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Comcast Wants to Impose “Data Caps” on Internet Use

Warning: If you watch a lot of Hulu or Netflix, Comcast‘s Internet service is probably going to get more expensive for you sometime in the […]

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Bucks Native Takes Helm at CBS Evening News

Philadelphia Business Journal reports: “Bucks County native and former local news executive Steve Capus was named executive producer of the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and executive editor […]

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Comcast May Offer EA Games Through X1 Cable Box

PC Mag reports that Comcast is about to make its X1 cable box much, much sexier: According to a number of sources, Comcast is allegedly […]

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“10 Surprising Things Miley Cyrus and the Swiss Cheese Pervert Have in Common”

Every once in awhile, someone asks me how I go about coming up with topics for articles and blog posts. Since the fake, talking-to-college-kids answer […]

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Main Line Drugpocalypse the Result of Ecstasy Vortex?

Place your bets now, sports fans. The smart money is on “vortex” for 2014. For what, you ask? Oh, only the most important award of […]

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VIDEO: Philly Is Beautiful When Beautiful People Dance in Slow Motion

You might remember a few months back when we featured #ThanksPhilly, a video that seemed to celebrate literally everything there was to even mention about […]

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Everybody’s Making Happy Videos, Apparently

We shared with you Camden’s Happy video last week; we apparently missed a Philly-grown version of the same thing, featuring … Jesus?

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Joe Biden’s Cadillac On Craigslist for $15,000

According to the guy selling this Cadillac STS on Delaware Craigslist for $15,000, the car was leased by now-Vice President Joe Biden from 2005 to […]

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Katz Pledges $77 Million for Inquirer, Daily News

CBS Philly reports that minority owner Lewis Katz has pledged to pay at least $77 million to acquire the Inquirer and Daily News outright. The pledges […]

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Comcast Today: Comcast Wants to Provide Your Cell Phone Service, Too

Comcast may have lamented its lousy customer service at Wednesday’s Senate hearings on its proposed merger with Time Warner, but it could be argued that […]

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The 56 Things You’ll Likely Overhear At Philly Tech Week

More than 20,000 people are expected to attend more than 140 events at next week’s Philly Tech Week. AT&T and Chevrolet are the big named […]

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Suburban Philly Papers May Go On Sale

Nieman Journalism Lab is reporting that Digital First Media — which owns dozens of community newspapers nationally, including a few in the Philadelphia suburbs and […]

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My Crowdsourced Life

It was, you have to admit, a pretty smart publicity grab. Back in January, Mark Zuckerberg snapped a picture, posted it online, and posed a […]

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From Altered Gravity Wrestling to Musical Houseplants, Here Are the 8 Best/Worst Philly Kickstarter Projects

Since its debut in 2009, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter* has helped raise over $1 billion in donor pledges, with more than 1,500 Kickstarter projects launched in […]

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Comcast Upgrades X1, Lets Users Download DVR’d Shows to Tablets

Ever wish you could download your DVR’d TV shows to your iPad and take them on a plane with you? Comcast customers in the Philadelphia […]