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MetroFocus: Ten Tech Startups to Watch in 2012

This year’s winner range from a free online coding lessons to a website that allows users to create their own beauty products.
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MetroFocus: Eco-fit Your Home for Greener Living

Find ways to save energy, and some money, by introducing eco-friendly ways of living into your home.
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Jobs Migrate to the Cloud and Generate Employment

Cloud computing is projected to create 60,000 jobs in New York in 2012 and a hackathon weekend lets developers play with cloud technology.
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NYPL: Consolidation and Education

MetroFocus sits down with Dr. Anthony Marx, CEO and President of the New York Public Library.
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MetroFocus: The Obstacles Facing Tech Start-Ups

MetroFocus speaks with digital entrepreneurs about the challenges in the business of start-ups.
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On May Day, a Precarious Union of Interests

On May Day, Occupy activists will join forces with unions and immigrant rights activists, but there's still some friction between the various groups.
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MetroFocus: Paving a Path for Girls on Digital Frontier

Microsoft, the Department of Education, and tech leaders encourage high school girls to get involved with technology.
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Books for Schools/Libraries in Honor of 9/11 Victim

The Brooke Jackman Foundation will donate 75-100 books to 20 school libraries in the metropolitan area. Parents can vote for their school.
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Tavis Smiley: Former NY Gov. George Pataki

Before serving three terms as the governor of New York, George Pataki served in the state legislature as an assemblyman and senator.
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For Some Landlords, It Ain’t Easy Going Green

If New York is going to meet the mayor's greenhouse goals, its apartment buildings are going to have to get greener. But getting there is difficult.
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