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Apple's big box store debuts in NYC

Not like Best BuyBest Buy does not do panoramic walls of glass.Apple Stores do not a jerk at the exit door asking to see your receipt.That looks really uglyUgh, the designer needs to be fired, quick.RE: Apple's big box store debuts in NYCHow does that in any way look like...

Tags: Construction, iStore, Apple Inc., big-box-store, NYC

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

NYC expands Gov 2.0 with Big Apps

NYC expands Gov 2.0 That's all we need, another unofficial layer of data spouts that will still send a serious person scrambling for the actual wording of the rules & regulations. It won't be any clearer than it is now when all that's needed is notes to indicate which...

Tags: Gov 2.0, NYC

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

NYC expands Gov 2.0 with Big Apps

170 data sets to be freed up as developers compete to deliver the most compelling apps to make that data useful to residents. by Richard Koman

Tags: App, NYC, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Are we re-training America?

Are we re-training America?An unfair comparisonI agree that trains are great, and cost/fuel efficent in many circumstances. I just feel led to point out that it is not merely an issue of retraining America. There are demographic/geographic considerations that mean we may not be able to just copy...

Tags: population center

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

NYC blogger embraces self-promotion, gets Yahoo's attention

NYC blogger embraces self-promotion, gets Yahoo's attentionSponsored Conversation and FTC GuidelinesSponsored Conversation is self promotion within social communities and is content which is ranking online with Yahoo and other search engines. Just as brand managers once experienced a transition of offline brand management into the online marketing space, they...

Tags: Branding, Blogging, INTERNET, Marketing research, brand, Yahoo! Inc., brand manager, NYC

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

NOAA sounding like Noah: head for the hills

NOAA sounding like Noah: head for the hillsThe Sky is Falling!!Does this report mean that the climate has never changed, and that man has never adapted along side of the climate?My God!!!!!! We are all doomed!!!!!!!!Funny...not. Sure, man has adapted to climate change before. There have been plenty...

Tags: migration, Noah, NOAA, NYC

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

When Americans were well-trained

When Americans were well-trainedExpress RailI like the idea! There is nothing express or high speed about traveling by train today in America. In fact from Michigan where i live I can plan on up to 20 hours to the East with long layovers. I see no reason...

Tags: NYC, Express Rail

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Vintage gadgets on display in NYC: Make's Phil Torrone and his Laser Etcher (Vintage gadgets on display in NYC)

Vintage gadgets on display in NYC: Make's Phil Torrone and his Laser Etcher Vintage gadgets on display in NYCEpilog Laser EtcherThe photo of the big box marked "Epilog" is probably one of these: http://www.epiloglaser.com/laser_engraving_equipment.htm

Tags: NYC, vintage gadget, display, laser

Discussion threads 2008-12-06

Vintage gadgets on display in NYC

Vintage gadgets on display in NYCGizmodo Rocks! ntGizmodo rocks!RE: Vintage gadgets on display in NYCA previous manager I had used to work for Sears, who kept a musteum/archive of every piece of data processing equipment Sears had used. Some of the pieces could be loaned out to upper management...

Tags: NYC, vintage gadget, display

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

DigitalLife 2007 a playland for tech lovers

CNET's Rich DeMuro walks around the show floor at DigitalLife 2007 at New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center, where new tech for the digital lifestyle was on display at every corner.

Tags: CBS Interactive Inc., dell, digitallife, gaming, lifestyle, new york, nyc, rich demuro, tech, technology, video conferencing, video game

Videos 2007-09-28

'Halo 3' midnight launch in NY

Completing the "Halo" trilogy, "Halo 3" launches at midnight Tuesday.

Tags: Halo 3, halo, midnight, Microsoft, game, video game, launch, master chief, caroline mccathy, new york, nyc

Videos 2007-09-25

The waiting is the hardest part: here's iPhoners outside NYC Apple store

With less than 48 hours to go up until the Apple iPhone goes on sale, that's the scene outside the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in NYC.The same NYC where a fairly massive, one-hour power failure hit today. So much for charging up your mobile device during that time.Just uploaded...

Tags: Images, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-27

Silicon Valley move over? NYC bullish on next Internet wave

Insider Flash! Web 2.0 “prediction” heard today on the “street,” the media capital of the world’s streets, that is:Newspapers will be the largest video owners online, NOT broadcasters. What’s more, when broadcast voice is on text, a new market will erupt.Who says and why?Sean Morgan, a serial Internet entrepreneur and...

Tags: Business Models, Google, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Google CEO Schmidt on 'Personal Democracy': Up For Sale

Can the CEO of the world's most powerful Internet company corporate underwrite an "open" conference touting "Personal Democracy," acquire keynote rights to address attendees on the importance of "communication" and "transparency," AND then take questions from the audience, EXCEPT for questions from those in attendance who also happen to be...

Tags: Culture, Google, User Generated Politics

Blog posts 2007-05-18

Google Engineering: The REAL story

Who said Google equals Chaos? Besides a Fortune cover story hook, that is? I heard Leland Rechis, Google User Experience Designer, give a methodical presentation last evening of the methodical Google Engineering development process, at a methodically run event at the NYC Googleplex in downtown Manhattan. Despite the...

Tags: Mobile, Usability, Google Software Applications, Google, Cell Phones

Blog posts 2007-04-11

Google challenges NYC software engineers

“Google wants to support and expand the New York tech community,” Marcus Mitchell, Engineering Director, told me tonight at the second of the Google NYC 2007 Speaker Series held at the Googleplex in Cheslea, Manhattan.How does Mitchell plan on such supporting and expanding? By opening up the NYC Googleplex to...

Tags: Google Software Applications, Google

Blog posts 2007-04-05

NYC wants a YouTube: 911

Call it 911 2.0. Well, maybe thats a little awkward but the idea is right. New York City wants to change its 911 system so that citizens can upload digital photos and video, mostly from cellphones, Newsday reports. "If you see a crime in progress or a dangerous...

Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, Web, Emergency, cell phone

Blog posts 2007-02-05

NYC continues to stumble over cellphone issue

The hue and cry over the controversial New York City ban on cellphones has forced school officials to take new measures to address the problem. But is the new solution going to work? asks eSchool News. The new proposal to address the issue of disruptive cellphones in school...

Tags: cell phone, locker, K-12, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-01-02

NYC's new Trip Planner: promise and disappointment

No matter how many New Yorkers you ask for directions, youre unlikely to get the same answer. Unfortunately, the same has been true of the directions you get from NYC Transits website. But now, The New York Post reports, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has quietly upgraded the quality of...

Tags: Web site development, MTA, new Trip Planner, Trip Planner, subway, NYC

Blog posts 2006-12-26

TechCrunch vs. paidContent or Web 2.0 vs. New Media

New York City was the recent destination of the founders of two high-flying, high-powered blogging networks; Michael Arrington, of TechCrunch fame, and Rafat Ali, of paidContent renown.Arrington hosted his first NYC “meet-up” in November, while Ali was already on to his second NYC “mixer” earlier this week, and I partaked...

Tags: TechCrunch, NYC, Social Media, Business Models, Web 2.0, Media, Culture, Blogs, Social Web, Brands, Marketing, Self-Promotion, Content, Social Networking

Blog posts 2006-12-08