By Adriana Lee |
Airbnb.com, the well-known aggregator of room and apartment rentals, is joining forces with NYC.gov and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to provide free housing for displaced Hurricane Sandy victims. This comes after the company waived fees for these customers last week, and it continues to urge hosts in…
By Brandon Russell |
Hurricane Sandy was one mean force of nature, one that devastated much of the eastern seaboard through flooding and powerful winds. Now it’s time to recover, time to move on together. Verizon is helping people to do that by completely waiving domestic voice and text…
By Adriana Lee |
In the 21st century, we have advanced consumer technologies that let us to communicate instantly with people around the world. And yet, we are still required to appear in person or mail in our ballots to vote in the election. That may seem backwards, but one…
By Adriana Lee |
Many East Coast residents are still reeling from Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath. The devastation in the region was extreme — it took lives, destroyed property, rendered people homeless and plunged millions into darkness this week. (New York City, one of the hardest hit areas, managed…
By Adriana Lee |
The cellular carriers have been working at a fever pitch, to restore service in places marked by widespread power failures after Hurricane Sandy. One of the areas of concentration is New York City, which was among the hardest hit disaster zones. While more cell…
By Brandon Russell |
Any semblance of normalcy for Verizon customers is still weeks away, with service still struggling to come back online in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. According to Reuters, some top Verizon execs fear stability won’t be restored for at least a few weeks as the…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s been a heck of a week for those impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and relief efforts are likely to last well into next year. But the American Red Cross is already embarking on its journey toward reversing the insurmountable damage that’s been done, and you…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T just issued a text message to its customers alerting them that it is working around the clock to restore outages in areas that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The carrier recently teamed up with T-Mobile USA in the meantime, allowing customers to roam across…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s been a devastating week for folks on the East Coast, with Hurricane Sandy downing trees, taking out power lines and flooding city streets. Things are rough, and surviving — let alone sustaining a normal semblance of life — is no easy task. But it…
By Brandon Russell |
The remains of Google’s event that never was reveals a desolate, lonely picture. A few days before the search giant’s execs were set to unveil what we now know to be the Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and Android 4.2, Hurricane Sandy’s presence down the Eastern…
By Todd Haselton |
T-Mobile and AT&T today announced a partnership in which customers on both carriers can roam freely across either network in New York or New Jersey, following the wake of the devastating hurricane and superstorm Sandy that recently passed through. The roaming agreement is in “the…
By Todd Haselton |
The Federal Communications Commission recently said that Hurricane Sandy, now known as a superstorm, has so far knocked down 25% of all cell towers in 10 states. As you might expect, that means you could have trouble making and receiving phone calls, using your phone…
By Adriana Lee |
The devastation of Hurricane Sandy has transfixed the nation’s attention, with many people across the country helplessly looking on at the mid-to-upper East Coast as it suffered the worst weather-related event in its history. The damages are high, particularly in the New York/New Jersey area, while…
By Brandon Russell |
All it takes is one brutal force of nature to bring the world of technology to its knees. As a result of Hurricane Sandy’s ferocious East coast battering, reports of mobile voice and data outages have begun to surface. The network issues — felt by…
By Todd Haselton |
The Federal Management Emergency Agency (FEMA) is advising that anyone in the path of Hurricane Sandy use text messages or social networks, not direct phone calls, in order to stay in touch with loved ones. The agency said this approach will help people avoid and…
By Todd Haselton |
It’s a rarity to see the 5th Avenue Apple Store closed. It’s usually open 24 hours a day 365 days a year and, typically, only shuts down for a few hours ahead of major product launches. Today, however, the iconic glass store is bundled up…
By Adriana Lee |
We may spend a lot of time living virtually, but when a big climactic event happens, it reminds us that we are indeed rooted in the physical world. The latest, Hurricane Sandy, will do just that as it hammers the East Coast, and possibly collides…
By Todd Haselton |
Hurricane Sandy is currently barreling its way up the east coast and is expected to make landfall on Monday night. I remember where I was for Hurricane Irene last year. I was up in Newport, Rhode Island attending a friend’s wedding when the power went…
By Brandon Russell |
There’s a vicious hurricane, Sandy, hurtling straight toward USA’s East coast. The current forecast is grim — it could be the worst storm in more than 100 years — and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is even referring to the event as Frankenstorm:…
