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Skype will be offering free Skype WiFi to those in New York City on New Years Eve
Skype has announced a new offer, one that those who find themselves celebrating New Years Eve in New York City may want to check out — free Skype WiFi. Yup, Skype will be opening up the WiFi pipes and allowing those celebrating to make some free calls. The free Skype WiFi will be available from more »
NYPD forms social media unit, will begin monitoring social networks for evidence of crimes
This should probably go without saying, however it is never a good idea to brag about a crime that you have committed. Of course, that being said, its probably a smarter idea to not commit the crime in the first place. But as we often see, that rules is broken quite often. Anyway, those who more »
Google Offers expands to New York City and San Francisco
Originally, Google debuted one of its recent services — Google Offers — in Portland, Oregon last month, but today, the Google Team has expanded its service to include the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. By having two prominent cities on the east and west coast, Google hopes to bring its shopping service more »
Kobo is sticking its eReader in the path of consumers at Grand Central Terminal
Kobo is taking its Kobo eReader Touch Edition to where the people are. The company isn’t targeting malls or other shopping plazas. It’s setting up at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. An estimated 750,000 people go through the terminal everyday. That means there are 750,000 potential customers to sell to.
HP uses Lady GaGa lookalikes to give away free Veer 4Gs to Subway riders
It’s not only select Best Buy employees that are getting the HP Veer 4G for free it seems. This past Monday HP gave away units of the smartphone to some people riding the New York City Subway. Instead of just handing out the phones, HP decided to use a bunch of Little Monsters to stir more »
Samsung Galaxy Tab takes over Times Square
Samsung is running a massive ad campaign for the Galaxy Tab in an effort to make consumers aware of the high-end Android rival to the iPad. Especially with the holidays, Samsung is running many ads in New York City alone. On Christmas Eve, I was walking through the city and Times Square with my family more »
Free WiFi coming soon to NYC area car services
For those of you in New York City, using a car service is about to get a lot more interesting. Venture capitalist Alex Mashinsky is outfitting 1,000 livery cars with free Wi-Fi. (For those not in NYC, a livery car/car service is different from a cab/taxi. Livery cars aren’t allowed to pick up people who more »
Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone tipped for June 21 release with T-Mobile
The rumors surrounding T-Mobile and the Samsung Galaxy S with Android have been floating around for a while now. That said, some are suggesting that the official announcement is coming soon and we may see a release on June 21st. Of course, with the earlier email teasing from Samsung it may be more realistic to more »
Samsung sends email invitations teasing “next generation in Android” is coming
Samsung has recently sent out an email blast with an invitation to an upcoming event — one that is promising “the next generation in Android smart phones.” Unfortunately the details are pretty light and read as follows; Save the date! Samsung Mobile brings you the next generation in Android smart phones. New York more »
AT&T launches free WiFi hotspot in Times Square
People are constantly walking through the streets of Times Square causing an overload on the cell phone data networks within the area. Especially on New Year’s, it is probably impossible to send or receive any data because of the inordinate amount of people taking advantage of the network. Now, instead of upgrading or installing new more »
















