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It has been alleged that Target Stores – Brooklyn residents may be familiar with the outlet in the Atlantic Center – employ a business model whose labor-cost component relies on most employees working 8 hours or less per week. This makes it very unlikely that they’ll receive overtime, and, if we understand company practices, prevents [...]
Brooklyn-based CellToGet.com s has successfully petitioned the FCC, winning a ruling that unlocking a mobile phone is entirely legal. We’ll have more on this after reading the FCC decision.
Made right here in Kings County by Sullivan Walsh: Walsh Metal Works. Yet another indication of the abundance of brilliant artists, artisans, inventors, and engineers in Brooklyn.
Uncommon Projects is yet another example of Brooklyn’s abundance of inventors, creators, makers, designers and engineers – and how the boundaries between all of the previous description have blurred or disappeared. They write code, build websites, and build machines. And here’s some of what they’ve done. Photo-taking bicycles for yahoo’s Purple Pedals Project; in turn, [...]
The Church Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) is working with the Pratt Center for Community Development to conduct a survey of local residents who live on or near Church Avenue between Coney Island Avenue and Flatbush Avenue to provide information on: · Where they shop · What they buy · What they like about Church [...]
A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you. ~ Françoise Sagan Brooklyn Fox Lingerie in Williamsburgh would satisfy the criteria of both Sagan and Dorothy Parker. We can’ and won’t add any commentary, but will let the Fox and her wares speak for themselves. 132 North 5th [...]
The Mac Support Store has opened on 7th Street near the F train, saving those of us with urgent Mac/Apple needs with trips into Manhattan. They’re located at 168 7th Street 2nd Floor (between 1st St & 2nd Ave) Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 312-8341 Here’s what they’ve got for sale; In addition to sales, service [...]