Introduction The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. The Internet is at once a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and […]

by: Chandra Johnson Everything old is new again for TV this coming fall, with network, cable and streaming options breathing life into familiar ideas. TV will recycle tried-and-true superhero shows while resurrecting genres relegated to the sidelines for decades, like variety shows. Common Sense Media TV editor Polly Conway says the new lineup of recycled themes […]

What is 3D printing? 3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. The creation of a 3D printed object is achieved using additive processes. In an additive process an object is created by laying down successive layers of material until the entire object is created. […]

  by Victor Luckerson Company is working with developers to make workplace software. With consumers growing cool toward the iPad, Apple AAPL 1.79% is turning to businesses to boost sales of the five-year-old device. The tech giant has partnered with more than 40 companies that make business software to develop a suite of interconnected enterprise apps, […]

By: Jean-François Poussard For several years, Asian companies have been pressuring firms to register identical domain names in Asian Top-Level-Domains (TLDs). It is a kind of scam called “Slamming”, and is an illegal practice to mislead firms in order to sell them unsolicited services. Unknown third party, pressure, threats, high prices… The slamming scam always begins […]

by Kay Miranda, Demand Media Customer service representatives are a company’s first line of dealing with customer problems, complaints and discontent. It can be difficult to help customers who are lost in emotions and seemingly unable to get reprieve. According to Kristin Robertson of KR Consulting, “empathy absorbs emotion,” helping get customers into a state […]

BY MICHAEL MUCHMORE (writing for PC Magazine) Here’s what you can do to seal yourself off from all data collection in the new OS. But you might not want to. Most of us use the free Gmail email service, which everyone knows sifts through the text of your emails to choose ads to display through DoubleClick […]

By Ed García Conde This year marks the 75th anniversary of the opening of Parkchester in The Bronx—one of the largest condominium projects in the country today. As a child I was always fascinated by taking shopping trips with my mother to Macy’s and the many stores there. The architectural elements of the development kept […]

NYC Parks is the steward of approximately 29,000 acres of land — 14 percent of New York City — including more than 5,000 individual properties ranging from Coney Island Beach and Central Park to community gardens  and Greenstreets. We operate more than 800 athletic fields and nearly 1,000 playgrounds, 550tennis courts, 66 public pools, 48 […]

New orders for U.S. factory goods rebounded strongly in June on robust demand for transportation equipment and other goods, a hopeful sign for the struggling manufacturing sector. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday new orders for manufactured goods increased 1.8 percent after declining 1.1 percent in May. Factory activity has been stymied by a strong […]