Getting Doctors to Think About Costs
By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. My first formal lesson on health care costs occurred one afternoon on the wards when I was a medical student. The senior doctor in charge, a silver-haired specialist known for…
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In New Office Designs, Room to Roam and to Think
By LAWRENCE W. CHEEK MARTHA CHOE’S ideal working space is not her private office, nice though it is, but rather a long, narrow table in the vast atrium of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
Where Pimps Peddle Their Goods
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF I WENT on a walk in Manhattan the other day with a young woman who once had to work these streets, hired out by eight pimps while she was just 16…
The Way We Read Now
By DWIGHT GARNER THE case against electronic books has been made, and elegantly, by many people, including Nicholson Baker in The New Yorker a few years ago. Mr. Baker called Amazon’s Kindle, in a memorable…
As Cars Are Kept Longer, 200,000 Is New 100,000
By DEXTER FORD HOW far can a modern car really go? Given the increasing age of vehicles on American roads, we may be on the verge of finding out. As a stubborn recession made drivers…
When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized
By DAVID ALLEN HOW do you think most workers would respond if you asked them, “Do you feel more productive now than you did several years ago?” I doubt that the answer would be a…
Spring Break Gets Tamer as World Watches Online
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ KEY WEST, Fla. — Ah, Spring Break, with its copious debauchery, its spontaneous bouts of breast-baring, Jager bombing and après-binge vomit. In this era of “Jersey Shore” antics and “Girls Gone Wild,”…
REDLINE SPORTS Trampoline Park South Florida – “Aeroball scores as new game”
Aeroball comes to REDLINE SPORTS Trampoline Park in South Florida – Grand Opening Winter 2012 Website: REDLINE SPORTS Trampoline Park ________________________________ Aeroball Trampoline scores as new game – Competitors get intense workout, using trampoline, ball…
HBO cancels ‘Luck’ after third horse dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The horse racing series Luck was canceled by HBO after a third thoroughbred died during production of the series starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte, the channel said Wednesday. The drama…
At SXSW, startups make the scene
By Charlie Szold AUSTIN, Texas – In the 1840s, speculators panned in rivers to find elusive gold bits that could make them rich overnight. In the 21st century, hardworking entrepreneurs toil over code and user…
Is Google Plus’s Problem One of Design?
By NICK BILTON People love Google Plus. Wait, they hate Google Plus. No, that’s not right, either. Lots of people are using Google Plus. No, it’s a ghost town. Rather than bicker constantly about who…
A Groupon Alternative Aims to Offer Small Businesses a Better Deal
By DAVID H. FREEDMAN Constant Contact has been one of the big success stories when it comes to online companies that specialize in serving small businesses. Some half a million of them count on the…
For Apple, Pressure Builds Over App Store Fraud
By EVELYN M. RUSLI and BRIAN X. CHEN In a little over an hour, Ryan Matthew Pierson racked up $437.71 in iTunes charges for virtual currency that he could use to buy guns, nightclubs and…
Foxwoods Is Fighting for Its Life
By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE Nearly everything about the Foxwoods Resort Casino is improbable, beginning with its scale. It is the largest casino in the Western Hemisphere — a gigantic, labyrinthine wonderland set down in a cedar…
New iPad: A Polishing of the Old
By DAVID POGUE On Friday, the new iPad goes on sale. Be sure to ask for it by name: the iPad. Because if you ask for the iPad 3, the Apple representatives will look at…
REDLINE SPORTS Indoor Trampoline Park Florida
GeoClickz News – Redline Sports Indoor Trampoline Park in South Florida Redline Sports Indoor Trampoline Park in Fort Lauderdale Florida Redline Sports Indoor Trampoline Park in Fort Lauderdale Florida is a state of the art…
Lingerie and Enlightenment
By JACALYN E.S. BENNETT ON my father’s side of the family were several generations of respected New York lawyers and judges. My maternal grandmother married the deacon of the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church in Prospect…
Basketball Free-Throw Records Fall With the Flick of His Wrist
By JOHN BRANCH CENTRALIA, Kan. — With the start of the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament, the country is once again contemplating the art of the free throw — mainly, why so many of the uncontested…
D’Antoni Resigns as Knicks’ Coach
By HOWARD BECK Mike D’Antoni has resigned as head coach of the Knicks, a result of a season-long struggle to find common ground with Carmelo Anthony, the franchise star. D’Antoni made the decision official in…
New Worries About Sleeping Pills
By RONI CARYN RABIN Talk about sleepless nights. Patients taking prescription sleep aids on a regular basis were nearly five times as likely as non-users to die over a period of two and a half…
AOL Slashes Staff at AIM Unit; Wider Cuts Expected
By NICK BILTON Clarified Mr. Shellen’s departure. On Friday, AOL notified more than 40 employees from its West Coast offices that they would be out of jobs by the end of the month. More cuts…
SXSW (South by Southwest Music and Media Conference)
The South by Southwest (SXSW) music, film and interactive festival draws an affluent crowd of technology geeks and celebrities. The festival has been produced since 1987 by SXSW Inc., a private company based in Austin….
Top 6 Best Poker Movies
From Toby Bochan Sometimes there’s nothing like losing yourself in a movie — and these poker movies are great films for any poker fan. Some of these movies aren’t about poker as much as gamblers…
All In – The Poker Movie Trailer Features Matt Damon, Chris Moneymaker And Others
By Kelly West Poker continues to be a hugely popular game, and one that’s made its way into modern day popular culture, due in large part to televised poker tournaments, celebrity interest, and of course…
Be Our Guest restaurant – New Fantasyland at Walt Disney World
by Ricky Brigante Walt Disney World has offered a first look inside the new Be Our Guest restaurant that’s currently under construction in the New Fantasyland expansion at the Magic Kingdom. The “Beauty and the…
Matt Damon’s ‘All In: The Poker Movie’ Trailer Released (VIDEO)
Matt Damon really likes poker. In fact, in the newly released trailer for “All In — The Poker Movie” Damon even says that “there is just something cool about being good at poker.” “All In…
SXSW 2012: ‘Spring Break For Geeks’ Kicks Off in Austin
By Joanna Stern AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin is about to get a whole lot nerdier, at least for the next couple of days. The annual South by Southwest Interactive festival (don’t call…
Sara Blakely, Spanx Founder, Is Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire
Jessica Misener Sara Blakely, the founder of ubiquitous shapewear company Spanx, debuts on one of the covers of Forbes’ new Billionaires issue as the youngest self-made woman to earn the big “B” title at age…
As Facebook IPO Nears, Universities Take Aim at Student Startups
By Dylan Reid Facebook’s recent filing has many commentators likening the social networking site, started in a Harvard dorm, to the search giant Google, founded by two Stanford PhDs less than a decade earlier. But…
Rush Limbaugh’s Show Filled With Free Ads; Sponsor Exodus Continues
By Rebecca Shapiro Media watchdogs have been paying close attention to the commercials aired during Rush Limbaugh’s radio show, as nearly 50 advertisers have pulled their content from the program in wake of the controversy…
SXSW 2012: Huffington Post, Lisa Ling, Susan Orlean, Tiffany Shlain And Bianca Bosker!
by Margaret Wheeler Johnson HuffPost Women is at South By Southwest this weekend, and we’re thrilled to be hosting a panel on an issue we wanted to discuss with other women: anxiety about who you…
Disruptions: TV Makers Ignore Apps at Their Own Peril
By NICK BILTON SAN FRANCISCO — Every night, I get home from work, drop onto the couch and sit there surfing the Web or watching videos on my 3 1/2-inch iPhone screen. My big-screen HDTV…
YouTube Subtracts Racy and Raucous to Add a Teaching Tool
By STEPHANIE STROM Educators are giving YouTube — long dismissed as a storehouse of whimsical, time-wasting and occasionally distasteful videos — another look. As Google, YouTube’s parent company, fine-tunes a portal that lets schools limit…
New Layer of Content Amid Chaos on YouTube
By BEN SISARIO For a glimpse at the next phase in YouTube’s evolution, look no further than a stray crutch and a $20 birthday cake for Justin Bieber. Those were among the props at a…
Discreetly Digital, Erotic Novel Sets American Women Abuzz
By JULIE BOSMAN “Fifty Shades of Grey,” an erotic novel by an obscure author that has been described as “Mommy porn” and “Twilight” for grown-ups, has electrified women across the country, who have spread the…
Facebook: The Evolution of a Social Superpower
A look at how a company went from start-up to Internet titan, and changed the way the world uses the Web in the process. Source: New York Times Video
Bike Week 2012 opens with a roar in Daytona Beach
By Jon Busdeker 71st annual event continues through March 18, 2012 Engines rumbling. Classic rock blaring. Beers flowing at 10 a.m. It must be Bike Week. The 71st annual Bike Week revved into high gear…
Boing Jump Center in Oviedo Florida
Boing Jump Center in Oviedo Florida is a place to jump around and laugh with your friends. This place is a trampoline park in Oviedo Florida to jump, eat, and play some arcade games. Boing…
Study: Why Do People Use Facebook?
By Alicia Eler Facebook is an accepted means of communication. It is a never-ending virtual social gathering filled with adopted puppies, cute LOL kitties, baby announcements, viral articles and videos, events, groups, organizations and fan…
One company, one store: Why Google axed Android Market for Google Play
BY GEOFF DUNCAN Google is unifying Android Market as well as its book, music, and movie services under the moniker Google Play. But is it clearer, or more confusing? Internet giant Google raised eyebrows yesterday…
Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with more than 800 million active users around the world, and roughly 200 million in the United States, or two-thirds of the population. Created in 2004 by Mark…
Facebook – Which personality type describes you best?
by Matthew Inman Facebook Personality Types: The Gamer – The invites and updates will never stop The Event Coordinator – They invite everyone to everything The Desperate Marketer – Their idea of marketing on Facebook…
Sell Apple?! iPad3 May Provide the Chance
It may be time to buy the iRumor and sell the iFact. With Apple Inc. set to unveil its latest blockbuster device Wednesday, the iPad3, a window isn’t only opening on one of the most-profitable…
Apple’s Cook lifts lid on newest, 4G-powered iPad
By Poornima Gupta and Alexei Oreskovic (Reuters) – Apple Inc took the wraps off a faster 4G-equipped iPad on Wednesday, hoping the latest version of its tablet can safeguard its dominance as rivals from Amazon…
Apple Unveils New Version of IPad
By Adam Satariano Apple Inc. (AAPL) introduced a new version of the iPad, beefing up its two-year-old mobile computer with a sharper screen and faster chip to widen its lead over Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Microsoft…
FUN SPOT ACTION PARK BECOMES “HUGE-ER”
Fun Spot Action Park, just off International Drive in Orlando, is growing. The 13 year-old, 5 acre park has just purchased an adjacent 10 acres to triple its size. Plans are being developed for the…
Fun Spot Action Park – Orlando Florida
At Fun Spot Action Park, the focus is on safe, clean family fun. Five acres of attractions include four multilevel go kart tracks, thirteen rides, including the Kid Spot for pre-schoolers, and more than 120…
Goodbye Android Market, Hello Google Play
By Chris Velazco Google’s Android Market has undergone some tremendous changes over the last year or so. What started as just a standalone app store has quickly grown to encompass e-books, music, videos, and now…
Google Play launches as online entertainment hub
By Chenda Ngak (CBS News) Google launched Google Play Tuesday – an entertainment hub which will house movies, music, e-books, games and apps in one location. Full coverage of Google at Tech Talk “Starting today,…
Does Sex Sell?
By KARYN MONGET Three decades ago, Calvin Klein triggered debate — and a publicity bonanza — when 15-year-old Brooke Shields purred, “You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.” These days,…