Everyblock, the website that takes hyperlocal news to its block-by-block conclusion, launched a full-on redesign. Founder Adrian Holovaty explains the methods to his madness in a blog post. more ›

This just in: Chicago's own micro-local news site Every Block has been purchased by MSNBC. While the group's press release doesn't say how much founder Adrian Holovaty and his team will be paid, it does say that the site's hub will remain in Chicago. more ›

We were excited to learn that EveryBlock co-founder Daniel X. O'Neil was working with Harper Reed of Threadless fame to develop a new online gadget - but it's not the hyper-local t-shirt you might immediately presume (pretty please?). Instead, the pair produced a new city government transparency toy: CityPayments. And it's likely to be all the rage among us reporters as it gathers momentum. But what does it do? And why do we care? more ›