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According to recent reports New York City will offer free public WiFi in all five boroughs by December 2013. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new program today that will expand the current plan for free public WiFi.

Most of us are lazy in one way or another and one startup business is aiming to take advantage of that laziness, Shyp. Shyp is a service dedicated to packing up your items and shipping them for you for a nominal fee.

According to a recent Nielson Books study, electronics are beating out books in terms of what keeps our current generation busy, and this makes us sad. According to the Nielson Books study, children ages 0 - 17 years (we're not so sure about the 0) have an 8% increase in the amount of time they dedicate to electronic activities as opposed to reading.

One hotel is looking to offer a little something more to people who have more than 10,000 Instagram followers, they're offering them the chance to stay for free! The 1888 Hotel in Sydney, Australia - a newly opened hotel, is offering vacationers and social media "guru's" the opportunity to stay at their hotel for one night for free.

Just how does Netflix decide what shows to buy? According to a recent interview with Tweakers Reed Hasting, Netflix CEO says, they turn to pirates!

If you haven't heard of WIMM Labs before then don't worry, you're not alone but you are about to hear a lot more about them thanks to Google.

If you have been looking for a new pair of headphones and want to make a difference when you finally break down and make that purchase, check out LSTN headphones.

Have you ever wondered just whether you could fit your life in to 100 square feet? No? Few people actually have, but when faced with very little space in his studio apartment, Swiss designer Till Könneker did just that.

A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have accomplished the incredible and grown human heart tissue that can beat autonomously. The tissue was created using pluripotent stem cells that came from mature human skin.

YouTube has set up a 360 degree camera designed to allow non-concert goers to control their concert going experience. YouTube will be offering their 360 degree user controlled camera for tonights live stream of the King Of Leon concert. The webcast show, directed by Fred Armisen will be viewable via YouTube’s webcast.