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Judge Rules That Airbnb Is Illegal in New York
Source: http://gizmodo.com/judge-rules-that-airbnb-is-illegal-in-new-york-509021604
Bad news for those seeking or offering cheap accommodation over the internet: a New York judge has determined that Airbnb is illegal in the city.
Despite Airbnb’s attempts to persuade officials otherwise, the service has been found to violate the illegal hotel law—a statute which stops property owners from renting out their own homes on a temporary basis. The ruling comes out of a case which saw Aribnb host Nigel Warren issued with a $7,000 demand after complaints of building and zoning code issues were made against him. Judge Clive Morrick threw out those latter issues—but decided he should be fined $2,400 for violating the illegal hotel law instead. The judge wrote:
“While breech of the condominium rules is not of itself a ground for sustaining this (notice), respondent was in breach (through Warren’s acts) and the existence of the rule against rental for transient, hotel, or motel purposes is evidence that the unit owners were to restrict their use to permanent occupation.”
Interestingly, the rulling doesn’t make all Airbnb listings illegal—just ones for which a complaint is filed. So, if you’re an Airbnb host in New York, it pays to tread carefully from this point forward. [CNET via Fast Company]
CHART OF THE DAY: This Is A Business That Will Die In Five Years, According To BlackBerry’s CEO
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-macs-vs-ipads-2013-4
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins said, “In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore.”
He believes we’re going to carry around a single device that powers all our other screens. That since device is going to be a smartphone in his opinion, and therefore tablets are going to be totally irrelevant.
He also says, “Tablets themselves are not a good business model.”
To which, we present this chart from Dan Frommer. As you can see, through three years the iPad has sold 140 million units, almost double what Apple has done with the Mac.
Perhaps the wheels fall off this thing, and it disappears from existence in five years. We doubt it.
The reason the iPad sells well, despite being slightly redundant, is that people like to have dedicated gadgets. People don’t want one device to power everything.
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