This is super cool -- rather than having to dig a big tunnel in the street to run cables, a new technique called microtrenching cuts a narrow groove for smaller cables like fiber optics for internet. One of the problems with Verizon FiOS in NYC is its relative lack of availability; that may change ...
Cool Stuff from the Consumer Electronics Show 2013
This is a big time of year for tech and gadgets, as the Consumer Electronics Show has been going on in Las Vegas. Here are 5 cool things we've been reading about that were on display at CES this year. 1) The Pebble Smart Watch, with Bluetooth, customizable with tons of apps, and super attractive ...
Vizify – A Cuter, Simpler Facebook
If you use a computer today, you’re probably online or trying to get online. And if you’re online, you probably have at least one social networking profile. Whether you’re still sticking it out with Tom on MySpace or recently discovered the necessity of a LinkedIn profile (recent grads, you know ...
To Instagram or Not to Instagram? That is the Question.
My favorite line when someone tells me my iPhone has taken a sub-par photograph? “Don’t worry, I’ll Instagram it.” Since it’s inception, Instagram’s loyal followers have grown from a whole lot of hipsters to 50 million users. With its recent sale to Facebook, Instagram secured its spot as an ...
Artsy
Artsy brings the highbrow, high priced art world to an online marketplace equipped with its’ own art consultants and digested emails with curated, online shows. Founded by a scientist with a taste for the fine arts and a former Christie’s Auction House head, Art.sy’s leaders are taking the art ...
Culture Craver
Since moving to NY from DC I have been inundated with the amount of events going on in every corner of this city. I live in Brooklyn and work in Manhattan and the coordination of finding where the free snacks are happening in just those TWO boroughs has me running around every day. Along with ...