116 posts and columns on New York City

News Byte

San Francisco and New York City Mayors Team on Tech

in News on June 13 at 9:46 pm PT

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will on Friday announce a technology partnership between their cities. A press conference is scheduled at the offices of Square at 1:30 pm PT, with a livestream here.

New York’s Taxi E-Hail Finally Gets the Green Light

in Mobile on June 6 at 1:03 pm PT

The strangely troubled efforts of New York taxicabs to get simple modern technology are finally progressing.
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Airbnb Will Fight in New York City

in Commerce on June 5 at 8:44 am PT

The company is fighting not only this particular case, but also a perception that it was declared illegal in New York.
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Last Hurdle Falls in NYC Taxi App Battle; Judge Dismisses Black Car E-Hail Lawsuit

in Commerce on April 23 at 4:50 pm PT

New York City will start its e-hail experiment in just a few weeks.
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Sosh, San Francisco’s Find-Something-to-Do App, Is Now Live in New York

in News on April 3 at 7:45 am PT

In San Francisco, the site and app have signed up one in eight people between ages 21 and 40.
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News Byte

The iPhone That Was Stolen Twice in One Afternoon

in News on January 26 at 1:23 pm PT

Thieves love iPhones. It happened to me in December, swiped right off of my desk at the AllThingsD office in downtown San Francisco. If not for theft of Apple gadgets, crime would have been down in New York City last year. The New York Times has a fun story about a single iPhone that was stolen twice in one day, once from its owner and then again from the thief.

Google Glass to Hold Developer Events in Two Weeks

in News on January 15 at 5:46 pm PT

Google today invited the people who signed up for the $1,500 developer edition of its Project Glass wearable computing device to a set of developer events in San Francisco and New York City.
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Exclusive: Hailo Raising $30M at $140M Valuation for Epic NYC E-Taxi Throwdown With Uber

in Mobile on December 24, 2012 at 2:20 pm PT

Hailo, the hot European taxi-hailing app, is raising a large round of funding as it prepares to do battle in the U.S. market, specifically in New York City.
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In Aftermath of Sandy in NYC, Uber Scrambles to Convince Users It’s Not a Scrooge

in News on November 1, 2012 at 9:42 am PT

Tweet-happy users, amid crappy driving conditions and high demand, have pushed the car-hailing company into multiple policy changes over the past few days.
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Uber for Taxis Doesn’t Fly in New York City

in Commerce on October 16, 2012 at 11:50 am PT

Car dispatch app Uber’s charisma and bravado have been surprisingly helpful in pushing it past incumbents and regulators into new markets, having won policy reversals in places like Boston and Washington, D.C. But New York City seems to be an exception, as the company said today it is cutting its month-old yellow cab service (after previously denying it to The Verge, which broke the story).