Kristi Evans

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From Money-Makin' Manhattan

NYC Hotel Concierge, computer geek, video gamer, movie/tv addict, avid reader, sports fan, dancing queen, lover of life!

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Turn mundane chores into a game with EpicWin

Cell Phone App Reviews Are you the kind of person who needs a little motivation to get your projects done? Ever look at your calendar and wish it weren’t so dull? EpicWin by Supermono is an iPhone app that essentially transforms your to-do list into a...

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Check in and share what you're watching with Miso

Cell Phone App Reviews The Good : Miso’s updates have made the app much more user-friendly and the addition of more badges have enhanced the fun aspect. The Bad : Check in services are a marketers dream but maybe we should just tattoo...

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New York Minute: 4 iPhone apps for mastering the NYC subway system

New York Minute I enjoy not spending hours and hours behind the wheel of a car where you are limited to listening to the radio or books on tape (Oprah says no tweeting or texting while driving!) and the commute can actually be fun if you know how to get...

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iPhone App Review: Osfoora for Twitter

Cell Phone App Reviews The Good : Biting from Twitter for iPhone app (the artist formerly known as Tweetie), Osfoora captures and optimizes Twitter’s functionalities in a sleek, easy-to-use format. The Bad : Not much to complain about...

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New York Minute: iPhone in Europe

New York Minute All I wanted for my birthday this year was to have dinner in Paris. You know, just a small and humble request to be whisked away for the weekend to an exotic land of wine, art and romance. Lucky for me, my better half obliged but he...

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iPhone App Review: Mashable

Cell Phone Apps Mashable is an internet news application and self-proclaimed "Social Media Guide" available for iPhone and iPad. Developed by nclud, the free app delivers the latest news on technology, apps, mobile information, social networking and...

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App Review: Angry Birds

Cell Phone App Reviews Angry Birds is a physics-based puzzle game available for $.99 in the iPhone App store. The iPad version, Angry Birds HD, is $4.99. Developed by Rovio and distributed by Clickgamer, the game boasts 135 brain-teasing levels that require...

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App Review: Foursquare for iPhone

Cell Phone App Reviews Foursquare for iPhone is a location-based app using GPS functionality to pinpoint you and allowing you to check-in at specific venues. You can choose from a list of your favorites or a list of nearby locations. If you don't find what...

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New York Minute: iPhones at Work

Cell Phone Apps As knowledgeable as we pretend to be, websites like Menupages and Shecky's are tremendously helpful in our concierge quest to send guests to a place that will make them feel like locals. But I've found out recently that many times the...

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New York Minute: Hipstamatic and The Screens of Rock

Iphone Os There are hundreds of photography apps for the iPhone and I certainly have not tried them all, but my friend turned me on to Hipstamatic and I think it's one of the must-have apps for any iPhone user. Hipstamatic puts a retro spin on your...

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New York Minute: Postabon in the Spring

Iphone Os During lunch the other day, my high-style friend was tap-tap-tapping on her iPhone and looked at me incredulously when I said I hadn't heard of the Postabon app. After downloading it, I discovered that Postabon is a location-based service...

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HTC HD2 (T-Mobile) - Hands-On

Videos Live from the HTC T-Mobile HD2 launch party in NYC, March 16, 2010. Hands-on with the HD2 and its massive 4.3" capacitive touch display.

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New York Minute: Foursquare at Disney World

Entertainment I checked in on Foursquare at every ride and scored four sweet badges in one day including the "Overshare" badge, which I'm sure my friends and followers were stoked on (not at all). It's amazing to me how thousands of full grown adults...

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New York Minute: iPhones take over The Big Apple

Iphone Os Smartphones are everywhere! Maybe I just notice more iPhones because I have one, but I can decidedly say that NYC has iPhone fever. From the Brooklyn bodega owner to the woman on Central Park West with her teeny tiny dog (you sure that's...

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New York Minute: iPhones, cocktails, and shattered screens in NYC

Iphone Os It's incredibly useful having an iPhone in New York City. I would give out iPhones instead of maps at my Concierge desk if I could (Yes, I'm a Concierge at a major hotel in midtown Manhattan). In a perfect world, everyone would have their...

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