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’Murrican as Apple Pie

’Merica. ’Murrica. ’Mericuh. Our most recent Independence Day weekend brought them out, in intentionally butchered droves — cheekily edited versions of our great country’s name, accompanied […]

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Tom Corbett Just Gave Everybody the Finger

So this went viral in Pennsylvania late on Thursday: https://twitter.com/BrianPHickey/status/487376759935881216

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Awesome Philly Blog: Say Hello to “Oh, Hello Window Cat”

Jackie Palmer would like it to be stated, for the record, that she has only one cat — one lone, singular, solitary, individual cat, a […]

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Dear Inky: I Got It Wrong

I get it wrong sometimes. I was wrong back in January 2013. At the time, new ownership had taken over at the Inquirer and Daily […]

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SCOTUS Rules Against Aereo Streaming TV, Handing Comcast a Win

“In a decision with implications for the television industry, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Aereo, a start-up streaming service, violated copyright laws by […]

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10 Emojis Philadelphia Needs Right Now

Sometimes, words just aren’t enough. Other times, words are just too much. That’s where emojis — little cartoon icons that can be used in text […]

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“No Body Talk” Summer Camps: Is This a Good Thing?

Last week the New York Times ran an article on a couple of summer camps that enforce a “no body talk” rule. As one such […]

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Philadelphia Cabs Debut New Uber-Like Payment App

The first cab driver I asked about the new Way2Ride payment app for Philadelphia taxicabs had no idea what I was talking about. The second […]

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Lenfest Appoints Interim Philly.com Editor

Any print devotee who hoped against hope the new ownership of Interstate General Media might let Philly.com whither and die — or at least fade […]

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Drexel Sexting Study: Majority of Kids Exchange Sexually Explicit Texts

Drexel University just released a new study that finds that the majority of minors engage in sexting, much to the horror of parents everywhere. The […]

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Comcast Today: As Hotspot Program Expands, So Do Concerns

Comcast’s plan to turn your home’s private router into a public hotspot is gaining more attention. And because it’s Comcast, not all of it is […]

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UPDATE: The Inquirer Apologizes for Sex Crime Tweet

[Update 10:20 am] The Inky has apologized: …much to the relief of its readers: [Original] Hey, we all know the social media sphere is supposed […]

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Black & White and Dead All Over Now Available on Amazon Prime

Black & White and Dead All Over, the documentary about the long, slow, sad decline of newspapers, and Philly newspapers specifically, is now available to […]

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Have a Moral Dilemma? There’s an App for That.

The parking garage I use downtown has a coupon online that makes for a hefty discount. So every day, I make sure I’ve printed out […]

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Even Professional Journalists Hate Inquirer.com

Via Romenesko, comes the sad tale of a Washington Post reporter trying, fruitlessly, to read a story on Inquirer.com .@PhillyInquirer @tomfitzgerald I give up on […]