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This Weekend in NYC

Friday, August 14th, 2009

While there are hundred of events in NYC every weekend, we wanted to point out two in particular this weekend because they are enjoyable if you are part of them or they are something to be aware of if you are not.

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On Saturday will be the 2nd weekend of Summer Streets.

Summer Streets rolls on August 15!
NYC DOT and our partners are proud to present Summer Streets. We will temporarily close Park Avenue and connecting streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park to motor vehicles and open it up to people on three consecutive Saturdays in August (August 8, 15, & 22).

A perfect area for jogging, riding a bike or just taking a nice stroll. Check out the activities page to see all the events they have planned.

On Sunday is the NYC Half Marathon. Starting in Central Park and ending near Battery Park. This is a great opportunity to support those who are running to improve their health, raise awareness or just to do it.

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So what if you are not participating is either of these events. Well it is good to be aware of them because there will be significant road closures that will deter you if you are heading cross town or uptown.

Make sure you are aware of when the events are occuring and what areas they are affecting. Or just take the subway, which will be running fine regardless of those events above ground. (Try out the subway map on UpNext, top right corner, to find your way around the city.)

UpNext - Yes, it is an offline map!

Friday, June 26th, 2009

This past weekend, I randomly bumped into Nate Westheimer, VP Product at AnyClip and NY Tech Meetup Organizer, at Destination Bar. (Great place, BTW) Nate mentioned that one of the things he liked best about UpNext was that it worked offline and that we should really be promoting that feature more. Great idea, Nate.

Yes, UpNext does work OFFLINE!

You can move around, zoom in and out, tilt and more without needing an internet connect. Subways lines are also available offline (top right corner).

For any information relating to a business or venue, you need to be connected so that our database is accessible.

So why does this matter? Picture this: you are riding the subway and suddenly you realize you don’t know where you are going. You take out your iPhone and then you feel of twinge of fear as you see ZERO Bars. You are cut off from the world. Don’t panic, open UpNext and use our map to figure it out where you are going.

Also, iPod touch users, even when you don’t have wifi connection, UpNext is still there for you.

While I won’t go as far as to call this a life saving feature, it certainly falls under the category of life enhancing.

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