Technology Sector

The Mayoral Candidates Talked Tech in Queens Last Night and Didn't Sound PC

"What type of cellphone do you have, what carrier is it and what's your favorite app?" At 7:30pm, after media and tech folk scrambled into the Museum of the Moving Image off 35th Avenue in Astoria, the NYC Tech Forum began. Hosted by Coalition for Queens--a non-profit organization that promotes the ... More >>

WILD THING

T.J. Miller Hits Gotham Comedy Club

The Voice Talks Black Voter Support for Gay Marriage with Michelangelo Signorile on Sirius [AUDIO]

We're approaching, if not looking in the rearview mirror at, a watershed moment in American civil rights history. A majority of the American public now supports marriage equality for same-sex couples. And, despite what detractors have been saying and predicting, this includes black people, too. An ... More >>

The Blip Festival: Where the Geeks Are

Celebrating technologies of yore

Five Things You Can Do to Buy NYC's Million-Dollar Parking Spot

Recession? What recession?This morning, the Post reported that the city's most expensive parking spot is now on sale at 66 E. 11th Street in a tiny private garage. The location lies within a $38.8 million loft owned by developer Moran Fareed and includes a shower that shoots vitamin-C-and-aloe infus ... More >>

New York's Broadband Infrastructure Will Suck for The Next Eight Years (UPDATE)

Yesterday, the Voice reported on New York's tech industry, said to be the fastest growing in the U.S., according to a just released study. Now with some good news came some bad news. Sure, the recession didn't prevent 486 tech companies from starting here since 2007, nor has it slowed the flow of ... More >>

The Pirate Bay: Soon To Be Banned?

The Pirate Bay has taken some hard hits in the past few months. Though the file-sharing site announced in February that it would delate torrents and move entirely to magnet links, law enforcement has continued to mobilize against the operation. In March, for instance, a leaked doc suggested Swed ... More >>

President Obama Wants You to Know That He Likes the Internet Very Much

​Just a few days after Obama's re-election campaign adopted the mobile payment system Square to help increase its fundraising efforts, the president is already taking further steps to cozy up to the tech industry. Last night in his "virtual town hall" on Google , President Obama addressed th ... More >>

TECH SAVVY

Mike Daisey takes a bite out of Apple

Cell Service in Subways Is Here! What Your Service Provider Has to Say About It

​Well, the much anticipated (or feared) cell service on subways is here, at least on certain subway platforms around New York City and, some are reporting, even in the friggin' tunnel. As of today, the cell pilot is live at the A, C, E at Eighth Avenue and 14th Street; the L at Eighth Avenue a ... More >>

I'm Appearing At The LGBT Center!

​ In an OutProfessionals event. This Wednesday, September 14, at 630 PM, Sirius XM OutQ's Frank DeCaro will chat with me about my new book, Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back, and we'll no doubt dig into all kinds of gossipy topics with reckless abandon.

GENERATION NOW

First-time Mexican directors debut their films

Mark Zuckerberg Is "The Facebook Killer" (In A Good Way!)

​Mark Zuckerberg is supposed to be the people's billionaire. He's pretty un-hot, lives in a modest house, has a regular girlfriend, keeps a tight watch on his Facebook page, and only wears flip-flops! Billionaires: They're just like us! Well, one thing that normal people definitely do not do i ... More >>

Here's the Inevitable Animation of the Live-Tweeting of the Osama Bin Laden Raid

The latest course of news, as often as not, involves a path from Twitter to the mainstream media, and then, a day or so later, the appearance of a palatable cartoon version, all the better with which to digest your Internet. Sohaib Athar, or @ReallyVirtual, is the IT consultant who unknowingly live- ... More >>

Jerry Lawson, Inventor of the Video Game Cartridge, Dead at 70

​Remember when video games used to come in cartridges? Everyone born in the '80s or early '90s remembers the satisfying click of putting their favorite game into their NES, Super Nintendo or Nintendo 64. Everyone remembers going to their one rich friend's house and seeing his jumbled crate of ... More >>

"Who's My Landlord?" App Loses, But Still Useful!

​Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced the winners of the second-annual NYC BigApps 2.0 Competition on Thursday night. This cool city-run competition gives out cash prizes to software developers who use city data sets to build apps that make it easier for people to navigate the city. Unfortunately, ... More >>

Bloomberg and Zuckerberg: Power Pair Talk Facebook

​Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have just hired a "hot" Chief Digital Officer -- Rachel Sterne, New York City's first -- but who better to explain social media to him than Mr. One Billion Dollars himself? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (no relation) sat down with the mayor while he was in town to a ... More >>

THE CABLE GUY

Matt McCarthy is a commercial success

Facebook, LinkedIn Racing to Go Public

​Facebook, which the Wall Street Journal calls "one of the world's hottest technology companies" (have you heard?), will likely go public this year as its shareholders surpass 500 in number, forcing the company to either disclose its financial information "or go public by April 2012." This com ... More >>

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Ugly Betty star opens Latino Film Fest

Die Antwoord, Mark Ronson, Interpol, and Sleigh Bells Are Playing Vice's Free Creators Project Thing

​Last time this happened, Vice blew threw $250,000 and Titus Andronicus's Patrick Stickles ended up with red handprints on his neck and a sad, outraged story to tell. This time, semiconductor manufacturing unit Intel will foot the bill, and it's hard to imagine crazed South African rappers Die ... More >>

Why is VICE Chartering a Private Plane from LA?

​Vice, New York's Canadian-grown media company built on a carefully cultivated proto-punk reputation has certainly had an interesting year! A Times profile. A partnership with CNN. A party in which they made lots of noise about that time they spent a quarter of a million dollars on a party whi ... More >>

Fox and Time Warner cut a deal

​After weeks of high-stakes brinksmanship and a last-minute extension, Time Warner Cable cut a deal Friday night to pay an unspecified per-viewer fee to transmit Fox programming from News Corporation-0wned stations broadcasting in New York, Los Angeles, and a number of other major cities. Fox ... More >>

Daniel Craig at a Gay Club!

Fashion Week, Idol chatter, a gesture toward Liza. By Michael Musto

Bloomberg Keeps His Billions Separate From His Mayoral Obligations? Yeah, Right!

TICKET TO RIDE

Latin film fest gets gritty and real

Clip Job: Computers Taking Over World, 1963 Edition

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesNovember 21, 1963, Vol. IX, No. 5The Little Machine That Couldn'tBy Mary Perot Nichols...A recent story in the New York Times headlined "Electronics Ends Housing Muddle"...could easily have led the unwary reader to believe that it was all coming ... More >>

Blogger Plants Jobs Health Rumor, Apple Stock Tanks

Law & Order: Special Marketing Unit

Can You Hear Me Now? Verizon, Unions Settle

LIVIN’ LA VIDA  CINEMA

Latin film is bigger than ever

"Quantico Circuit" Creates Government Wiretapping "Big Brother Scenario"

Google: The New Port Authority

A juggernaut gets ready to inject a big glob of silicon into New York City

Centrinomics

Do You Really Need Intel Centrino Technology?

They've Got Your Number

Switching Cell Phone Services Without Losing Your Digits

The Meter's Running

To Pay for the Meters' Not Running

Phony War

How the Phone Unions Turned Verizon's Strike Preparation Against It

Spaceballs

Music

Phone Sexy

Should I Buy a Snazzy New Cell Phone?

The IBM Link to Auschwitz

Researchers Uncover Records of the Company's Work at Death-Camp Complex

Final Solutions

How IBM Helped Automate the Nazi Death Machine in Poland

China Conflict: The Profit Motive

GOP and Big Business Could Benefit From Clash

Verizon Gets Earful

Customers Squawk Back Over DSL Service

Painting.com

A New Alliance: Whintel

One Hundred Years of Art and Technology

No-Collar Workers

Is There Room for Unions in the New Media World?

Fanning the Fame

Higher-Educated Consumers

Joystick City