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You love the planet and your gadgets, so how do you find a balance? (episode)
<p>Meet Justin Wetherill, CEO of the smartphone repair chain uBreakiFix. He knows how to repair the iPhone whose screen you stupidly shattered when you dropped it on the sidewalk last night. </p>
Meet Marshall Cox. He's the founder and CEO of a New York City startup called Radiator Labs that's working to solve your heating woes, dampen the noise your radiator makes and even re...
<p>Should you nix the password to your home wifi and let anyone in range surf the web for free? Tech writer Brian Hall did. Maybe he'll convince you to do the same.</p> (episode)
In areas of the city where New Yorkers don't have easy access to broadband, it can be difficult to find a job – or even a build a resume to get started. The New York City Housing Au...
<p>Check out this list for ways to convert a video game habit into an educational opportunity. </p> (article)
Games have power, so this week, we play a few that can motivate kids to learn more, whether they realize it or not. And we see how a test case of a new technology for football might... (episode)
First there were pads and helmets. Now, there are blinking lights. The latest technology for protecting football players is a device called Checklight, which measures and displays the...
Minecraft is the mega-popular video game that is all about building. It's sort of like Legos for the digital set. John Keefe, head of WNYC's data news team, channeled his family's Min...
Since ATMs first appeared on street corners more than four decades ago, their basic function has barely changed. But recently, to save on costs and attract a younger, more plugged-in... (article)
'We can actually help here. We can actually develop programs, go into public schools and start teaching." according to Andrew Rasiej, NY Tech Meetup. (article)
<p>Twitter was born in San Francisco, but New York could benefit from its IPO</p> (article)
Coders have a very specific way of working, it’s called Agile. One family decided to apply it to their lives. What if healthcare.gov had too? (episode)
The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia puts the United States to shame when it comes to electronic voting (not to mention marinated eel served cold and teaching little kids to code.) (article)