Yesterday, I bought an Xbox off of BigDeal.com. I spent nearly an hour and a half bidding against some guy to try and buy at increments from about $18 all the way to $168. I tried every strategy I knew…...
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Now when you are trying to pick a place to meet a friend, you can use Centrl. Instead of copy-pasting URLs and emailing back and forth, you can settle on a place quickly with a few clicks. Here is how:Here is the Centrl presentation from the excellent...
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NYConvergence ORIGINAL The network of community-specific online news and information sites plans to launch 11 new sites spanning Long Island and Westchester in the next three months for: the Long Island communities of Bellmore, Garden City, Merrick, and..
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{"title":"Patch to Launch 11 New Sites Covering LI, Westchester","post_url":"http:\/\/blog.nextny.org\/2009\/10\/27\/patch-to-launch-11-new-sites-covering-li-westchester\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/nextNYblog","author":null,"date":"2009-10-27 13:28:25","summary":"NYConvergence ORIGINAL The network of community-specific online news and information sites plans to launch 11 new sites spanning Long Island and Westchester in the next three months for: the Long Island communities of Bellmore, Garden City, Merrick, and.."}

45% of people report that they plan to read significantly more online in the forthcoming year.This was one of the many fascinating insights presented at an interesting session by Jim Taylor of The Harrison Group during the DPAC conference that’s...
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NYConvergence ORIGINAL NYC Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein has announced the publication of the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts: The Moving Image. According to the press release received by NYConvergence, the Blueprint is a guide that...
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