Events: Week Of September 12

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Monday, September 12
AppsBidder.com Launch Party
07:00 PM - 11:30 PM, Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main St, Brooklyn, NY
F train to York St

Tuesday, September 13
Scenios presents: How the cloud will transform production as we know it
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM, Showbiz Store & Cafe - NY, 19 W. 21st St. , Ground Floor
F/M 23rd St

Event Of The Week: TechStars NYC on Bloomberg TV Premiere Party (Free, but all seats long taken)
07:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Wednesday, September 14
Expert Speaker Night, Cisco VXI Virtulization Experience Infrustructure (Event cancelled by Organizer)
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM Cisco New York Office One Penn Plaza 34th Street ,
between 7th and 8th Avenues 9th floor
E train 34 St

Plan B: Comedy School Dropout Presents: September is Greek for "Hilarious"
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Beauty Bar 231 E 14th St Frnt 1
L train 3rd Ave

Fashion Week Websdays with Internet Week New York
7:00 PM 200 Orchard Street
F train to 2nd Ave

Thursday, September 15
Jumping Ship - How to leave your Day Job
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM New Work City 412 Broadway, Floor 2
6 train to Canal St

Data, Design, Diabetes Innovation Challenge DEMO DAY
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM AOL HQ 770 Broadway, 6th Floor
N/R 8 St/NYU

September NYC Tech BD Breakfast (No spots left)
08:30 AM - 09:30 AM

Friday, September 16
New Work City Third Anniversary Party
08:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Saturday, September 17
Jazz Brunch at Garage Saturday: Elli Fordyce Quartet Back by Popular Demand at Garage
12-4 PM Garage Restaurant & Cafe 99 7th Ave S
1/2 Christopher St

Sunday, September 18
New York City Apple Day Festival
02:00 PM - 4:30 AM Orchard, between Grand and Broome Streets
F train to Delancey

My 9/11 Story

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Icecream Sandwich --> Jelly Bean --> Kulfi

TechCrunch: After Ice Cream Sandwich Comes… Jelly Bean
CNet: Android's next version to be Jelly Bean?

Google, Zagat And Content

Image via CrunchBaseGoogle was not, is not a content company. Yahoo yes, AOL yes, but not Google. So I was a little surprised that Google went ahead and bought Zagat. But then Google pays entities like the Associated Press to get news stories directly on to the Google News platform. That's getting into content.

Goes on to show how unformed the mobile space is. The mobile space, the local space. Marissa Mayer might not have been able to buy GroupOn, but she sure did buy Zagat, did she not?

I was surprised and still don't fully understand, but that is not to say it is not a good move. And the price tag - undisclosed, I believe - is not outrageous.
Image via Wikipedia

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• 4 Ways Google's Acquisition of Zagat Will Affect Search Marketing (greatfinds.icrossing.com)
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• Google Acquires Zagat (mashable.com)
• Google gobbles up Zagat (marketwatch.com)
• Bloggers Cheer Google's Zagat Acquisition (blogher.com)
• Google Buys Zagat: a Marriage between Old and New Media (searchenginejournal.com)
• Google buys Zagat in push for local market (money.cnn.com)
• A Chat With the Zagats and Google on the Future of Online Reviews (dailyfinance.com)
• Google Buys Zagat, Gives Itself Extraordinary Rating (searchenginewatch.com)