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Coffee shops target WiFi hogs 09/30/2013 04:00am • WASHINGTON - Would you like free WiFi with your coffee? The question goes unspoken, but in local coffee houses the answer is clearly yes. Most coffee shops in the Washington area offer free WiFi as a perk, in hopes of bringing in customers. "Being able to get away from your office or home routi GiftRocker Seeks to Make Gift Certificates Easier for Local Businesses 09/23/2013 11:30am • Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space Chevy Chase Residents Urge WMATA Against Bus Service Reduction 09/23/2013 10:20am • A group of Chevy Chase residents are again asking WMATA not to reduce service on a Chevy Chase bus line that many use to get to the Friendship Heights Metro station. WMATA has proposed route improvements, service reductions or elimination on 84 of the system’s routes, including the E6 Chevy Ch Ambient noise at coffeehouse stimulates creativity 09/13/2013 02:23pm • WASHINGTON - It began as a "perfect storm." Two young entrepreneurs from Virginia, Justin Kauszler and ACe Callwood got their hands on some scientific research that described how mid-level ambient noise can help boost creativity. At the time, they were hanging out often with their laptops at a Niche online shopping services cater to you 09/12/2013 10:28am • WASHINGTON - Online shopping is now going after niche markets where you can get anything from bras in boxes to subscription socks. The goal of the niche online services is to personalize the fit and the shopping experience in hopes of making you a repeat customer since you have to buy certain Restaurant Talk: How To Be A Regular 09/09/2013 11:00am • Restaurant Talk is an occasional feature written by Nick Freshman, a native Arlingtonian and co-owner of Spider Kelly’s and Eventide Restaurant in Clarendon. Photos added by ARLnow.com. I’ve seen this question come up a lot in other online forums, and we also get Suspect sought in Sept. 3 no-contact shooting in Beltsville (Photo) 09/05/2013 09:34am • UPDATED:Sep 12, 2013 9:40pm ET WASHINGTON - A suspect has been named in a Sept. 3 incident where a man was caught opening fire on a group of men in Beltsville, Md. Police in Prince George's County have an arrest warrant for 24-year-old Charles Obutu. Obutu, who is also of Beltsville, faces re Georgetown Bagelry Boss Pens Book On Life, Bagel Business 09/03/2013 03:15pm • Mary Beall Adler didn’t want to write a traditional business book or give motivational tips. Instead, she ended up with a memoir of sorts, interspersed with enough stories from her popular Georgetown Bagelry (5227 River Rd.) to explain why the longtime D.C.-area business has become her life. A Pawn shops turning high-class with online stores 09/03/2013 02:03am • WASHINGTON - Pawn shops have gone mainstream, but it's not just for the down and out anymore. After an industry makeover, pawn shops are gaining notoriety. Reality TV has taken an interest with shows like the History Channel's Pawn Stars. But now another chapter in the the story of pawning has s App enables 1-touch purchase from catalogs, circulars 08/29/2013 03:20pm • ␎ The Pounce app lets users quickly buy what they like in catalogues and circulars without having to go online. (Courtesy of Pounce) WASHINGTON - See. Love. Scan. Buy. A new iPhone app lets users quickly purchase what they see in printed catalogs, c Are malls dead? The landscape of retail in the D.C. area 08/20/2013 07:06pm • WASHINGTON - Fornash, a local jewelry and accessories boutique, opened in The Shops at Georgetown Park on M Street N.W. in 2002. "It was dark and there was hardly anyone there," says Ava Mutchler, Fornash's marketing and web manager. "Tourists didn't know we were down there, no one knew that t Online retailer Swirl & Sip to open wine store in Mosaic District 08/09/2013 11:16am • The Mosaic District in Fairfax's Merrifield neighborhood is adding another specialty retailer to its ranks: A wine store operated by online wine retailer Swirl & Sip. The store will open in 1,500 square feet at 2905 District Ave. Although the Fairfax-based company focuses on wine, the brick-and-mort Garden Plot: Insects attack! How to get rid of beetles, yellow jackets and bagworms 07/25/2013 07:08pm • WASHINGTON - Mike from Beltsville, Md., writes: "Our traps are out, but we have more Japanese beetles on our roses than I have ever experienced before." Well, that's probably because those traps are out, Mike. Yes, it's emotionally satisfying to see those bags filled with hundreds of defoliatin Monday, July 15, 2013 07/15/2013 03:48am • A journalist close to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says Snowden has documents on how the NSA is structured and operates. Snowden, who says he has details of secret U.S. surveillance programs, has multiple offers of asylum and is thought to be stuck in the transit area of Mos Bonobos Opening July 20 On Bethesda Row 06/27/2013 04:20pm • Men’s clothing store Bonobos, which first came to Bethesda Row late last year with a holiday pop-up shop, will open a permanent “Guideshop” on the Row on July 20, according to a company spokesperson. The shop, which started in 2007 as a web-only outfit with a mi