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Begin: WordPress Article Content Portfolio An iOS Lens Into Equity There is more to mobile apps than games, and Portfolio, co-founded by TechCrunch alum Ben Schaechter, wants to upend the financial application space. The company launched its iOS application three weeks ago, and has seen quick early adoption, spurred on in part with App Store love…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Send an instant message asking for something, and they’ll do the grunt work of placing your order and getting it delivered to you. That’s the idea for Uber co-founder Garret Camp‘s new startup Operator that’s still in stealth, according to sources with direct knowledge of the app.You might have heard of…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Twitter is doing whatever it can to help its live video streaming acquisition Periscope beat independent competitor Meerkat. Multiple sources tell TechCrunch that Twitter has been contacting celebrities who use Meerkat, trying to convince them Meerkat is dying and that they should use Periscope instead.Sources also say Twitter has been in touch with media companies…
Photo Credit Emon Hassan for The New York Times It is a hero among sandwiches, although it is not the one called a hero. It is not called by any name that everybody agrees on, although it sometimes appears on menus as the breakfast sandwich. A name isn’t necessary in conversation because nobody bothers to…
Photo As airlines pack planes tighter and charge more for certain rows, requests — or demands — to swap seats have taken on a new tenor. Credit Edgar Su/Reuters J.L. Pomeroy has flown long enough to know that there are limits to how obliging she will be to her fellow passengers, especially those who want…
It’s 2050 and feminism has finally won. Women make up more than 80% of serial killers and serial killer-related entertainment shows. Everyone agrees that Harper Lee wrote In Cold Blood under Truman Capote’s name as a favor before beating Ernest Hemingway in Greco-Roman-style wrestling. Sex is just when two or more women take the mathematics…
Why scribes belong together My husband, Art Taylor, and I talk about a lot of things. Most are along the lines of “What’s for dinner?” or “Need to clean up the cat vomit.” However, when we’re not navigating the day-to-day chores of life, we talk about short fiction. And that’s why we’re here. To celebrate…
The shower-in-the-kitchen thing is like the unicorn of bad NYC real estate. Occasionally you hear about them, but only a few people have actually seen them. Others have only seen them in movies—a well-placed design element for added comedic “Only In New York” effect. But they are real, they are out there, and the kind…
Source: www.launchgood.com Adnan Syed, subject of ‘Serial’ podcast, makes case for new trial Arts & Entertainment • April 13, 2015 6:42 AMApril 13, 2015 6:42 AM FOLLOW STORY Register or sign in to receive story updates. FOLLOW STORY Register or sign in to receive story updates. this is necessary because of the different way mobile…
5 Brainwashing Tricks That Work No Matter How Smart You Are Everyone is talking about Scientology again, and why not? It’s a billion-dollar cult apparently based on convincing actors they have superpowers. But there’s no reason to single them out — look around and you’ll see the world is full of people who’ve either gotten…