Adrianne Jeffries
Did you know there's a free coworking space in Chelsea? Wix.com offers a free website editor for quick and dirty Flash sites. It's a freemium model--start with one of their slick Flash templates for free, then pay a bit to get rid of ads or trick out the site with more features. Wix opened its "Wix Lounge" six months ago, offering free Wi-Fi, free seating and free coffee to entrepreneurs and freelancers. Occasionally, it hosts events... MORE >
New York-based BNTER.com is a Twitter-esque site for posting clips of conversations that take place via text message, instant message or with voices in actual real life. Some of New York's techsters have really taken to BNTRing their witticisms, puns and moments of zen, so we plumbed the site for the best recent BNTERs, Friday afternoon-style. Our favorite BNTER this week comes from RRE Ventures' Adam Ludwin, who was hoping he might be in the... MORE >
Etsy is changing its prohibited items policy after a public relations crisis erupted over some offensive items listed in the handmade goods marketplace. Etsy is a warm, fuzzy, generally adorable brand. The knick knacks they sell are cute. Their name is cute. The DUMBO office where they host their cutesy craft nights is... MORE >
All our favorite tech rumors are coming to a head. First Verizon announces an iPhone and now the streaming music service Spotify, a favorite in Europe, will be launching soon in the U.S., Mashable... MORE >
New York Times technology reporter David Pogue is not afraid to be a nerd on camera, as he's proved with many a cheesy video gadget review. He does voices. He'll put costumes on. He'll enthusiastically deliver the most painful puns. A Pogue gadget review is a production. Rember the iPhone music... MORE >
Which startup will rule the 2011 South By Southwest Interactive Festival? New York's own darling, Foursquare, was declared the breakout app in 2009. Twitter won hearts at the festival in 2007. This year, several New York startups are in the running. Speculation has begun on Quora that SMS-based apps will probably make a big splash, and New York's startup-of-the-moment GroupMe is a natural... MORE >
About.com founder Scott Kurnit's new startup, AdKeeper, is pushing back its release to Valentine's Day. The initial date was supposed to be 1/11/11, Kurnit told Mashable, but the Consumer Electronics Show was eating up all the... MORE >
From the creator of Using Wordpress, Create Your Own Blog and Daddy Wears Slippers To Work comes a 224-page book about how to use... MORE >
Oh, the lives of the Internet famous. Facebook progeny Jumo and investor darling GroupMe pushed their Macs to the wall for a post-holiday party at 113 Spring Wednesday night, and everyone you follow on Twitter was there. Entrepreneurs, hackers, investors and media players hung their jackets on hooks and availed themselves of booze. Brooklyn Lager and Magic Hat #9 flowed from kegs, two bartenders poured cups of red and white wine. At one point, 51... MORE >
The second Geoweb Summit will take place on May 12 with a focus on location technology platforms, digital out-of-home and augmented reality, organizer Peter Verkooijen of Modified Ventures announced today. The first Geoweb Summit focused on New York's location-based startups, geoweb in retail, media and advertising, as well as location analytics. The event will take place again at Dumbo Loft in Brooklyn. Speakers will include founders and CEOs of HopStop, Goby, Gypsii and... MORE >
Mike Jones, CEO of News Corp's digital division, is considering a possible spinoff or sale of MySpace a day after the social network slashed its staff in half, Bloomberg reports. That'll be a tough sale. Who wants to buy a social network that's losing tons of money, just flopped its big redesign and like, isn't even cool... MORE >
Is 4chan creator Christopher Poole's anonymous army turning against him? A 4chan user appeared to reveal Poole's home address and phone number on the imageboard this week, posting a Manhattan address and phone number as "moot's info." The post was quickly removed before any 4channers attempted to verify it, but one user saved a screenshot and sent it to The Observer. The phone number went to an unidentified man's voicemail (he didn't sound like Poole).... MORE >
The 81-year old graphic designer Milton Glaser is a legend in contemporary design. Glaser was co-founder and first design director at New York magazine, but has also produced award-winning interior design, logos, posters and signage. Mr. Glaser spoke today at Creative Mornings, the monthly ten-minute breakfast lecture series run by NYC designer Tina Roth Eisenberg. The talk was enthusiastically documented on... MORE >
Change is coming to Meetup.com. The site, founded by Scott Heiferman in 2002, is not as sexy as Foursquare or as hyped-up as Twitter. But Meetup was a social network before social networks were cool, and it's still going strong--which is more than a lot of proto-social networks can... MORE >
A local plastic surgeon scored 1,068,000 points in Donkey Kong, beating the previous record of 1,064,500 points held by Steve Wiebe, one of the men profiled in the documentary King of Kong. Chien beat the record high score in March, but Wiebe and Billy Mitchell, the other champion in King of Kong, both beat Chien's March score in the months following, but now he's reclaimed the top... MORE >
