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Notwithstanding the MBTA's inability to create its own iPhone app, five tech-minded Massachusetts companies have made it to the semi-final round of Forbes Magazine's "Boost Your Business" competition. i-Nalysis of Concord, Plank of Charlestown, INeedAPencil.com and Ksplice of Cambridge, and Audissey Guides of straight-up Boston make up a quarter of the Fortune semi-finalists. A rundown of the operations: more ›

Who says Boston doesn't have any celebrities? Since Norm and Cliff don't grace our Thursday night televisions and heralding Good Will Hunting has become passé a lot of people are talking about how we don’t have much celeb power here in the Hub. Forbes Magazine takes a break from rating the richest people in America and the world to take focus on the 100 hottest celebrities – based on both influence and on their annual... more ›

No, it’s not just you who thinks that living in Boston isn’t cheap. A new report proves that it is hard to make ends meet here in the city; “The Housing Report Card” released by the Boston Foundation and the Citizen's Housing and Planning Association, announced today that Boston is indeed an expensive place to live, in fact the most expensive in the country. Yes, the city who ranked second in "Best for Singles" by Forbes Magazine this past year, has again beat out New York City, San Francisco and Washington D.C., but now it's in housing costs. A family of four in Boston needs over $64,000 to cover the most basic costs to live. (In comparison, a family of four in NYC needs $58,000.) The report points to Boston housing prices, which have increased so much that people’s incomes and housing production cannot keep up. Massachusetts is home to the highest housing prices and has been for the last 25 years; these high prices keep out younger would-be-buyers like Bostonist from ever being able to buy their own place. The report warns that younger residents blocked out from buying will start to move out-of-state in order to afford real estate. more ›

Boston newsstands are currently battling the “Best of” as the Improper Bostonian and Boston Magazine are ranking everything, from “Best Place to Find a Relationship of Limited Duration” (Vox Populi, of course) to “Best Yoga Teacher” (David Vendetti at Back Bay Yoga). Well, Boston's singles scene has been rated too in a Forbes Magazine poll released on Monday. In 2004, Boston ranked 5th in the “Best City for Singles” but this year, we've moved up to the second spot. Bostonist is honored that our fair city is thought of so highly in terms of singles, but being a single, Bostonist must ask itself: how do we rank so high? Well, Forbes uses a rating system, ranking each city on a few factors, including coolness (4th place), culture (1st place), and job growth (a pitiful 31st place). It does help that oodles of college students flock into town each fall, adding more to the singles population as well as vamping up the bar scene (who do you think waits in line at the Foggy Goggle?) more ›