As they have every few weeks for the last several months, a new story has appeared in The Wall Street Journal claiming that the iPhone will soon be available on Verizon. Perhaps jaded by these constant cries of wolf, New Yorker's reactions were decidedly mixed.
"Before, if you wanted to have an iPhone, you had Read More
Walking and talking on his iPhone didn't seem to 29-year-old Kyle Supley like a particularly reckless thing to do on Waverly Place near Christopher Street in the West Village late on a Tuesday evening.
"I shouldn't have had it out, probably," Mr. Supley would later say when the Transom reached him by phone. "But Read More
"While I am certainly a proud Democrat, I have never hesitated to work with my Republican colleagues in Read More
Clear Channel Communications, the pubic turned private radio empire, is consolidating five local offices and moving its nascent city headquarters to Tribeca next spring. On the heels of being sold to investors for $26 billion three weeks ago, and an announcement that it plans to shed more than a third of its radio stations, the Read More
Radio empire Clear Channel Communications is consolidating five local offices and moving its nascent city headquarters to Tribeca next spring. The Texas-based company has signed a 15-year lease at the former AT&T building at 32 Avenue of the Americas. Details on the deal -- plus the future of the toy industry in New York City Read More
How do you get Eliot Spitzer's attention? The New York Civil Liberties Union wants to know. The organization claims to have made several requests to the AG's office asking for an investigation into allegations that the telecom giants, AT&T and Verizon, have shared millions of New Yorkers' telephone records with the National Security Read More
The debate over anti-terrorism measures in the MTA is obviously hampered by the same circumstances that prompt it. How can you point out security flaws in the system without exposing them to would-be terrorists? That was the problem some Tribeca residents grappled with until they decided to go public about the telecom hotel at 60 Read More
Anti-Bush Park Protesters
Cheeky, Not Violent Say Cops First there was pre-emptive war; now there's pre-emptive policing. And it was on display around 3 p.m. on Aug. 29 at the 86th Street and Lexington Avenue subway station. That's where an NYPD Critical Response Team, consisting of eight police officers and one sergeant, set up shop. Their Read MoreDear Parent:
Thank you for requesting an application to our preschool. As you are no doubt aware, the Prada-Blahnik school enjoys a singular reputation in Manhattan: Prestigious, but non-elitist. Progressive, but structured. Warm and creative, but cognizant of the need to prepare your 3-year-old for the competitive rigors of life ahead as a banker, lawyer Read More"A blizzard of bargains and a new generation of video-game consoles helped kick-start the Christmas retail season," quoth a worried Wall Street Journal the Monday after Thanksgiving. "But shoppers didn't show up in overwhelming numbers, and their purchases were sensible and selective." What's more, other auguries have turned adverse, according to The Journal –lipstick sales Read More
Imagine that you set out to drive from Manhattan to Southampton, a distance of roughly 100 miles, and that you fill up your Land Rover's gas tank at $1.90 a gallon before leaving.
Next, imagine that when you pull off Route 27 by the Lobster Inn-having suffered the hour it takes to negotiate the last Read MoreLies We Live By: Defeating Double-Talk and Deception in Advertising, Politics and the Media , by Carl Hausman. Routledge, 229 pages, $24.95.
Not long ago, traveling abroad, I spent many fruitless, expensive minutes trying to log on to my AT&T Internet provider to retrieve important e-mail. Over and over, the connection failed, each shutdown accompanied by Read MoreAmong the gushy house tours featured in the December issue of Architectural Digest is an eight-page spread entitled, "On Top of the World in New York." The home in question is an "11,000-square-foot penthouse duplex," characterized as being "fit for a king." The article does not name the king, but coyly describes the owner of Read More
It does seem hotter than it used to be, but maybe there is no such thing as global warming. Maybe the burning of fossil fuels at an ever greater rate over a few centuries by industrial nations (and in the future by industrializing nations) will have no lasting effect on the earth's climate. Maybe the Read More
