ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have decided to launch a free Oscar's app for Apple iOS devices in preparation for the show tomorrow. The app will allow users to choose from over 20 live camera feeds located backstage and on the red carpet over the course of the show, as [Full Story…]
At NY Toy Fair, Apps are Toys and Toys are Apps #tf12
February 15, 2012 at 12:06 pm
In a time when mobile applications seem to be in virtually every facet of life, there's no wonder why big toy companies are starting to hop on the bandwagon. Hence, this week at the American International Toy Fair taking place in NY, toy companies are displaying their apps. According to The Wall [Full Story…]
App Helps NYPD Collar iPerps
February 14, 2012 at 10:32 am
To fight electronic thefts in NY, the NYPD has been deploying technology to mostly combat the soaring incidents of stolen iPhones. In particular, police are locating the stolen goods using Find My iPhone, an app that helps a person track down their iPhone when it goes missing. Devices, however, [Full Story…]
#ValentinesDay Inspired Apps are Trite, Lame and Could Come Back to Haunt You, Says Felten
February 14, 2012 at 8:08 am
Eric Felten at The Wall Street Journal recently examined an assortment of Valentine's Day inspired apps and finds most of them trite—and possibly even detrimental to relationships. Apps like Romantext offers “professionally written text messages” like “I am so in love with you," as Felten [Full Story…]
WSJ Sends Reporters to Cover #NYFW via Pinterest
February 13, 2012 at 9:31 am
The Wall Street Journal is using Pinterest to cover NY Fashion Week, sending nine reporters with iPhones and Instagram accounts to file constantly. The best images will be featured on Pinterest and posted to the paper’s Fashion Week section on their website. The Journal’s Fashion Week [Full Story…]
VC Firm Moves From Midtown to Silicon Alley
February 12, 2012 at 2:06 pm
The venture capital firm, FirstMark Capital just signed a 10-year lease for a 10,600 square foot space at 100 Fifth Ave.—a building where Yelp and Apple's NY offices are also located. Since The Kaufman Organization and Invesco bought the building early last year, several tech startups have [Full Story…]
Flawed iPad App Causes Some Citi Customers to Pay Twice
February 10, 2012 at 1:06 pm
Citibank acknowledged that customers using iPad bill payment apps were charged twice. Dealbook reports that the problems started in July but weren’t detected until December. Citi said they traced the problem to an iPad application. Other mobile apps and the bank’s online bill payment systems [Full Story…]
Protest to Take Place this Morning at Grand Central #Apple Store
February 9, 2012 at 7:10 am
Later this morning at 10 a.m. a protest is scheduled to take place at the new Apple store at Grand Central Terminal and, according to 9to5Mac, it will be joined by representatives of consumer groups SumOfUs and Change.org. The gist of the protest is over the working conditions at the large Foxconn [Full Story…]
The Daily Looking to Make an Impact…West of the Hudson
February 8, 2012 at 11:54 am
When Rupert Murdoch introduced The Daily a year ago, he proclaimed it would “redefine the news.” But, according to the New York Times, the tablet-only publication has struggled to break into the national conversation or drive the news. One problem, according to the Times, is the app itself, [Full Story…]
NY-based OoVoo Capturing Teen Video Chat Market
February 6, 2012 at 10:51 am
Teens are flocking to OoVoo,which has offices in NY and Tel Aviv. The video chat company says that two thirds of its 40 million users are under 17. The app lets up to six people chat for free and has 1.7 million "likes" on Facebook putting it in the top 20 tech brands on the site. The site [Full Story…]
#SuperBowl Ads Today Have More Engagement with YouTube and Twitter #Giants
February 5, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Coca Cola Co., Volkswagen AG and other companies are stretching their ad dollars farther during this year’s Super Bowl with Twitter and YouTube. Raha Subramanyam, SVP for media analytics for Nielsen, told Bloomberg that during event television, social media engagement is the No. 1 thing people [Full Story…]
Digital Education Emerging in the NY Tech Scene
January 28, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Last Thursday, Apple executives flew in to NY to announce their investment in the e-book market and partnership with several large academic publishing companies, including Pearson and McGraw Hill. However, the education sector has been going through digital changes for quite some time; and [Full Story…]
#SIIA – The Obvious, The Disputed and The Fascinating
January 27, 2012 at 10:55 am
By Lauren Keyson The 11th annual Software and Information Industry Summit was held this week at Pier 60 in NY. Hundreds of senior content and publishing executives gathered to discuss strategic collaboration trends and the evolving relationships between partners, customers and suppliers. [Full Story…]
Time Warner Cable Live Now Available on iPhones
January 23, 2012 at 12:18 pm
NY-based Time Warner Cable (TWC) has released an iPhone app that lets subscribers watch live TV on their phones. The app, which can now be downloaded from the iTunes store, works with iPhones running iOS 4.3 or higher. Users need a broadband connection and TWC service. The TWC app works within [Full Story…]
GE Incorporates Apple Products in Pilot Program
January 23, 2012 at 9:48 am
Fairfield, CT-based General Electric Co. has been providing employees the option of choosing between Apple's Mac notebooks or Mac desktops instead of a Windows PC. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company now has about 1,000 Mac users and anticipates their ranks to heighten further as more [Full Story…]
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