Neowin News Feed for: Nyc

NYPD has a group dedicated to recovering stolen iPhones

Christopher White — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:20:04 +0000

"Apple Picking" has become such a problem that police in New York City have created a new division that is responsible for tracking down and returning stolen Apple products. Read more...

Google Fiber coming to NYC, announcement coming at 10:30AM EST?

Brad Sams — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:04:32 +0000

It looks like Google Fiber may be headed to New York City after a new job posting for a Google Fiber sales staff was spotted and now there is a joint Google/NYC conference scheduled for later today. Read more...

New York's mayor points out Apple products caused rise in crime in 2012... kind of

Paul Ferson — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:45:48 +0000

New York City narrowly missed out on lower crime than in 2011, with the theft of Apple devices being just enough to push the famous city over a potential record for decreasing crime levels. Read more...

Huge Microsoft Surface ad pops up in Times Square

John Callaham — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:28:16 +0100

A huge ad for Microsoft's Surface tablet has now been put in place in Times Square in New York City, well ahead of the Windows RT tablet's launch on October 26th. Read more...

Twitter helps homeless man find his daughter after 11 years

Michael Collado — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:51:40 +0000

We've all been witness to the power of Twitter when it comes to worldwide crises like the Haiti earthquake, the Iran elections, or even the more recent Egypt problems, but this story perhaps hits a... Read more...

Google buys old Port Authority building in NYC for $1.9B

Kelly Hodgkins — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:39:00 +0000

Google made a large investment in New York City this week when it purchased the old Port Authority building for a cool $1.9 billion. The building is located at 111 Eighth Avenue and is the... Read more...

Sprint rolls out 4G to more locations

Brad Sams — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:19:21 +0000

Sprint, the first national carrier to deploy a 4G network, has announced a few more cities to its growing blanket of WiMax coverage. The lucky cities of New York City, Hartford, New Haven, New Brunswick,... Read more...

Windows Phone 7 to launch on October 11?

Tom Warren — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:29:36 +0100

Microsoft is expected to kick start the launch of Windows Phone 7 devices at a New York launch event on October 11, according to reports. UK tech blog Pocket Lint reports that the software giant will... Read more...

Updated: Plane crash in NYC, Accident is most likely the cause

Steven Parker — Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:48:49 +0000

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Is the question on every news agency workers lips at this moment. :( An American Airlines Airbus a300 has crashed in the Queens borough of New York City. Port Authority officials say the... Read more...

Windows XP launched in NYC, in time for holiday season

me101 — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:50:36 +0100

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Today Microsoft announced the worldwide availability of Windows® XP with a celebration in the business capital of the world: New York City. Customers are now able to acquire the new Microsoft® Windows XP operating system... Read more...