Stories Tagged as
New York City
Get your paws off my iPad! Teaching dogs to use tablets
by
Molly Wood
Aug 15, 2013
New York City has plenty of things we want but maybe don't need, like artisan pickles and baby yoga. What's the latest? Classes for dogs to learn how to use iPads.
Does Bloomberg's stair advocacy make business sense?
by
Stan Alcorn
Jul 30, 2013
In his persistent campaign to make New Yorkers healthier, Mayor Bloomberg wants people to take the stairs instead of the elevator.
Channeling Nikola Tesla's electric currents today
by
Molly Wood
Jul 26, 2013
The inventor has been cast as Thomas Edison's more magical nemesis and contemporary -- and he's currently being celebrated at the New York Hall of Science.
Second Avenue subway construction undermines NYC small businesses
Jul 26, 2013
New York has waited nearly a hundred years for a second subway line on the east side of Manhattan. But protracted construction is hard on small businesses along the route.
Sizing up Batman's 2013 expenses
by
Molly Wood
Jul 17, 2013
Mashable has an infographic tallying up the likely costs of utility belts, Batmobiles and tasteful cave furniture for Batman through the years -- adjusted for inflation of course.
Will New York voters forgive ex-governor Spitzer?
Jul 8, 2013
Eliot Spitzer resigned as New York governor in 2008 over a prostitution scandal. Now he wants to be New York City comptroller, with ambitions to transform the unheralded post.
Manic Mondays at the Met museum in NYC?
Jul 1, 2013
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens permanently on Monday for the first time in 42 years.
For public good, not for profit.
Broadway discount booth TKTS turns 40
Jun 26, 2013
Broadway ticket discounter TKTS turns 40 today. A look at the business of one of the original discounters.
Solar phone chargers to come to NYC
by
Molly Wood
Jun 18, 2013
It's happened to all of us. Your phone loses its charge in that one place you can't plug it in. Now, New York City is about to get solar chargers in many of those places.
Composting in New York: Lessons from the West Coast
Jun 17, 2013
Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants New York residents to set aside food scraps in a separate bin. Similar programs are already in place in San Francisco and Seattle.