynga says 10% of its revenues come from "offers" marketing, where sponsors agree to buy virtual goods for gamers, so long as those gamers agree to ...
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In NYC, there are way more 3 year olds than there are prestigious kindergarten slots, so parents are doing everything they can to give their toddlers an edge.
This now includes hiring test-prep companies and tutors to prepare kids for the dreaded ERB, OLSAT, and BRSA exams.
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Who's going to bring you your local news? Rupert and/or Arthur:
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Times and Wall Street Journal are pursuing readers from regional U.S. newspapers in their fight to survive the worst advertising declines in the industry’s history.
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Remember Danny Pang?
He was the head of a huge private-equity firm who hadn't done many of the things his bio said he had done, who had denied having his first wife shot to death in front of her son , who was indicted on fraud charges, and who was recently found dead.
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Google New York: Scooters, Slides, And Legos -- Oh My!
Who's Who At Google New York
Warren Buffett And Bill Gates Explain How To Make $100 Billion...
Google New York's Alumni: Where Are They Now?
Peter Thiel Says Don't Piss Off The Robots (Or Bet On A Recovery)
The Problem With ...
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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- As it gets ready to officially take ownership of BusinessWeek magazine, Bloomberg is looking for help with global branding and advertising across its portfolio of media properties.
In a request for information sent out to agencies, Bloomberg said it's looking to ...
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“Email is not going to disappear. Possibly ever. Until the robots kill us all.” – Paul Buchheit, creator of Gmail, co-founder of FriendFeed, currently doing vague infrastructure things at Facebook. Today, at our RealTime CrunchUp event in San Francisco, Buchheit and Threadsy ...
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Glenn Beck has a plan, and he's deadly serious about it.
The mega-popular Fox news host/evangelist will unveil an initiative called "The Plan" in Florida tomorrow while on tour to promote his book, "Arguing With Idiots."
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Proclaimed iPhone-killer the Droid has been out for a week and it's already seeing price cuts from some retailers.
Verizon is still selling the phone for $200 but Amazon.com has a new Droid with contract for $150. Dell is taking the aggressive stance and offering the Droid for $120.00 .
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ESPN is suspending its hotshot writer Bill Simmons from Twitter for two weeks.
The reason: He started mouthing off at Boston sports station WEEI on Twitter. WEEI is an ESPN partner.
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Music videos from Sony and Universal on YouTube have more advertising sold against them than any other group, according to analysis from TubeMogul.
Below is an approximation of the daily share of YouTube's monetized views based on the number of videos that ...
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The hot story in tech right now is "real-time," thanks to Twitter and Facebook, so you're going to hear a lot of noise over the next few years about "real-time" tech startups. Most of them will be useless and will flame out.
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Salesforce is getting into the "real-time" niche, too.
Read the rest of this story » See Also: Salesforce.com Ex-President Cakebread Re-emerges At SaaS Vendor Xactly (CRM) Salesforce.com: Not As Big In Government As It Wants You To Think (CRM) People Complaining About Your Biz ...
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Earlier this week, we wrote a post called " Who's Who in Google New York ." It was a quick look at some of the top execs in the office, and what people are saying about them.
One of the powerful executives we mentioned is a rising star named Ari Paparo, who came to Google (GOOG) through its ...
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Tesla is working on its IPO, says Reuters citing two sources. Those sources say we can expect a filing anyday.
It should be interesting. It has one car, the $100,000+ Roadster. It's working on a more affordable sedan, but it is still years away. It also has a deal with Daimler for electric ...
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Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield left Yahoo disillusioned and disgruntled. Now based in Vancouver, Canada, Stewart started Tiny Speck, Inc., to try again at social gaming .
He's revisiting the old idea of a mobile, multiplayer role-playing game called Game Neverending .
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Yahoo must keep its share of search above 11% for the next three years, otherwise the Microsoft deal won't add additional profits, says Doug Anmuth of Barcalys.
His key points from the a report he released this week:
The Microsoft partnership would still generate incremental EBITDA for ...
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As the founder of Weblogs Inc., Jason Calacanis is, in many ways, the cofounder of the new AOL, which will be built around the company's network of 80 blogs and content sites.
So when we asked the Mahalo CEO for his take on AOL's future, we thought he'd toss a helpful quote our way. We got ...
