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New York City Celebrates Earth Day With All-Electric Taxi Pilot
04/22/2013, Earth Day has officially started in the U.S. which means we’ll all have to use the bathroom less, turn off all of the lights or whatever else you do in order to celebrate today’s event, but New York City decided [...]
T-Mobile Hints At Going Contract-Less On March 26
03/19/2013, It was rumored earlier this month T-Mobile may become a contract-less network some time in March, specifically on March 24, and it looks as though the stars are aligning just right for it to become fact as the company has started [...]
NYC Prototype Payphones Offer A Glimpse Into Phone Booth Future
03/07/2013, With the rise in the popularity of mobile phones, the lowly payphone has been completely pushed aside as being only useful for homeless patrons to privately relieve themselves. Stumbling onto a payphone will probably result in an empty housing where [...]
HTC Announces February 19 Launch Event Possibly For The HTC M7
01/29/2013, We heard last week HTC was planning to launch its HTC M7 at a dedicated media event on February 19 and not during MWC, and wouldn’t you know it, an invite to an HTC event taking place in New York City made [...]
Google Launches Free Wi-Fi Service In Chelsea Neighborhood Of New York City
01/08/2013, Google has been an official ISP only in Kansas City for a couple of months now, but its Google Fiber service is one many people are dying to get a slice of in their neighborhood. It looks as though Google’s ISP offerings [...]
AT&T offers free Wi-Fi in select NYC parks
11/04/2011, New York might be a sprawling metropolis, but that does not mean the place has no room for some greenery. There is this bunch of particularly iconic parks around the city, and apart from relaxing and exercising there, what else [...]
GroundLink car service comes to iOS and Android
10/17/2011, If you’re living in New York, you’re probably familiar with the GroundLink car service. The good news for those living in New York and who utilizes GroundLink from time to time, or for those who may be new to the [...]
New York has the most Twitter users among cities
10/06/2011, The city of New York has broken yet another record – this time around, Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced that New York City alone contains more Twitter users within its walls compared to any other city in the [...]
Phones used to top up parking meter
08/17/2011, Don’t you just hate it that you received a parking ticket for being 5 minutes too late to feed the parking meter for the bay where you’re vehicle is comfortably residing in? I don’t know about you, but that normally [...]
Lasers Equipped Planes Map Out Rooftops Of New York City For Solar Power
06/20/2011, Thanks to a plane equipped with laser, or more specifically Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), the plane was able to map out the rooftops of New York City thanks to laser pulses, which has also found use when mapping out forests [...]
AT&T to throw Wi-Fi blanket in 20 New York City parks
06/10/2011, AT&T intends to blanket up to 20 of New York City’s parks with Wi-Fi connectivity – not that we’re complaining, of course, but hopefully what AT&T has in store will be able to work as promised or intended. Currently, there [...]
New York City makes good use of landfills
04/21/2011, New York City is also in on the green revolution, and has decided to make hay while the sun literally shines, except that this time around, replace the word “hay” with “electricity” and you will probably have a hint of [...]
NYC gets Allianz 4000, a hybrid street sweeper
12/13/2010, Residents of the Big Apple who rise early will soon be able to see the Allianz 4000 hybrid street sweeper hit the, er, streets. This is touted to be the world’s first hybrid street sweeper, where it will have a [...]
