• Downtown Manhattan’s Mini Beach: The wifi rigged beach in Downtown Manhattan is here and Bedford and Bowery is already posting from it.
• Send Texts Without Service: Engadget gives us the scoop on a new device that will keep you from being stranded without cell service.
• Stylish Lemonade Stands: This one’s for the kiddies. It’s a hot summer day and your kids want to get their entrepreneurial skills on. Well, if they’re gonna charge insane amounts for 4 ounces of lemonade, they may as well look good doing it. Apartment Therapy has some great ideas for your kids to dress up their storefront.
• Brooklyn Whole Foods Jumps on the Cargo Bike Bandwagon: According to Treehugger it’s no longer just families who are embracing the car-free transportation. The Whole Foods store plans to start using the bikes for deliveries.
• 2nd Ave Subway Line: Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Citylab discusses why the elusive and cost intensive line is worth the effort.

Images: Daniel Maurer at Downtown Manhattan’s Mini Beach (left), 2nd Ave Subway Line Construction (right)

• Stunning Photos of 2nd Avenue Subway Construction: If you don’t find yourself humming the theme song to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles while admiring these pics on Architizer, we don’t know what to say.
• How The Love Boat Helped Launch Bloopit: The president of the video app company tells Fastco. about his love for 70s sitcom theme songs and how he used it to develop the app.
• FreshDirect to Mentor Food Startups: Apparently these food companies like their advice fresh and direct. Crain’s NY has more on the partnership.
• LES Film Festival Brings Google Glass and Pool Parties to Cinema: Bedford and Bowery talks to the directors of the upcoming LES Film Festival about their preference for the struggling filmmaker.
• Apple Announces Beats Buyout: Apple officially announced that it’s buying Beats by Dre and the Wall Street Journal has the details.

Images: 2nd Ave. Construction (left), Beats by Dre headphones (right)