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Celebrate the Super Bowl With 99-cent Madden 12

Jeff Baker — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:33:41 +0000

As you undoubtedly know, this Sunday the New England Patriots will face off against the New York Giants in a fight to the death commonly referred to as the Super Bowl. While there’s a good chance you’re anxiously awaiting the day’s arrival, it’s not going to come any faster unless you somehow manage to invent [...]

Microsoft shows off “biggest Windows Phone Ever”

Paul Briggs — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:55:11 +0000

In what can only be described as a marketing ploy, Microsoft has installed a giant Windows Phone in New York City‘s herald Square. The giant Windows Phone is part of a promotion of the arrival of three new Windows Phones, the Samsung Focus S, Focus Flash and the HTC Radar 4G, Engadget reports. The giant [...]

AT&T bringing free WiFi to 11 New York City parks

Paul Briggs — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:42:08 +0000

A few years ago, AT&T started offering free WIFI connections in and around several parks in New York City, and now they’ve announced that they’ve expanded the service to 11 more parks in five boroughs around the city, including Prospect Park, Marcus Garvey Park, Tompkins Square Park, and more. AT&T plans on bringing free WiFi [...]

iPhones No Longer Available Online in the Big Apple?

Brian — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:12:54 +0000

If you are located in the New York area and are planning to get an iPhone, it would be best to buy one from an actual store. For one, AT&T has stopped selling them online reportedly due to fraud? AT&T seems to be limiting the distribution of the Apple handset, reportedly because New York is [...]

United Airlines Announces Try-Before-You-Buy In-Flight WiFi Promotion

Chris — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:15:01 +0000

WiFi support is slowly moving into every flight out there and we’re certainly not going to protest against it. We definitely need an active Internet connection in order to go through those long flights. And United Airlines has announced a new WiFi promotion for us. It looks like the airline is going to let its [...]

Yahoo to Offer Free WiFi Too

Chris — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:19:40 +0000

Just earlier today we’ve seen Google announcing that it’s going to offer free WiFi in 47 airports for the holidays but Yahoo is also ready to offer some free WiFi. The company announced that free WiFi is coming to Times Square in 2010. New Yorkers will be able to browse the web from both their [...]

Google Maps Offers Subway Lines Support Right Now

Chris — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:04:53 +0000

You’ll be happy to know that Google Maps comes now with support for subway lines. For now some of New York’s subway lines are showing under part of the transit layer and but we expect that Google will include similar support for more cities around the world. The lines are interactive and you can find [...]

Sony Launches the Reader Daily Edition

Chris — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:01:08 +0000

Just like we said earlier on today, Sony was indeed getting ready to launch the new Reader Daily Edition. So let’s see what this reader is all about! You can expect a 7-inch touchscreen and AT&T 3G modem to help you with your reading. The Reader Daily Edition will be available in December for just [...]

Texting causes teenager to fall into open manhole

Jeff Baker — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:13:44 +0000

It seems that a 15 year old girl by the name of Alexa Longueira was minding her own business walking down the street texting without looking infront of her. While looking down at her phone she couldn’t see the open manhole that she then proceeded to fall into. Despite her only scraping her back and [...]

Nokia to Offer Five-Hour Sale Tomorrow

Chris — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:58:03 +0000