Since the advent of smartphones, companies around the world have been releasing apps to make your customer experience better. Whether you are assembling a wish list, looking for coupons, or simply reading up on a company’s history, there’s an app for that. Soon, following in the footsteps of PizzaHut and GrubHub, Starbucks will join the […]
The Pepsi Challenge is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year as it plans to relaunch it for the Facebook generation. The New York Times reports that PepsiCo launched the first of a series of global “challenges” heavily relying on social media and mobile phones. Using celebrity spokesmen such as Usher, Serena Williams, and Usain Bolt, […]
With its hundreds of events that draw more than 50 million visitors from all parts of the globe every year, New York City is by far one of the most diverse places in the world. People of all races, religions and sexual orientations call New York City home. And in a historic move to reflect […]
Late in February, the owner of Dell’s Maraschino Cherries in Brooklyn, Arthur Mondella, committed suicide when police discovered a large-scale marijuana-growing operation behind a fake wall at the factory. Almost 100 lbs. of marijuana were recovered from the factory, along with luxury vehicles and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. Now, police suspect that […]
A recent pair of court decisions will protect New Yorkers living in valuable, rent-controlled apartments from being evicted in the event that they file bankruptcy. According to a March 3 Bloomberg article, the two decisions, made in the New York State Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, prohibit landlords of […]