Tag: CELL PHONES
A story in Friday’s New York Daily News has made me question everything I once knew about what the hell it means to be in school. Apparently, the cell phone ban in NYC schools is so extreme that kids have resorted to stashing their phones at local bodegas for $1 a day. The Daily News […]
An order issued by NYPD administrators earlier this month instructed cops to stop using personal cell phones when on duty. The order told officers “that any video or audio created by any device, including a personal device becomes a record for legal purposes and is therefore subject to applicable evidentiary laws.” The notice was sent out one day […]
As the MTA prepares to bring cell phone service to more and more subway stations, here’s a tour from Gizmodo on their latest efforts. An immense physical infrastructure is necessary in order to bring service to such a large distributed network of somewhat decrepit underground locations. Most of the work is taking place in a “mystery location” in […]
That moment–when you come above ground onto the Manhattan Bridge on the N train, or you pull into 14th Street on the A, and you’re frantically refreshing your Twitter and Instagram feeds to give yourself something new to look at for the next 10 minutes–may soon be a thing of the past. MTA chairman Thomas F. […]
“We have something for you. You’re going to like it.” “What is it?… Oh? Oh!!! Uh oh.” When new media artist James George and tech-savvy photographer Alexander Porter popped the tiny appendage on my iPhone a few months ago for a test drive, I knew I was going to have too much fun with it. The #slyPhone is a single-mirror laser […]
Beginning this week, 25 solar-powered cell phone chargers will be installed in New York City parks. The free-to-use devices will include microUSB and both varieties of iPhone plug, and will be located in Union Square, Riverside Park, and Brooklyn Bridge Park, with more locations to be added over the summer. According to CNET, the charging […]
