It's that time of the month again when the good folk at the PS Store reveal what they'll be giving away to Plus subscribers over the coming weeks, so let's get out of diaries and schedule some downloads shall we? Read More >>
There's a lot of really weird stuff that happens on any given day in New York City. Which is why I like to take the occasional day off during the week just to walk around and take in my surroundings. Take, for example, this random video shoot I came across of some grungy folks equipped with Google Glass in the Lower East Side. Read More >>
It looks like Samsung's going to take to the streets of the US to show off its forthcoming Galaxy S4 phone, with the tech giant's New York launch announcement set to take place in Times Square. Big screens, crowds, excited hands-on reports from bewildered tourists and millions of excited internet pages will be spawned on March 14. [Samsung] Read More >>
Featured comment by JoeyG410:
"I reckon they are waiting for Microsoft to announce their system,
so Sony can add functions if need be.
And with Sony not giving 100% details, they ..." More »
There are all kinds of ways to get great, clever pictures. You can strap your DSLR to the frame of your bike and get amazing angles at high speeds, for instance. That's what photographer Tom Olesnevich did with his project "NYC By Bike" and the results are just fantastic. Read More >>
Iwan Baan photographed New York City from the air last Wednesday, and his image has become perhaps the most iconic record of Sandy, gracing the cover of New York magazine and flooding the internet. This is how he got the shot. Read More >>
Unfairly-great UK illustrator Patrick Vale recreates the whole of lower Manhattan, as seen from the Empire State Building, in this incredible time lapse video. What's more, he does it completely freehand. Now let's see him do it from memory. [Patrick Vale via Colossal] Read More >>
Street artist Jilly Ballistic has been sneakily putting up computer nerd jokes as street art across New York City to hilarious results. Awful movies have been overlaid with a 'move to trash' or 'low expectation warning', while other advertisements get adorned with different computer system alerts. Read More >>
Remember when Nokia turned the Millbank Tower on the bank of the Thames in London into a massive deadmau5 visualiser for the launch of the Lumia 800? It’s tried to match that in New York’s Times Square for the Lumia 900, but failed. Read More >>
Featured comment by coastercub:
"I think that is WP7's only problem. it just came to late to the party, it's got alot of catching up to do. I had one for work for a year and it was pr..." More »
Thomas McMartin sure does love the ladies—especially when they are in various states of undress. He's such a fan that he allegedly installed a motion-activated spy camera in a women's changing room. And guess who's picture was on said camera when authorities discovered the device. Read More >>
Featured comment by Magic Robot:
"The best bit about this story is after he is charged with felony unlawful surveillance and burglary. He’s pleading not guilty. What a spud." More »
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has created this image to illustrate the size of a neutron star, the "crushed core of a star that has exploded as a supernova" and packs half a million times the mass of Earth. Read More >>
Featured comment by Gentleman_Jonny:
"I hate to be a stickler, but this isn't quite right - It's actually the size our Sun would be if you compressed it down to the densities of a Neutron ..." More »
You might think you were tricky during high school with half a water bottle filled with vodka stuff under your mattress, but this is a high-level liquor vault. The NY Times reveals a Prohibition architectural gem. Read More >>
Manhattan's SoHo neighbourhood is mostly filled with bored models and stupid-expensive boutiques. But on one grimy, absolutely ignorable corner is the entrance to a cavern stuffed with guns, rockets, cocaine, and riot shields. This is where Hollywood locks and loads. Read More >>
If you leave your bike on the streets of any given city, it's eventually going to get stolen. Even if it's locked up. Even if it's a beater. Even if there isn't any tires. It. Will. Get. Stolen. This video shows you the life cycle of a bicycle left outside for an entire year. Read More >>
Featured comment by pwyywrtad:
"160 days for the drinks bottle to be stolen?????
210 days and the lock is gone but the bike stays another 60 days?
In Soho, London the bottle wou..." More »
What's the only thing more exciting than a new Core i7 MacBook Air at your local Apple Store? No, not the Genius Bar helping you out with a cracked iPhone screen—a ranting, pot-smoking lunatic crashing a Q&A. Naked. Warning: naked photo below. Read More >>
Mark your calendars: Apple has summoned the press corps for a special event on January 19th in New York City. That's next Thursday for those keeping count. What's this going to be? A special version of the iPad for students, perhaps? Read More >>
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