• This is an Alert. Had this been a real emergency, you would have gotten a text. A new mobile alert system comes to out

    New York,  FCC and wireless carriers have come out with a new emergency alert system. The system will be called  called PLAN. (Personalized Localized Alerting Network) The PLAN is to notify mobile users in a specific geographic location. So it will use the GPS of your mobile device to warn you of hazardous/life threatening situations around you. Here…

  • New York City’s “Taxi of Tomorrow is a van

    [youtube=http://youtu.be/D7FroUM9NTQ] The Nissan’s NV200 was chosen as New York city’s exclusive taxi. The four-passenger van will be on New York’s streets in 2013. The  NV200 has a 2.0L 4-cylinder powertrain. The roof is transparent. A navigation system just in case your cab drive does not know how to get to where they are going. There is also a…

  • April 16th in New York City is Foursquare Day

    16 is squaring four therefore April 16th now Foursquare Day. Foursquare users built loved the idea of dedicating a day to the online check-in service.  Foursquare’s founders loved the idea too.  New York City Mayor Bloomberg has given the idea the NYC seal of approval. He even delivered a Mayoral Proclamation at the Foursquare offices. There are other…