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Apple To Possibly Unveil New Products Today

There’s buzz that Apple might announce the launch of three new iPads today—thinner iPads, color iPads, retina-display iPads, and so on.

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Are You Part of the “Sleepless Elite”?

The White House has announced a “tech blitz” to take on the glitches at HealthCare.gov that have been thwarting millions of Americans attempting to sign […]

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Inquirer Situation Officially an “Ugly Melodrama”

USA Today weighed in on the “messy soap opera” that is the current goings-on at the Inquirer, saying that the whole situation “reads like a […]

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A Brief Response to Stu Bykofsky

There’s so much invective and so little actual argument in Stu Bykofsky’s criticism of my column on Bill Marimow’s firing from the Inquirer that I almost […]

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Philly Stop-and-Frisk Video Goes National

Oh no, it’s Diane Sawyer! Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Breaking News It’s probably not great that Philadelphia become known for rough, unfriendly […]

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Phila.gov Among Gizmodo’s Top Municipal Websites

Phila.gov, the Internet home of Philly’s government, received Internet accolades for looking pretty from Gizmodo this weekend.

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Marimow Firing Lays Bare (Again) the Rift Between Inky, Philly.com

The New York Observer has an “inside Bill Marimow’s last day at the Philadelphia Inquirer” story, and it fleshes out what, ahem, observers have known […]

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Patton Oswald Is Having Lots of Fun With Joyce Evans’ Breaking Bad Tweet

Comedian Patton Oswalt and his friends have discovered Joyce Evans’ ill-fated Breaking Bad Tweet. Oh, the results:

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Hey Asshole! Don’t Make Me Wait While You Check Your Motherfucking Phone!

Okay, bitch, let’s talk. Just now, I was in the elevator with you, riding up. You got off a few floors below me. You had […]

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Berks Politician Targeting “Revenge Porn”

This week, California signed a law criminalizing “revenge porn”–aka posting naked or illicit pictures of other people online without their consent, presumably to get back […]

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Before You Send that Racist Text, Read This!

By now you’ve read about the discovery of a bunch of very racist texts exchanged between the Superintendent of the Coatesville school district and his […]

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Philly Hosts Travel Bloggers to Lure Hip 21st Century Tourists

  CBS Philly reports that the city has been hosting travel bloggers this week, an effort to get them to promote Philadelphia to their readers. […]

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Five Tips for Navigating the New and Complicated World of Sexting

Courting today is completely different than in years past. Texting has played a major role in changing how we communicate. No longer are relationships based […]

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Penn’s Brightest Minds Put Expensive Ivy League Education to Work Designing Hack-Proof Party App

The Daily Pennsylvanian brings us news of TheRedCup, the most secure party app ever designed by human brains. Thank God the parents of these fine […]

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Why I’m Quitting Comcast (Again)

Dear Comcast, I won’t burden myself with pleasantries. Frankly, for reasons we both should be keenly aware of, you and I are past that point. […]