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Would You Share Wifi With Your Neighbors?
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
This week on New Tech City, we're crossing the digital divide.
Five Video Games Your Middle Schooler Should Be Playing (Plus a Bonus One)
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Ed Note: To go with our New Tech City episode on games that help your brain,
we asked gaming expert Liza Stark at the Institute of Play to give a
few suggestions about educational learning games for kids. if you don't
know them, the folks at Institute of Play design games and game-like experiences to be used in schools. They recently published the PLAY List for the World Innovation Summit for Education. Working her fellow expertsh, here's her list.
These Games Could Be Good for Young Brains
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Games have power, so this week, we play a few that can
motivate kids to learn more, whether they realize it or not. And we see
how a test case of a new technology for football might help keep young
heads safer (and smarter) from injury.
ATM of the Future: Where Your Money is Coming From Next
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Since ATMs first appeared on street corners more than
four decades ago, their basic function has barely changed. But
recently, to save on costs and attract a younger, more plugged-in
generation of customers, banks are updating not only their ATMs, but the
meaning of the word “bank" itself.
A Civic Call for NYC Techies: Bring Digital Talent into Public School Classrooms
Monday, November 11, 2013
Andrew Rasiej, chairman of NY Tech Meetup,
argues that tech talent can do more for kids and New York's tech
sector, if talented programmers get more involved in the classroom.
Three Ways the Twitter IPO Matters for New York
Thursday, November 07, 2013
On Thursday, Twitter starts trading on the New York
Stock Exchange. The initial public offering of shares in the San
Francisco-based company matters to New York in several ways.
Programming Families: How Kids are Like Software, and What the Government Could Learn From It
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Coders have a very specific way of working, it’s called Agile. One family decided to apply it to their lives. What if healthcare.gov had too?
Tiny Estonia Beats the U.S. on E-Voting
Monday, November 04, 2013
The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia puts the United States to shame when it comes to electronic voting (not to mention marinated eel served cold and teaching little kids to code.)
A Juice Cleanse for Your Brain: 5 Steps to Relevance in Today’s Workforce
Thursday, October 31, 2013
We used to classify ourselves as either artsy or analytical. Not only has the myth of left or right-brain dominance been debunked, limiting yourself to one or the other won't further a career these days.
Airbnb Boasts 10,000 Visitors This Marathon Weekend
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Airbnb,
the short-term room rental site that operates in a legal gray zone, is
stepping up its campaign to sway public opinion and influence lawmakers
as the New York State Attorney General continues its investigation of
the popular company.
Safety Nets: Broadband & Wifi in a Post-Sandy World
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
This week New Tech City looks at New York's internet connectivity a year after Sandy knocked out communications for so many New Yorkers.
Who Is Jeff Bezos? And What is Amazon?
Monday, October 28, 2013
He wants to find in a cheaper way to get to outer space. He’s building a clock
that ticks once a year, moves its "century hand" once every hundred
years and chimes once a millennium. Oh, and he’s also the CEO of the
world’s largest online retailer, Amazon. He is Jeff Bezos.
Coffee and E-Cigarettes
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
No heavy subject matter this week. Instead, we're
diving into two subcultures that have been transformed by tech: Coffee
and cigarettes. If you've never heard of a burr grinder or cartomizer, this podcast is for you.
Airbnb Claims $632 Million in Annual Economic Activity in NYC
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Airbnb, the person-to-person room rental website, is making the case for its presence in New York City. With the release of a new economic impact study, the company claims it is bringing hospitality dollars to neighborhoods far from the hotel district in midtown Manhattan.
A Glitchy Link Poem, That's Also An Obamacare Summary
Thursday, October 17, 2013
We're looking into "glitches" for an upcoming episode of New Tech City.
Airbnb Hosts Owe Millions in Taxes, Says Attorney General
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Renting a room or an apartment through the popular
website Airbnb is easy to do and an easy way to make extra money. And
according to the state’s Attorney General, it’s also an easy way to
avoid paying taxes.
Freelance Nation: “The Greatest Economic Transformation in Human History”?
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
More and more micro-entrepreneurs are using online
services like Etsy, Kickstarter, Uber and Lyft to create their own jobs.
Welcome to the new DIY economy.
Airbnb Moves to Block AG's Subpoena
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Airbnb,
the popular person-to-person apartment rental website, is trying to
block a subpoena by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, calling
the probe an “unfounded ‘fishing expedition.’”
QUIZ: Nuclear War? Are These Real Terms of Service
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Every time you sign up for a new online service, you
face a choice: do you click "accept" at the bottom of a long scroll of
dense legalese that is the company's terms of service. We decided to
whip out the old magnifying glass to get a better look at the fine print
and bring you some of the more unexpected gems buried in real terms of
service agreements. Can you guess which ones are real?
When the FBI Knocks: A Techie’s Moment of Truth
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
The recent revelation that companies like Google and
Facebook routinely hand over data about users' digital communications to
the National Security Agency has many Americans wondering whether
everything they do online is being tracked by the government.