Widespread NY Drugstore Duane Reade has partnered with Ingress, the augmented reality game by Google. Users will now have to go into the store and scan a code in order to check into the location and play the game. This move is part of an effort to keep the game free while not having to use banner [Full Story…]
#Foursquare Launches App for Businesses
February 3, 2013 at 12:08 pm
The Foursquare for Business app lets shopkeepers update Foursquare's 30 million users—via a smartphone. Businesses can cross-post Foursquare updates to their Facebook and Twitter accounts simultaneously. The app can activate and terminate specials. It also gives businesses a lot of customer [Full Story…]
#Etsy Launches #Android App
December 8, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Brooklyn-based Etsy launched a new Android app allowing buyers to purchase items on mobile devices. According to VentureBeat, the app lets customers peruse over 17 million products from 800,000 sellers worldwide--in multiple languages. The Android release follows Etsy's iPad and iPhone [Full Story…]
Cablevision Optimum App Available for #Android Devices
December 7, 2012 at 8:08 am
Cablevision Systems announced that its Optimum app is now available for download on Samsung and Motorola Android devices as well as Google's Motorola Mobility. The app provides video and broadband subscribers access to video-on-demand choices over Wi-Fi, according to MultiChannel. The app is also [Full Story…]
#Vimeo Releases New iPhone App
December 3, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Vimeo just released its latest iPhone app. Their mobile team said Vimeo 3.0 is "awesomer, sleeker, more beautiful, way awesomer, and also much more awesomer than ever before." The NY-based company’s app allows users to record video and upload it directly to the web without leaving the [Full Story…]
Newslook App Lets Users Choose Their News Videos
May 26, 2012 at 12:03 pm
The Newslook app for the iPad lets users compile their own channels of favorite news subjects. Based in NY, the service offers a comprehensive look at video news and makes it easy to streamline news watching on the tablet, according to GigaOm. The app, which debuted at the paidContent 2012 [Full Story…]
Time Warner Cable Launches App to Program DVR
December 5, 2011 at 9:37 am
NY-based Time Warner Cable has launched a free app that allows subscribers to program their DVR and check TV listings. In addition, the app lets users with any Android tablet as their remote control. Currently, the app is available to "all customers with set-top boxes or DVRs running the Time [Full Story…]
Guggenheim & Natural History Museum Launch New Apps
November 26, 2011 at 4:03 pm
The Guggenheim Museum has introduced its first app for the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan for his exhibition, "All" available at $3.99 for iPhone and Android. For the app, the Guggenheim installed a Wi-Fi network in order to facilitate the use of it. The American Museum of Natural History will [Full Story…]
New York City Marathon Runner Offers Insight on New App #NYCMarathon
November 6, 2011 at 9:34 am
With today's New York City Marathon starting shortly, fans will be able to live stream the entire 26.2 mile race via an app for iPhone, iPad and Android based phone sponsored by New York Road Runners. According to Fierce Cable's Steve Donahue, who plans to run into the race today, the app will [Full Story…]
App For Fans Helps Track Runners in New York City Marathon #NYCMarathon
November 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm
New York Road Runners, in conjunction with MapMyRun, have launched a free app for fans to download via iPhone, iPads and Android devices for tomorrow's New York City Marathon. The app lets fans track up to 10 non-elite runners, with costs of $2.99, a dollar less than last year, and the same [Full Story…]
City Harvest Creates App to Showcase NY’s Ethical Restaurants
October 30, 2011 at 2:02 pm
City Harvest, a NY-based hunger charity, has joined forces with Open Table to bring restaurant-goers an application that shares what restaurants in NY donate their excess food nightly to the charity. Searchable by cuisine, location or name, the app displays which restaurant of a user's choice is a [Full Story…]
MSG Varsity Launches Apple App
October 30, 2011 at 10:05 am
MSG Varsity, the high school sports network of Cablevision, has created a free app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch which allows access to scores, news, photos and game highlights for the general public. In addition, the app allows Cablevsion Optimum Online subscribers access to view the [Full Story…]
#OccupyWallStreet Protestors Use Anonymous App, Vibe
September 30, 2011 at 1:04 pm
A new social media app has hit home with the protestors at Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in Lower Manhattan. Created by Hazem Sayed, Vibe is an anonymous, location-based, and temporal Twitter-esque messaging system. The app has proven to be helpful at the protest as users can choose how long, [Full Story…]
NY Mag’s Vulture Blog Launches App
September 20, 2011 at 3:08 pm
New York's magazine's Vulture blog has launched its first iPhone app, Clickables, Based on the segment of the blog of the same name, the app send Vulture's "must see" quick links to videos, pictures or songs gaining buzz on the Internet. Some of its other features of the app include a favorites [Full Story…]
US Open App Adds New Features
September 7, 2011 at 9:20 am
The U.S. Open is offering a smartphone app, now also available in Android, for fans to follow the tournament whether at the games this week of in Queens or elsewhere. The app, in its third year, includes new features such as shopping from the stands and live video of the games broadcasted on [Full Story…]
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