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A mobile app to counteract the effect of SuperPACs? [LINKS]
Could our smartphones talk back to big-money politics? [NewsWorks] “It would work this way: Through this application, available on your smartphone and laptop, you could opt to be a virtual donor in...
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N3rd Street gets hotter [LINKS]
A bubbling of tech firms in Philadelphia’s Old City [Philadelphia Inquirer] “It’s not California’s Silicon Valley, or New York’s Silicon Alley. Instead, this gaggle of geeks is flocking to N3RD...
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Uber founder: Philadelphians just don’t realize ‘how awesome they are’ [LINKS]
Uber thinks it can woo Philadelphians with luxury car service [Philadelphia Inquirer] “Philadelphians just don’t realize ‘how awesome they are,’ [Uber founder] Kalanick later said in an interview....
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South Jersey gamer gets kicked out of concert over a tweet, incident goes...
So I was kicked out of MC Chris’s concert last night, by him over a tweet… [Reddit] Mike Taylor, co-founder of gaming site Game Boat, recounts the little occurrence that caused a whole lot of stir....
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Bucks County teen goes viral with Beyonce copycat video [LINKS]
Bucks County teen goes viral with Beyoncé copycat video [Newsworks] — It’s sort of awesome. See the video below. Group M Next Taps Pinterest Analytics Company Curalate [AdAge] Daniel Rubin: Plugging...
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Azavea launches open-source crime data tool [LINKS]
Police commish Ramsey to live-tweet National Night Out events [Philadelphia Daily News] Azavea and Temple prof team up to pack digital heat against crime [Flying Kite] “It’s a new chapter in...
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Spurred by a tweet, Philly cops locate NoLibs resident’s missing car [LINKS]
@PhillyPolice: My car has been stolen” How Twitter is changing policing. [STORIFY] [Philadelphia Police Department blog] Annie Heckenberger, or @anniemal, of local ad agency Red Tettemer tweeted on...
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Say what? Philly’s tweeters ain’t the rudest [LINKS]
Rude tweeting ‘study’ about Philly is full of it [Philadelphia Inquirer] One Inquirer reporter digs a little deeper into a Twitter map that has got media outlets calling Philly’s tweeters the rudest...
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Mayor Michael Nutter uses a Zune [LINKS]
Blogger’s cop-killer support page removed from Facebook [Philadelphia Daily News] The blogger in question is Joshua Scott Albert, who used to run a Philly food gossip blog called StaphMeal. D.A.:...
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Knight Foundation highlights its technology investments in Philadelphia [LINKS]
What You Need To Know Before Heading to Drink Philly’s Phestiv-Ale [DrinkPhilly] Wendy Warren leaves Philly.com for NBCWashington.com [Poynter] Philly on the rise: Young people offer solutions to big...
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“Know that your water tastes better because of Christine Knapp”: EEB Hub...
Christine Knapp, Manager of Public and Client Relations for the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub (EEB Hub), leaves for the Water Department [email release] In an email, Knapp wrote that she was leaving...
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Chief Innovation Officer Adel Ebeid wins White House’s ‘Champion of Change’...
Philly 311 Turns Urban Complaints Into High-Tech Gossip [PhillyMag] Philly Post contributor Brian Howard runs down the most notable complaints on the city’s new Philly 311 app, saying, “Yes, yes, this...
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Check out this duet where the musicians are connected through the Internet...
High-tech duet illustrates the power of a brand-new Internet [Newsworks] “The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia plans to use Internet2 to allow students to work with teachers around the world....
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Councilman Bobby Henon’s city service app still going strong, Daily News says...
CityHall App is smart(phone) way to report trouble [Philadelphia Daily News] “[Councilman Bobby] Henon, who introduced his CityHall App last spring and quickly saw hundreds of Northeast residents...
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Video games can be good for your health, scientists say [LINKS]
How Might Video Games Be Good for Us? [Big Questions Online] Big Questions Online is run by Developing Philly filmmaker David Dylan Thomas. Philly Men on the Fast Track to Success [Philadelphia Style]...
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Watch this video of Klip Collective’s light effects at the Switched On Garden...
Meadow v1.0 [Klip Collective blog] Watch this insanely cool video (below) of NoLibs production shop Klip Collective‘s work at plant music group Data Garden‘s The Switched on Garden at Bartram’s Garden...
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Azavea wins social impact award for DistrictBuilder [LINKS]
Can apps and social media work as planning tools? [PlanPhilly] PlanPhilly chats with Clint Randall of the City Planning Commission about citizen survey tool Textizen. Randall talks about how the Code...
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Councilmatic, MuralApp: Your city needs these Philly-built open data apps,...
Your City Needs These 7 Open Data Apps [Mashable] Mashable names two apps built by former Code for America Philly fellows: Councilmatic [find our previous coverage here] and MuralApp [find our...
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MeetMe Inc. and 27 other local firms named on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500...
Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 includes 28 Phila.-region firms [Philadelphia Business Journal] “The highest ranked Philadelphia-area company, at 32, was MeetMe Inc., the New Hope, Pa.-based social...
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You can now follow the Philadelphia Police Department on Pinterest [LINKS]
Firefighters join online program for healthy change [Philadelphia Inquirer] Philly police now on Pinterest [Philly.com] (And Philebrity‘s signature cheeky take on the same news.) Memo to SEPTA: Why...
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