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Grooveshark Bites on Using Bitcoin as Payment

Online music player Grooveshark started accepting Bitcoin this week, a move the company says obliges the growing demand for the virtual currency. [...]

July 24, 2014 Business, Music & Arts

With More Projects in Works, New Tenants Head to Innovation Square in Gainesville

Trimark Properties seems to have its hands full of late as more tech pros look to take refuge in Innovation Square, the series of buildings being constructed and renovated between downtown and the University of Florida. [...]

July 24, 2014 Business, Tech

Growers Hope to Develop Olive Trees that Flourish in Florida

Graphic credit: Florida Olive Council [...]

July 21, 2014 Business, Nature & Wildlife

Uber Taxi Service Looks to Gainesville

A mobile-application taxicab service that has drawn scrutiny elsewhere in Florida for allegedly not following the law – even leading to the impounding of drivers’ cars – is considering a Gainesville expansion. [...]

July 10, 2014 Business, Tech, Travel & Culture

Truck Stop with McDonald’s to Replace Cracker Boys’ in Hawthorne

A Love’s truck stop and convenience store is set to replace the closed Cracker Boys’ Country Café on U.S. 301 in Hawthorne. [...]

July 2, 2014 Business, Travel & Culture

In Berlin, It Pays to Recycle

Being smart about waste has never been so green…environmentally and monetarily speaking. On the sidewalks of Germany’s capital city, Berlin, you’ll see women and men peering into trash bins with flashlights or pushing around buggies rattling with glass and plastic. Some also proactively ask for bottles and [...]

June 11, 2014 Business, Nature & Wildlife, Travel & Culture