I was asked to sit on a panel last Thursday about “THE FOUR SCREENS: Everything you had no idea you needed to know but were afraid to ask!” by my friend Bill Sobel at SobelMedia. My fellow panelists represented a great variety of old and new media expertise, and I brought some mobile knowledge to [...]
NYCwireless on Advertising Age: Chasing Mobile Audiences Beyond Phones
Published by Dana Spiegel on December 22, 2009 under News 
Tags: Hotspot, Mobile, New York City, Wi-Fi 
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Community Broadband Hearing at Columbia University on Dec. 11
Published by Dana Spiegel on December 4, 2009 under Events, News, Policy Tags: Broadband, columbia university, Community, FCC, Fiber, government, Net Neutrality, New York City, NY City Council, Policy, Spectrum, Telecom Comments
UPDATE: This is a Community Broadband Hearing by Columbia University, not an FCC Field Hearing. Sorry for the confusion!
Friend Bruce Lincoln, Entrepreneur in Residence at Columbia Engineering’s Center for Technology, Innovation & Community Engagement, sent us an invite for a Community Broadband Hearing taking place next Friday, December 11 at Columbia. I’m planning to attend, and [...]
Municipal Vaporware: Why NYC’s Data Mine is A Data Dump
Published by Anthony Townsend on October 6, 2009 under News Tags: Community, iPhone, New York City Comments
This morning, Mayor Mike Bloomberg unveiled New York City’s long-awaited Big Apps contest. Big Apps seeks to promote the Internet industry in the Big Apple (it’s sponsored by the New York City Economic Development Corporation) and make local government more transparent.
I’ve been following the evolution of open data initiatives at the municipal level for about [...]
Another Great Video of Local Kids Using Free Wi-Fi in the Playground
Published by Dana Spiegel on July 31, 2009 under News Tags: Affordable Housing, CDSC, Community, Hotspot, Installation, New York City, NYCwireless, Wi-Fi Comments Off
Here’s some more videos from the new CDSC Hotspot in Clinton Hill:
Photos and a Video from our Clinton Hill Hotspot Launch
Published by Dana Spiegel on July 31, 2009 under Hotspots, NYCwireless, News Tags: Affordable Housing, CDSC, Community, Hotspot, Installation, New York City, NYCwireless, Wi-Fi Comments Off
One of the reasons why we build free Wi-Fi hotspots is the impact it has on local communities. Our Clinton Hill Hotspot is no different — check out the great photos of kids surfing the internet. We’ve even found some budding TV stars in the 2 kids who were interviewed!
More photos after the break…
NYCwireless Launches New Hotspot in Clinton Hill For Brooklyn’s Underserved Children
Published by Dana Spiegel on July 29, 2009 under Events, News Tags: Affordable Housing, Community, Hotspot, Installation, New York City, NYCwireless Comments
We are very proud to announce the launch of our newest hotspot in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The hotspot is a collaboration between Child Development Support Corp (CDSC), HARLOWTOWN and NYCwireless.
On Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the
NYC MTA Looking to add Wi-Fi Services to LIRR and Metro-North Railroads
Published by Dana Spiegel on July 6, 2009 under News Tags: LIRR, Metro-North, MTA, New York City, Wi-Fi Comments
Esme Vos of MuniWireless just sent us a copy of an RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) she received from the NYC MTA about their interest in adding Wi-Fi internet access aboard LIRR and Metro-North Railroads and in stations. The RFEI is just a preliminary step in what many New Yorkers (and NJ and CT [...]
Response to City Wireless Internet Access for New York City Parks and Other Open Spaces (DoITT RFI)
Published by Dana Spiegel on June 9, 2009 under News, Policy Tags: Broadband, Hotspot, New York City, NYCwireless, Parks, Policy, RFI Comments
NYCwireless submitted this response to the DoITT RFI City Wireless Internet Access for New York City Parks and Other Open Spaces” (PIN: 85809RFI0045) [PDF].
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RFI Response to City Wireless Internet Access for New York City Parks and Other Open Spaces
Prepared by:
Dana Spiegel, Executive Director, NYCwireless
Rob Kelley and Anthony Townsend, Executive Board Members
Overview
NYCwireless is a [...]
