Hold that phone. Well at least while you are behind the wheel. New York begins a crackdown on texting drivers today, with more police and new text-detecting equipment in unmarked cars, officials said. “Distracted driving kills. Period,” said Gov. Cuomo (pictured), who on Monday signed into law harsher penalties for teens who text behind the wheel. State… Read more »
Whistleblower Edward Snowden might want to rethink his Ecuadorian refuge plan because according to leaked documents procured by our friend’s at BuzzFeed, the South American country has questionable spying practices all its own. Surprise, surprise! All while it has problems feeding its people. The confidential documents reveal a secret program in which Ecuador’s intelligence agency, SENAIN, targets… Read more »
Having successfully tightroped on a 2-inch-thick steel cable above the dry river bed near the Grand Canyon Nik Wallenda is now eyeing his next venue which maybe New York. Wallenda hopes his next stunt will take him between the Chrysler and Empire State buildings and he is also open to suggestions and will ask his Facebook and Twitter… Read more »
Hold the phone or maybe not anymore! As manufacturers and developers are increasingly experimenting with wearable technology what about a glove phone? This is the latest in an ever increasing trend that has included clothes that display twitter updates, mobile phone headsets, Google glasses, mobile phones that work in conjunction with wristwatches, and bracelets that track your… Read more »
We support NYPD and say a big no when it comes a federal monitor of our police. Our endorsement follows Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s justified and stinging rebuke to the federal government’s secret phone and Internet monitoring campaign when he suggested leaker Edward Snowden was right about privacy “abuse.” “I don’t think it ever should have been… Read more »
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton says it’s time for a woman in the Oval Office and we say why not you? While Chelsea’s Mother Hillary Clinton has said she may not be running again surely like mother like daughter Chelsea would be a good candidate? Already voted person of the week by Ask a New Yorker… Read more »
When it comes to great food no one knows Italian cuisine quite like Giacomo Alaio and that’s one of the reasons customers are flocking in droves to the new Patrizia’s on Staten Island. Touched by the people when he came with flood after Hurricane Sandy, Giacomo decided to open on the Island and give the… Read more »
AFP – France’s culture minister has branded online retailer Amazon a “destroyer” of bookshops in the latest confrontation between the Socialist government in Paris and America’s giants of the digital economy. “Today, everyone has had enough of Amazon, which, by dumping, slashes prices to get a foothold in markets only to raise them once they… Read more »
Being confident and loud is the best way to win an argument – even if you are wrong according to a new study and it is the best way to get more Twitter followers. Researchers from Washington State University who studied the activity of Twitter users realized the more opinionated they were, the more influential and trustworthy… Read more »
Popular West Village eatery Saint Ambroeus may be forced to close its sidewalk tables because of new City enforced legislation.The Department of Consumer Affairs has sent notice to 17 New York restaurants including Saint Ambroeus, telling them that that they will have to close their sidewalk seating areas unless they are willing to comply with the… Read more »
