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| #NYCMustSee4sq Contest Winner In April, the City of New York held a NYC Foursquare contest called #NYCMustSee4sq where New Yorkers were encouraged to submit a Foursquare list of the top 5 places that they think every New Yorker or visitor should see. The contest winner is Samman C., who created a list with locations from 4 boroughs ranging from great food to cultural institutions and scenic views. | | |||||||||
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| MAYOR BLOOMBERG LAUNCHES FOURTH ANNUAL NYC BIGAPPS COMPETITION More Than 350 New Datasets Available, Integration with Other Government and Private Sector Datasets Now Possible Developers Are Challenged to Address Specific Problems Facing New Yorkers, Compete for $150,000 in Prize Money March 19, 2013- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the launch of NYC BigApps 2013, the fourth annual contest for software developers and members of the public to create web or mobile applications using official City data. This year's NYC BigApps competition will build on the tremendous success of the previous three competitions by once again expanding the datasets available and issuing a challenge to create apps that will address major issues facing New York City residents in specific categories. More than 60 City agencies, commissions and Business Improvement Districts have made more than 350 new data sets available for NYC BigApps 2013, bringing the total number of raw data sets that will be available to developers to more than 1,000. | | |||||||||
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| MAYOR BLOOMBERG, CHIEF INFORMATION & INNOVATION OFFICER MERCHANT AND CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER HAOT ANNOUNCE WINNING PROTOTYPES FROM REINVENT PAYPHONES DESIGN CHALLENGE Top Ideas Will Help Shape Design and Functionality of the Payphone of the Future Renderings of Winning Prototypes Available at www.flickr.com/nycmayorsoffice March 6, 2013- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Chief Information and Innovation Officer Rahul N. Merchant and Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot announced the winning prototypes from the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge, a competition that engaged hundreds of urban designers, planners, technologists and policy experts to create physical and virtual prototypes that imagine the future of the City’s approximately 11,000 public pay telephones. The City received more than 125 submissions aimed at modernizing payphone infrastructure and optimizing the use of public space. Competition judges selected 11 semi-finalists to demo their prototypes and the top submissions were awarded for best connectivity, creativity, visual design, functionality, and community impact. The Reinvent Payphones Demo Day occurred last night at Quirky, a social product development company that brings new product ideas to life through its online collaborative platform. Eleven semi-finalists presented their prototype ideas to a panel of judges. | | |||||||||
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