When it comes to New York City real estate, the Long Island City neighborhood in Queens is mostly known as a modest and understated housing market. Whereas Manhattan is known for its fabulous skyscrapers and Brooklyn for its historic brownstones, the Queens Borough is often acknowledged as a land of unassuming apartments and row house; this, however, is about to change.
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The photo-sharing service Instagram updated its community guidelines on April 16, 2015, revising its policy regarding the posting of photographs that show female nudity. The new community guidelines will now allow images that show women breastfeeding and women with post-mastectomy scarring and tattoos. Images that portray nude sculptures and art will also be allowed. It is noted that all other nudity will removed by Instagram, which is owned by the online social network Facebook.
A recent article in the Guardian asked if “we” should be “worried” about Big Data. In a word, no. But let’s take a serious look at the question before we explore the answer.
Many franchises have had tremendous success over the last few decades, using a system of ruthless efficiency to take the marketplace by storm. While these businesses operate in different ways, they share similarities that have made them successful. Here are some of the most successful and profitable franchises of all-time, and what made them successful.
Today, there was a huge movement throughout the country to protest the low minimum wage rate. Currently, tipped workers only earn $7.25 an hour. However, this movement aims to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. As part of this movement, labor unions organized a full day of action all across the United States. In New York City itself, an early protest even hauled traffic completely at a McDonald's on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.
Last month at F8, the International Facebook Developer Conference, Facebook announced the expansion of their Messenger platform to include 40 new apps, allowing users a myriad of ways to create and share media all from the comfort of their chat screens.
Twitter is the most popular real time social network. Hundreds of millions of users around the world tweet or read tweets each day. However, the company is in a constant need to upgrade and innovate. Not only to increase its product offerings but also in order to make itself more relevant. For that reason, Twitter is trying a new search layout to increase the user experience.
Development and progress in know-how are making combining different materials and skills possible, resulting in unique solutions for packaging using various different product applications in diversified designs, all eye-catching to the buying public. These packaging solutions include coffee cups and lids with excellent insulating and safety properties, which now come in innovative art designs, including promotional information such as logos and advertisements.
Among runaway inflation, over-the-top interest rates and an enormous squeeze on Forex valuations, the Central Bank of Russia has managed dancing the line impressively. The Russian ruble recently reached 55.3 for every dollar, which is the best of the year. The Russian ruble performs at 60.8 to the Euro. In 2014, it almost ranked last, but financial analysts ranked the ruble as the best performer during the first three months of this year.
It’s easy to start a business. You can start from home with just a few tools and an idea. But, being successful as an entrepreneur takes some effort, time, skills, and an idea that others are interested in purchasing from you. And when you manage to get all that pulled together, then you need to understand how to market yourself and your product.
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AuthorJonah Engler is a New York based entrepreneur with a passion for stockbroking and coffee! Check out his pics on his instagram! Archives
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