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Red Hook

March 29, 2013

Charitable App Lets Users Challenge Friends and Donate to Non-Profits

Users can donate to several organizations, including Red Hook non-profit Friends of Firefighters.

New York City

December 28, 2012

New MTA App Tells Commuters When Their Train Will Arrive

The MTA Subway TIme app will give commuters real-time subway arrival information.

New York City

December 13, 2012

TLC Approves App Pilot Program to Help New Yorkers Hail Cabs

Passengers will be able to use apps to hail cabs beginning this February.

Carnegie Hill

November 29, 2012

Hanukkah App Lets Celebrants Light Virtual Menorah

The Jewish Museum has unveiled "Light My Fire," a menorah-lighting app, just in time for Hanukkah. 

Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick

November 29, 2012

Dog Walker 'Poop App' Texts Owners Every Time Pups Go

Swifto's new feature answers dog owners' top demand, the company's representative said.

Upper West Side

November 27, 2012

New NYC Matchmaking Service Combats Online Dating Inertia

Matchmaker Cafe, an online dating and traditional matchmaking hybrid, aims to trigger more than a click.

Lower East Side

November 26, 2012

New iPhone App Unlocks Voices of Former Worshippers at LES Synagogue

The Museum at Eldridge Street is using oral histories of congregants recorded more than 20 years ago.

New York City

November 13, 2012

New App Helps Beer-Lovers Find Best Craft Brews Across the City

Craft Beer New York features a downloadable guide to more than 120 bars in New York City.

Chelsea

June 20, 2012

Classic Kids Show 'Reading Rainbow' Returns as iPad App

"Reading Rainbow" host LeVar Burton helped launch the new children's reading app in Chelsea.

East Elmhurst

June 13, 2012

Three Men Mug Teen Girl for iPhone and Threaten to Shoot Her

One of the alleged muggers in East Elmhurst was photographed by an anti-theft app.

Manhattan

April 18, 2012

City Data App 'NYCFacets' Wins Top Prize in Big Apps Competition

The third annual app competition attracted a record 96 entries.

Manhattan

February 05, 2012

Watch the Super Bowl Online for the First Time

NBC is allowing football fans to watch the Super Bowl online for the first time this year.

Greenwich Village & SoHo

January 23, 2012

New Beer Store Goes High-Tech in Greenwich Village

New Village beer shop's Growler Station offers an app to help drinkers navigate its 200-plus brews.

Upper East Side

December 05, 2011

Guggeheim's Maurizio Cattelan Crowds Prompt Extended Hours

Crowds at the Guggenheim's Maurizio Cattelan show prompted the museum to extend its holiday hours.

Upper East Side

November 04, 2011

Maurizio Cattelan's Art Hangs From Guggenheim's Spiral

Some 130 works by controversial contemporary Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan are suspended in a giant whirl by cables from the Guggenheim museum's oculus in his first ever retrospective, opening Friday.