I’m not a big fan of anything subterranean, but every time I’m in NYC, for practical reasons, I take the subway. This time around, it was also because I wanted to find out if the City Transit NYC Subway Guide iPhone app was worth $2.99. I ended up catching something else which, by itself, totally made the one-hour ride from Manhattan to the Bronx worthwhile
Filed under: Mobile Phones | Posted on May 27th, 2009 by jack | No Comments »
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
You probably don’t have your own Air Force One, or the $328,835 to spend on a fancy New York photo shoot like the United States government, but with a few basic Photoshop skills and an Air Force One press photo, we’re betting you …
Filed under: Camera Review, Digital Camera | Posted on May 4th, 2009 by dina | No Comments »
The Pulitzer Prizes for excellence in journalism and the arts have been announced for 2009. Photographers honored were from the Miami Herald and the New York Times. Links provided below are to their award winning work at the original source: :
Patrick Farrell of the Miami Herald [...]
Filed under: Camera Review, Digital Camera | Posted on April 24th, 2009 by danis | No Comments »
In February 1968 Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Eddie Adams photographed police chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing a Vietcong prisoner, Nguyễn Văn Lém, on a Saigon street. It was arguably the most important photograph taken documenting the Vietnam War. In 1969 Adams earned the Pulitzer Prize for this famous photograph.
The trailer above [...]
Filed under: Camera Review, Digital Camera | Posted on April 14th, 2009 by dina | No Comments »
New York’s Grand Central Terminal
The New York Post is reporting that the New York Police Department has recently issued a department operations order reminding their officers that photography is rarely unlawful.
From the Post:
“Faced with complaints from photographers and tourists alike, the NYPD has [...]
Filed under: Camera Review, Digital Camera | Posted on April 14th, 2009 by dina | No Comments »
1848 New York City
(Credit: Sotheby's)
One of the earliest photos of New York City sold at Sotheby’s auction house yesterday. Taken in 1848, it is considered to be one of the earliest photographs of the city, and just an early photo in general with photography only invented about twenty years [...]
Filed under: Camera Review, Digital Camera | Posted on April 2nd, 2009 by dina | No Comments »
Mobile games and applications developer Digital Chocolate reports its five titles for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch have topped the 8 million download mark less than 100 days since going live in the App Store. According to DChoc, games like Crazy Penguin Catapult , [...]
Filed under: Mobile Phones | Posted on March 28th, 2009 by alen | No Comments »
peHUB reports today that ThumbPlay, a New York-based provider of mobile multimedia content, has raised $6 million in sixth-round funding , according to a regulatory filing. It had previously raised over $53 million .
Shareholders include Brookside Capital Advisors, the public equity affiliate of Bain Capital, and Cross Creek Capital, the private [...]
Filed under: Mobile Phones | Posted on March 27th, 2009 by alen | No Comments »
The guys at Lima Sky recently released their latest iPhone game, Doodle Jump . I spent some time tonight playing it and I have to say it’s pretty addictive.
Doodle Jump is a fun platform jumping game that is very simple to learn. You control the doodle (see [...]
Filed under: Mobile Phones | Posted on March 27th, 2009 by alen | No Comments »
Popular sandwich chain Subway announced the launch of a new service called Subway Now, that enables consumers in the New York City region to order food via SMS. To use the free service, customers first register on the Subway Now website and enter their credit card information and address [...]
Filed under: Mobile Phones | Posted on March 27th, 2009 by alen | No Comments »