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NEW DELHI, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Times of India, India's most-read English newspaper and most popular news site, today announced the launch of its app for Nokia smartphones. The app, which has been available for download from Nokia's Ovi Store for the last few days, has received overwhelming response from users, Times Internet Ltd said. The app not only provides the latest news from The Times of India's unrivalled, countrywide network of reporters, but also offers the...
A red-tailed hawk named Violet nesting on a Manhattan window ledge had one of her three eggs hatch on Friday. The nest sits outside the 12th floor office of the president of New York University. It has had the New York Times webcam's eye for weeks. Experts were doubtful of the chances of any live births earlier this week, but an egg began to crack open on Friday despite the skeptics' claims. "Never have we been so ecstatic to be wrong," said the Times on its Hawk Cam Web...
LONDON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Times has today launched an exclusive Royal Wedding Souvenir iPad Edition, which is available to preview free with the full application available on Saturday 30 April. The Times Royal Wedding Souvenir Edition for the iPad brings together the best of our royal coverage in one collector's item. It puts our finest writing, interactive graphics, live reports and a large selection of photo albums in one sophisticated package. The iPad app features top...
NEW DELHI, April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Times of India, India's most-read newspaper and most-visited news site, has made a big-bang entry into the world of apps with the launch of iPad, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry apps. The apps use the latest advances in technology to give users the best browsing and reading experience on their devices. The iPad app was launched on Monday (March 28) evening, and within hours it became the top free app in the India App Store of iTunes. In...
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Times announced today that it will add Sports, Metro news, business and entertainment sections back to the newspaper beginning Monday, March 21. The newspaper also will begin full scale home delivery throughout the District of Columbia and Maryland and Virginia suburbs of Washington. The newspaper will now be available on home delivered basis from Annapolis throughout the metropolitan region to Loudoun County. Along with a new...
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New York staple JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) and the Times Square Alliance invite residents, businesses and visitors alike to band together at the 2011 Times Square Valentine, "Light Hearted," on Friday, Feb. 18 to give back to the community loved by all. The airline, together with its long-standing charitable partner DoSomething.org, the leading organization for teens and social change in the U.S., and New Jersey-based non-profit organization Move...
A respected journal in the science community has agreed to publish a paper presenting strong evidence for extrasensory perception (ESP), which is the ability to sense future events. Advanced copies of the paper, being published this year in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, have circulated widely among psychological researchers in recent weeks and have generated a mixture of amusement and scorn. The paper describes nine unusual lab experiments performed over the past decade by...
NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, organizers of Times Square New Year's Eve, along with their partners, Toshiba and Livestream, have launched the first official Times Square Ball App, specially designed for Apple and Android mobile devices (images and demonstration video at http://timessquareball.net/app/). The free app is designed to put you in the middle of the legendary New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square, no matter...
MIAMI, Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time ever, Carnival Cruise Lines is infusing its fun spirit into the world's largest New Year's Eve celebration in New York's Times Square. Carnival today announced it is the official confetti sponsor of the Times Square New Year's Eve 2011 celebration, bringing its signature fun and popular brand to the annual gathering of more than a million revelers. The sponsorship includes multiple opportunities to associate the "Fun Ship" brand with...
BETHEL, Conn., Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Duracell announced today it will continue the tradition of powering the New Year by launching Smart Power Labs in New York that will allow people to donate their energy to light the 2011 numerals in Times Square on New Year's Eve. Visitors can ride Duracell Power Rovers at multiple locations, including inside the Times Square Visitor Center, and aboard a pop-up Mobile Smart Power Lab which will visit locations across New York City through the end...
