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Where Creativity Lives: A (Branding) Tale Of Two Cities

Delaware vs. New York: a video smackdown proves destination branding is tougher than you might think. READ»

Hackers Cruise In The Wake Of Booming Square And Facebook

The faster tech businesses boom, the faster scam artists see opportunities to exploit them. Two hacks targeting Facebook and credit card service Square offer further lessons in failure at the speed of light. READ»

The Crowd Is The DJ

"You're on the air" takes on a whole new meaning with Jelli radio, which is creating traditional radio stations in Las Vegas that are entirely sourced from the social web. READ»

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A Starry Night On Sark Island

FORGET BLUE skies -- for a growing community of stargazing tourists, darkness is all they want. "People have never seen the Milky Way," says Rowena Davis of the International Dark-Sky Association, which identifies the earth's best locales for appreciating the heavens.READ»

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Cher vs. Celine: A Diva-Off by The Numbers

Spinning disco balls make way for flying aerialists as Cher leaves her Las Vegas show at Caesars Palace this month and passes the torch to Celine Dion, who's coming back for round two. Here's a look at how the two hit makers stack up.READ»

The Most Expensive Car Ever Wrapped

The $1.7 million Bugatti Veyron just got covered by an Epson printer.READ»

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Vegas Train War! Another L.A.-to-Vegas Train Will Get Gamblers There Slower, but Drunker

Yet another Sin City Express is on track: The X Train isn't high-speed, but it features luxury bar cars and a plan to be up and running by 2011.READ»

Fail Rail! High-Speed Train Connecting Vegas to L.A. Comes Up 100 Miles Short

A train connecting Sin City with Southern California will terminate in Victorville, not L.A. Craps!READ»

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Las Vegas Sands Corporation Embraces Green Building in Sin City

Las Vegas, land of excess, has started to clean up its act recently--first with the CityCenter, an $8.5 billion, 18 million square foot sustainable development, and now with the Las Vegas Sands Corporation's Eco 360º Global ...READ»

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CityCenter Opening

A look at CityCenter in Las Vegas, during the opening ceremony.READ»

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CityCenter Tour Part I

MGM Mirage vice president of design Sven van Assche gave us an exclusive tour of Las Vegas' City Center, with a behind the scenes look at the urban-inspired master plan and signature design features. In the first part of the ...READ»

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CityCenter Tour Part II

MGM Mirage vice president of design Sven van Assche gave us an exclusive tour of Las Vegas' City Center, with a behind the scenes look at the urban-inspired master plan and signature design features. In the second part of the ...READ»

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WET Tour

WET's CEO Mark Fuller takes us on a tour of three water features for the new Vegas development CityCenter: Lumia, Halo, and Glacia.READ»

Two Questions to Make Your Product Irresistible

I could not sleep the night before my birthday. My mind was buzzing, not with dreams of birthday cake but with thoughts of what I had experienced earlier in the day. I was flying home overnight from Ecuador where I had just ...READ»

The Venetian Resort: An IBM-Powered Smarter Building

Las Vegas isn't exactly known for its sustainability initiatives (besides the new CityCenter design), but a new video from IBM shows how its Smarter Buildings project has made the popular Venetian Resort into an energy efficient ...READ»

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What Can We Expect From the Consumer Electronics Show?

Expect this week's technology press to be stuffed full of info relating to and stemming from CES 2010. but what exactly can we expect from the show this year? We've summed it up for you. Firstly, there will be some of you out there ...READ»

Auditing Vegas' CityCenter-ed Revival

We've made much ado about the regal yet glitzy debut of Las Vegas' CityCenter and its posh hotel Aria in recent weeks. Especially as MGM Mirage CEO Jim Murren promises that his dream team of architects will pair modern art with ...READ»

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WET in Vegas: CityCenter's Kool-Aid-Colored Fountain, Giant Popsicles, and More [VIDEO]

The biggest stars of the new Vegas megadevelopment are WET, a California company that's changed the formula for water features. We got a behind-the-scenes look with CEO Mark Fuller.READ»

Video Tour of Las Vegas CityCenter: Part II

In the second part of our walk-through, MGM Mirage VP of design Sven van Assche takes us from the Aria plaza through the retail and entertainment space Crystals.READ»