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April 30th, 2013

Project Connect: Hacking for a Better Web

Facebook, The MacArthur Foundation, Mozilla and the Family and Online Safety Institute (FOSI) are hosting a hackathon where developers, designers, educators, programmers and learning innovators will develop social tools — apps, badges, curricula, and other prototypes — that help make for a better Web, and especially to make young people’s online experiences more civil, more empowering and more firmly under their own control. The day will culminate in a judged competition, and the best ideas will earn prizes totaling $48,000.

When: Next Thursday, May 9th 9:00am-7:30pm

Where: Center 548, 548 West 22nd Street, New York NY

For more info: http://bit.ly/Z6mNe8

Register today at http://bit.ly/11A1b89.

March 6th, 2013

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The City of New York invites you to vote for your favorite prototype in the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge. The design that receives the most online votes will receive the Popular Choice Award.

Cast your vote before March 15 via on.nyc.gov/votepayphones

May 18th, 2012

Flashback to when Mayor Bloomberg visited Facebook’s NYC office and wrote on their physical wall.

April 6th, 2012

Leveling Up New York City’s Video Game Industry

The days of 8-bit Pac-Man are no more.

Today’s generation of video game consoles, with high-definition resolutions of 1080p, boast motion sensing cameras that track your movement (Xbox 360 Kinect) and wireless controllers that serve as virtual ping pong paddles and tennis rackets (PlayStation Move and Wii-mote). Multiplayer online role-playing-games, such as World of Warcraft, provide players with opportunities to partner with others from all over the world in a fight to save their planets. And mobile games, like Angry Birds (with more than 700 million downloads across all platforms), are available anywhere, anytime, for anyone who uses a smartphone.

March 30th, 2012

Five Brands That Have Done A Great Job With Facebook Timeline

The City of New York

Why it rocks:The City of New York, whose Facebook Page is powered by Buddy Media, has taken all of the capabilities and new functionality of timeline and integrated it into a single campaign, its #loveNYC contest. When users land on the timeline, they are immediately presented with a stunning cover photo plastered with New York City imagery. That theme carries down just below the cover photo, where a pinned post directs users to a tab on which they can enter the photo contest. The City of New York also uses the bigger app logos to drive traffic to the contest. If users are not already fans of the City of New York, a fan-gate instructs them to like the Page before they can enter the contest. All the while, the city maintains its aesthetic across these different areas of the timeline. Once reached, fans will find a tab that takes advantage of the new 810-pixel width canvas, providing them with a more engaging experience.

March 30th, 2012

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The FDNY just updated its Facebook Page cover photo. Take a look at http://on.fb.me/H1owZe.

March 28th, 2012

The City of New York’s Facebook photo contest, #loveNYC is featured in today’s Pictorious! challenges. From photos of skylines to subway stations, fans have already submitted more than 550 special moments and places they love most about the city. The contest runs through April 6, 2012. Read the official rules.

March 26th, 2012

The City of New York recently launched the #loveNYC photo contest on Facebook. Fans are encouraged to submit photos, showing what they love most about the City through April 6, 2012. Meet the Judges who will select the top 10 entries for public voting:

JEN BEKMAN (@JENBEE @20X200), FOUNDER + CEO, 20x200

MAL SHERLOCK (@MALACHYSHERLOCK), @FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER ON INSTAGRAM

RACHEL STERNE (@RACHELSTERNE), CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER, NYC DIGITAL, MAYOR’S OFFICE OF MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

SPENCER TUCKER, DIRECTOR, MAYOR’S PHOTOGRAPHY UNIT, CITY HALL

WILLY WONG (@WWONG), CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER, NYC & COMPANY

The judges will critique the entries on composition, subject matter, overall quality, and interpretation of the five boroughs.

We would like to thank all of the judges for their time and creative input. Their knowledge and experiences in art, photography, design, and technology are invaluable to the judging process.

We also want to acknowledge the partnership with Clear Channel Spectacolor for providing the opportunity for the winning photo to be displayed at Times Square on Spectacolor HD on 1560 Broadway.

So, if you love New York City as much as we do, then show how much you love this city by submitting a photo to the #loveNYC photo contest on Facebook.

March 21st, 2012

Announcing the #loveNYC Facebook Photo Contest

nycgov:

Today, the City of New York is thrilled to announce our inaugural Facebook photo contest, #loveNYC. Now through April 6^th the #loveNYC Facebook contest (facebook.com/nygov) encourages New Yorkers to submit photos of things they love about the City, from snapshots of local…

Reblogged from NYC GOV

February 27th, 2012

In the past year, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Zynga, and other technology players have opened offices in New York, hiring software coders and product designers in addition to the marketing and salespeople many already had in the city. New York also has a strong community of homegrown tech outfits, from Gilt Groupe to Foursquare. Entrepreneurs and investors say the influx of big-name companies will give that local tech community a big boost. “The talent pool will increase, there will be more startups, and the tech industry in NYC will grow and develop,” says Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures in New York. Fewer recent grads “will make a beeline to Silicon Valley.

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

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