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Aboard an NJ TRANSIT train (file / credit: Evan Bindelglass / CBSNewYork)

NJ TRANSIT Approves Wi-Fi Plan For Stations, Trains

Newark Penn Station, Hoboken Terminal and Secaucus Junction are expected to be outfitted with Wi-Fi by the end of the year. The service will eventually be brought to other stations and trains.

2013/06/12

Free Wi-Fi Could Arrive On NJ TRANSIT Trains

Cablevision would provide the equipment to allow passengers to surf the Internet, send and receive e-mail and use other applications.

2013/06/11

A man talks on his cell phone on the subway platform at 14th Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Underground Wi-Fi Service Expanding To 30 More Subway Stations

After testing Wi-Fi in a handful of stations last year, the city is now expanding service to 30 additional stations, including Times Square, Rockefeller Center and Columbus Circle.

2013/04/25

Sree Tips: Keeping Your Smartphone Battery Going

Smartphones have gotten so much smarter these days, with all kinds of cool new features. They are really mini computers. But the battery life continues to be awful.

2013/04/24

The 5 Best Coffee Shops In The East Village

Coffee shops wake you up on your commute to the office, cure your weekend blues and serve as an office for freelancers in the neighborhood. The East Village is filled with 20-somethings, writers and nightlife junkies looking to get their caffeine fix.

2013/01/14

Google Offers Free Public Wi-Fi In Chelsea

The Wi-Fi zone covers Gansevoort Street and 19th Street from Eighth Avenue to the West Side Highway, including the Chelsea Triangle, 14th Street Park and Gansevoort Plaza.

2013/01/08

MTA Releases App With Real-Time Subway Countdown Clocks

You can now find out when the next subway train will arrive simply by looking at your smartphone.

2012/12/28

Man uses cell phone on L train platform of Union Square subway station (file/credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Wi-Fi Service Coming To 30 Additional Subway Stations By Spring

All underground stations are expected to be wired by 2016, but trains are not expected to have service between stations.

2012/11/19

Passengers are seen on the 1/2/3 platform at 14th Street and 7th Avenue - New York, NY - Sep 23, 2011 (credit: Alex Silverman / WCBS 880)

MTA Planning To Add Wi-Fi Service To Subway Stations In Queens

All underground stations are expected to be wired by 2016, but trains were not expected to have service between stations.

2012/10/25

United Airlines is just the latest carrier to introduce lighter-weight seats with slimmer backrests. (credit: CBS 2)

United Airlines The Latest Carrier To Make Its Coach Seats Smaller

In the airline industry, more seat rows mean more dollars. To cram more of us in coach, airlines — including United Airlines — are slimming seats to add more of them.

2012/09/05

Wireless Internet Hotspots Coming To NYC Payphone Kiosks

Ten locations will be hooked up to start.

2012/07/11

De Blasio: Homeless Wi-Fi Project Treats Participants Like ‘Property Instead Of People’

An advertising agency recruited 13 homeless people to help patch up wireless dead spots in Texas by giving them mobile Wi-Fi devices to carry and T-shirts proclaiming “I am a 4G Hotspot.”

2012/03/13