Maybe you have always wanted to meet Tiki Barber, the New York Giants legend. Perhaps you’d like to ask him what it was like to lead the National Football League in total yards from scrimmage in 2005, or how he really feels about Eli Manning, or maybe you’d like to tell him you still haven’t forgiven him for leaving Fox & Friends.

Good news. Mr. Barber is the co-founder of a technology startup called Thuzio, an “online marketplace for celebrity experiences.” Want to play a round of golf with Mr. Barber’s twin brother Ronde? You can, for a mere $2,500. Feel like taking NBA great Gary Payton to a basketball game? That’s just $5,000.
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For many in the New York City startup community, it’s been nice having Mayor Michael Bloomberg around. Not only does the third-term mayor double as the city’s most successful tech entrepreneur, Mr. Bloomberg has championed policies aimed at turning New York into a hotbed of innovation.

With Mr. Bloomberg’s time in office coming to a Read More

The hard thing to reconcile at Saturday’s memorial to the Internet activist Aaron Swartz was that the young man remembered for his idealistic soul and brilliant mind was the same young man who, one week before, had hung himself.

For more than two hours, friends and former colleagues remembered Mr. Swartz’s intellect and caring nature, Read More

A spectacle of sex, God and hatred broke out in Times Square this afternoon. Dozens of protestors gathered to demonstrate against representatives of Westboro Baptist Church, who were in town, apparently, to protest a memorial honoring the Internet activist Aaron Swartz.

Only two WBC protestors showed up, and were cordoned off in a six-by-six Read More

Let’s talk about the G train, aardvark of the New York City subway system, the sole major line that doesn’t reach into Manhattan, and the train that Brooklynites love to hate for being too slow, too short, too often suspended and too little loved by the powers that be. Read More

Despite believing his life to be in danger, John McAfee may have leaked digital data that revealed his location in the last days of 2012, recalling the misstep that led to his arrest in Guatemala last month.

Mr. McAfee, who rose to prominence developing antivirus software, has been on the run since November, when the Read More

The law of diminishing returns: it’s the bane of bath salts enthusiasts and fabulist storytellers the world over. That first hit was good; but it takes an increasingly potent dosage to deliver a thrill that approaches your very first time.

Fortunately, global media icon John McAfee appears to understand this phenomenon. (We’re not saying that Mr. McAfee is necessarily pioneering a new form of reality entertainment, but we’re not saying he isn’t, either.) In his latest missive, posted under the title “A Clear and Present Danger,” he claims to have hired 29 “pillow talk masters” to spy on Belize officials, and in so doing uncovered links between the Central American nation and the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
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Congratulations, David Karp! The Tumblr founder will grace the cover of the January 21 issue of Forbes, headlining the magazine’s “30 Under 30″ issue, in which pages he reveals his “Jason Bourne or James Bond fantasy” and holds forth on his minimalist proclivities. Read More