Topic: Michael Bloomberg

The House that Bloomberg Built

Michael Bloomberg's offices are designed to promote pandemonium with a purpose. There's loads of technology, lots of people, not much room -- and all the free food you can eat. No wonder no one ever goes outside.READ»

Bloomberg Launches NYC Apps Contest

Want to know if there's construction in the Midtown Tunnel, or to track the spending of federal stimulus dollars on projects in the Five Boroughs? Check your iPhone. At least that's what Mayor Michael Bloomberg hopes you'll do. ...READ»

Honorary Degrees for Michael R. Bloomberg and Other Luminaries

It's diploma season again, which means not only that a new batch of students will soon be facing the reality of the workplace but also that universities will be handing out honorary degrees. A look at several honorees -- and how they earned their doctorates.READ»

• Now June 2008
• Numerology: A Hill of Beans

Applaud: Congratulations, Graduates!

It's diploma season again, which means not only that a new batch of students will soon be facing the reality of the workplace but also that universities will be handing out honorary degrees. A look at several honorees -- and how they earned their doctorates.READ»

Space Shot: Bloomberg Headquarters, New York, NY

Bloomberg's new headquarters is an architectural expression of the global financial markets.READ»

New York Mayor Bloomberg Uses Immigrant Advocacy in Re-Election Bid

Stewart Rabinowitz of the Dallas-based law firm Rabinowitz and Rabinowitz praises Mayor Bloomberg’s plan Immigrants: The Lifeblood of New York City. READ»

Growing Smart

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Smart Steps

What smart steps should business leaders be taking to deal with Act II of the new economy? Maybe the smartest thing to do is to take stock of Act I: What lessons did we learn in the first five years of the new economy?READ»

Did Augmented Reality Just Get the Real World Database It Needs to Thrive?

Augmented Reality may well be the killer app for GPS and compass-empowered smartphones, but the tech has a significant drawback--it requires accurate points of interest to make it useful. A new start-up, L.A.-based unit called ...READ»

Celebrating Social Capitalism

In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg officially proclaimed today as "Social Capitalist Day" in honor of the 25 groundbreaking nonprofits gracing the January issue of Fast Company. The honorees of the Social Capitalist Awards are ...READ»

No Way to Run a Business

Our monthly letter from the editor.READ»

Five Cities That Got Civic Apps Before San Francisco (Sorry, Gavin)

This morning, San Francisco mayor (and 2010 gubernatorial candidate) Gavin Newsom announced the launch of DataSF.org, a Web site that will serve as a hub for the mountains of data streaming out of San Francisco's government agencies. ...READ»

US Gets Hot Over Hybrids

The big news this week is the greening of America's gas-guzzling vehicles. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that New York City's distinctive yellow fleet of taxis would be turning a shade of green with all the cabs being ...READ»

Beginner's Luck

In the Internet casino, the name of the game is IPO, and the players are looking to improve their odds. Meet five high rollers who think that their systems will help them hit the jackpot.READ»

Education: Tongue-Tied in Arabic

The U.S. government has identified Arabic as one of the "critical languages" for those entering the workforce in the next few decades. Yet, how Arabic should be studied remains controversial, as the overwhelming criticism of ...READ»

Fast Cities: New York

In the aftermath of September 11, New York police commissioner Ray Kelly built the most successful local counterterrorism unit in the U.S. and perhaps the world. The team, which has 600 experts that know some four dozen languages, routinely dispatches officers overseas for work in cities believed to be terror targets.READ»

• Fast Cities 2009

Developers, Start Your Engines: NYC's Grand Experiment in Mobile Apps

The city is offering $20,000 to whomever designs a web or mobile app that best uses any of 170 public data sets--from health inspections to traffic updates.READ»

Money. Success. Now What?

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

Service Nation

Richard Stengel, the Managing Editor of Time Magazine, opened this week's issue with a very exciting announcement. See below: To Our Readers The Service Agenda. Time is helping to lead a major push to make national ...READ»

The World's Richest Men, Betting on Green

The world's canniest investors and business minds aren't letting the green revolution slip past them; they're ponying up cash, hoping to fund alternative energy startups and eco-solutions that might one day remake the market. What ...READ»

Civic Apps Could Redefine The Way Citizens Interact With Cities

Though not necessarily heralded as a hotbed of technological innovation, the City of Boston is plunging headlong into what may be the future of civic engagement by debuting an iPhone app connecting residents to city hall. The app, ...READ»

Policy Changes Yield Better Buildings in New York

New York's new program for encouraging better public architecture has just born fruit, in a new community center designed by George Ranalli. As the Wall Street Journal's Ada Louise Huxtable writes: ...the Saratoga Avenue ...READ»

The Brooklyn Navy Yard Goes Green Collar

Industrial facilities conjure up images of smokestacks and pollution, but the Brooklyn Navy Yard is planning a series of sustainable buildings that could change how we think about urban industrial parks. First up is the ...READ»

Magic Bike Demo

Yury Gitman is a wireless and emerging-media artist who "engages Wi-Fi, readymade objects, and the culture around wireless to create expressive pieces and art interventions." By employing a network of Magicbikes, Gitman was one of ...READ»