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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Vows to Learn Code in 2012More than 170,000 people have signed up for Codecademy’s challenge to learn how to code in 2012, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is one of them. The challenge, Code Year, was launched by New York-based startup Codecademy on Sunday and quickly took off as Twitter and Facebook users ado... AT&T Switches on 4G LTE in 11 Markets, Including New York CityGot LTE? If you have an AT&T LTE phone and live in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles or eight other major cities in the U.S., the answer is finally yes. AT&T finally flipped the switch on its 4G LTE (long-term evolution) network in 11 markets today, including the three mentioned... This Online Coding Contest Could Get You a Job Interview With Facebook, Apple and AmazonHow is this for a gauge of how desperately technology companies are seeking programmers? Over the weekend, any coder can audition for jobs at companies such as Facebook, Amazon, Groupon and Apple simultaneously — without changing out of their pajamas. Programmer database startup Interviewst... CES 2012: What to ExpectIs this the end of CES? That’s one question I’ll be trying to answer as I walk the acres-long trade show floor. I’ll also be searching for the one true thing: that awesome product that makes the whole endeavor worthwhile. It’s turning out to be an odd year for the 40-plus-year-old trade... 4 Online Secrets for Getting Amazing Flight DealsThe best time to travel each year is during January and February, as flight prices plummet after the holiday season when consumers try to cut back on spending. So for those not burnt out from holiday travel and can spare some extra change, the Internet is bursting with great flight deals. “Peop... A Brief History of Kodak, American Tech Icon"You Press the Button..." High school drop out and bank clerk George Eastman's technological breakthrough in the late 1870s and 1880s was the development of dry film. Previous to Eastman's invention, photography was an expensive, cumbersome and messy hobby. Cameras... How 4 Business Students Took on the Eyewear Industry [VIDEO]When four friends met in business school and discovered they shared a common problem — an aversion to paying hundreds of dollars for eyeglasses — they realized there was a business opportunity in it. The group founded Warby Parker, an innovative startup that aims to revoluti... Cuba Slams Twitter for Letting Fidel Castro Death Rumor FlowCuba has slammed Twitter for spreading rumors starting Jan. 2 that claimed leader Fidel Castro had died. The microblog is well known for its policy of not mediating content and confirmed to Mashable that this case was no exception. State-controlled website Cubadebate blames Spanish Twitter user D... How Attaching Smartphones to Microscopes Could Change Global HealthTo diagnose a disease like tuberculosis, you need two things: a good microscope and someone who understands medicine. Andrew Miller spent his senior year of college designing a device that makes the first component more accessible — a portable, battery-powered $240 microscope similar to de... 5 Predictions for Social Media Law in 2012Brian D. Wassom is a commercial litigation attorney and a partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in Detroit, Mich. He practices intellectual property and media law, and also authors a blog on the law of social and emerging media at wassom.com. 2011 saw a big jump in lawsuits and court ... |