The Wall Street Journal tracks and creates a cool visualization of Foursquare check-ins, digital book sales on Amazon creams printed book sales on Amazon, greener & tech-savvy pastures for Condé Nast and Apple's pretty close to closing deals for its iCloud music licensing service. Check these out and much more in today's tech round-up! More»

A swanky midtown hotel gets "quickie" rates, Mary-Kate Olsen parties at Lavo with her new beau, and Don Hill's gets in touch with vaudeville. Also, your favorite brunch place was a bread line back in the day, and the Cooper Square Hotel has a confounding installation. And will Andre Balazs open The Standard Hotel-JFK? It's all in today's nightlife round-up. More»

We've told you the Garment District is on the verge before. Now, the Times notes that as the fashion industry's manufacturing backbone moves overseas, the neighborhood it leaves behind is reaching critical mass as a cultural mecca. Could Port Authority become the coolest place in town? More»

I'm not sure which revelation in the Times' bowling trend piece is more disturbing: that Port Authority, that last vestige of seedy old Manhattan, now has a bowling "nightclub" complete with a bouncer-enforced dress code, or that the humble sport of bowling itself has gone irreversibly upscale across the city. More»