Long Island-based cable carrier Cablevision has launched Optimum Voice Click-to-Call for its customers in the NY tri-state area. Reminiscent of features found on Skype, this new service turns phone numbers on any Web page into clickable links for instant dialing. With no additional charge, users [Full Story…]
NoNotes.com Launches B2B Transcription Service
August 7, 2011 at 10:33 am
NoNotes.com, which offers university students low-cost transcriptions of taped lectures and interviews, has expanded to service business clients with transcripts of business calls made from smartphones and landlines. The NY- and Ottawa-based startup has grown a lot since its inception four years [Full Story…]
Overextended NYers Who Ignore Texts Risk “Flake” Label
September 19, 2010 at 12:00 pm
New Yorkers are renegotiating their social networks, as social norms demand that people be available at all times by phone, email or text message. Some overextended NYers are being branded "flaky" as they appear to put minimal effort into friendships and make people they are ignoring feel [Full Story…]
Free iPhone App Provides Moving Tour of WTC Site
September 13, 2010 at 2:48 pm
The New York Times took a look at the Explore 9/11 free iPhone app, downloaded 100,000 times, which contains a guided tour around the perimeter of the World Trade Center site, narrated by the people who lived through that day. The Times says that because the app resides on a small [Full Story…]
Where To Get Cell Service In NYC Subways
August 16, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Though the city recently announced that it will be building out mobile and Wi-Fi access to the city's subway platforms, amNewYork recently conducted an extensive check of all 277 underground subway stations to find where people can currently get cell service. The results yielded almost 50 [Full Story…]
Storm Causes Phone and Wireless Outages in NYC
July 27, 2010 at 7:11 am
Yesterday, parts of Manhattan lost their landline Verizon phone service and wireless service from AT&T due to an equipment failure in Verizon's network. As a result of the rough storms that came through the city over the weekend, a Verizon box that directs network traffic was knocked [Full Story…]
Cablevision to Enter Mobile Phone Market?
March 3, 2010 at 8:13 am
During its recent 4th quarter earnings call, Long Island based Cablevision spoke of how it is now testing a new mobile phone that works with both Wi-Fi and cellular networks. According to an article in paidConent, Cablevision could use the phone to enter the U.S. mobile market and connect with the [Full Story…]
How Many Pay Phones Are Left in NYC?
February 20, 2010 at 9:45 am
Although few and far between, there are still some payphones in service on NYC's streets. The New York Times recently tracked calls made on one located on a busy block on Queens Boulevard in Queens' Kew Gardens neighborhood by the Queens County Courthouse. That phone made $52 [Full Story…]
Vonage Tries for a Comeback
January 11, 2010 at 7:16 am
Holmdel, NJ based Vonage, which was once the darling of the Voice over IP phone industry in the early aughts, has since struggled to find its place and to make a profit, according to a feature story in Forbes. Once the target of lawsuits, a multi-state investigation and mounting debt, [Full Story…]
New Area Codes and Dialing for CT Residents
March 17, 2009 at 9:20 am
With the 203 area code expected to run out in 2010 and the 860 area code in 2011, residents of Connecticut will be getting two new area codes. Next month, a 475 area code will begin to be distributed and after the 860 code runs out, 959 will be introduced. Along with the new codes comes mandated [Full Story…]
T-Mobile’s Google Phone To Go On Sale in NYC
September 23, 2008 at 5:26 pm
NYC will be one of the first cities where you'll be able to buy a T-Mobile Google phone on October 22. The G1, as it's called, will sell for $179 with a two-year contract and it will be able to access T-Mobile's third-generation (3G) wireless network here. Newsday [Full Story…]
Unionized Verizon Workers’ Contract Set To Expire
August 8, 2008 at 9:12 am
The Star-Ledger The representatives of the company's unions and Verizon, however, have agreed to stop the clock as they continue to discuss issues such as worker contributions to their healthcare coverage and the elimination of retiree healthcare coverage for new hires. The unions' members have [Full Story…]
Verizon’s FiOS TV Services Launches Today
July 28, 2008 at 9:07 am
Broadcasting & Cable The service, initially available to 300,000 NYC households, will cost $94.99 for television, Internet, and phone, matching the price available to suburban subscribers. Verizon expects FiOS TV to be available to 500,000 NYC residents by year's end. It will offer [Full Story…]
Strike By Verizon Workers In NYC Possible
July 11, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Crain's New York Business If negotiations between Verizon and its employee unions, the Communication Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, fail to produce an agreement by the August 2 expiration of the current contract, more than 65,000 Verizon employees on the [Full Story…]
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