It's about time might be what fans of Lego video games are saying. There have been everything from "Lego Batman" to "Lego Lord of the Rings" to "Lego Indiana Jones" but there's been one glaring omission, until now. Thanks to "Lego Marvel Superheroes" you now have access to this crowd: Hulk, Thor, Wolverine, Iron Man, the marquis masked man Spider-Man.
6/17/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
"What was the coolest thing you've seen?" That's the most commonly asked question of tech reporter, Adam Balkin, who's out at the big E3 video game convention in Los Angeles this week. So in response, he filed the following report on some of the hottest games on the show floor this year.
6/13/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
When Nintendo took its turn to strut its stuff out at the E3 video game convention in Los Angeles, it took a slightly unconventional approach. Technology reporter Adam Balkin filed the following report.
6/12/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
What seems like a video game is more of a cool new way to donate money to help Hurricane Sandy victims. RepairTheRockaways.org was created by the Hell's Kitchen-based ad agency Mother, after employees felt the need to do more to help the Rockaways, a section of Queens still reeling from the disaster.
6/7/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
After Sony first announced the PlayStation 4 in February, users found out what it could do, saw examples of ultra-sharp graphics, yet but what the actual PS4 would look like was kept secret. However at the E3 in Los Angeles, it became a secret no more. Sony also unveiled a varied and diverse lineup of games, and showed plenty of examples of how the line between real and virtual is about to blur even further.
6/11/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
The big E3 video game convention out in Los Angeles has kicked off and as usual, Microsoft was the first to show off its lineup. Adam Balkin filed the following report.
6/11/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
The New York Comic Con showed how technology is starting to become more mainstream in the staunchly paper world of comic books.
6/7/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
Developers launched the largest bike share program in North America and say the key to making such a big service work well is a new mobile app. Adam Balkin filed the following report.
6/7/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
When you think of high-tech communities, chances are you think first of places in California. But each year, the Big Apple tries to remind you that it, too, should pop into your head. To help reinforce that argument, it hosts Internet Week New York.
6/5/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
News 14 highlights the coolest and newest apps for your cellphone or mobile device in the twice-weekly segment "App Wrap."
6/4/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
Some Manhattan school girls are making their city proud by creating an innovative mobile app as part of their triumph in a worldwide competition.
6/3/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
It's always big news when Google announces something new, and last week was no exception, as the tech giant unveiled a new music streaming service to go head to head with popular services like Pandora and Spotify.
5/29/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
Yahoo and new CEO Marissa Mayer have officially launched an all-out offensive in an effort to win back your eyes and precious time while online. For starters, Yahoo decided it would answer a request from an online petition.
5/28/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
Microsoft unveiled it's successor the Xbox 360 Tuesday, called the Xbox One, which the company hopes will serve a wide variety of functions for users.
5/27/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
Some top students from Israel recently showed off their cutting edge innovations, and how they developed such sophisticated devices could be important to America as well.
5/22/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
The technology behind making the world's smallest movie could soon be used to make even more groundbreaking discoveries.
5/21/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
There are a seemingly endless amount of apps for kids to read stories, in an interactive way on mobile devices. But recently, there's been a bit of an explosion in apps that allows kids to create their own stories that can then be read back to them.
5/20/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
In the real world, it would kind of be like Burger King setting up a hamburger stand inside McDonald's, but in the virtual world, it's the kind of thing that happens all the time: competitors setting up shop inside each other's homes, so to speak. There are two recent examples of this.
5/9/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
If someone near you was having a heart attack, would you know what to do to help? A mobile app teaches you what to do and lets you practice virtually just in case your assistance will ever be needed in the real world.
5/9/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
A conference on the future of energy, including how to correct energy mistakes made due to Hurricane Sandy, was held and Adam Balkin filed the following report.
5/9/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
There's good news if your favorite part of the newspaper is not the news but the funnies, the comic strips. "GoComics" is a new app that allows users to look at a whole bunch of classics on a mobile device for free.
5/2/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
When this man announces a new idea, people generally listen. That's because this man is Jack Dorsey, the guy who invented a little thing called Twitter.
5/2/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
Adam Balkin reviews "Paper Climb" and "Yahoo! Weather in this App Wrap.
5/2/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
From Mother's Day and Father's Day to graduations, there are a lot of upcoming mid-year celebrations, and a recent DigitalFocus press event in Chelsea is offering plenty of ideas for cool "techie" gifts.
4/30/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
Your cable TV subscription just got a bit more valuable. The Time Warner Cable TV mobile app for iOS devices, put out by NY1's parent company, got a recent upgrade that allows users to watch from anywhere some of the content they typically had to be home to see.
4/25/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
From Mother's Day and Father's Day to graduations, there are a lot of upcoming mid-year celebrations, and a recent DigitalFocus press event in Chelsea is offering plenty of ideas for cool "techie" gifts.
4/25/2013 - By: Adam Balkin
The New York Audio Show is Midtown is displaying cutting-edge, new technologies for consumers who want to spend serious bucks to listen to the perfect tune.
4/24/2013 - By: Adam Balkin