The New York Times has just unveiled its latest foray into digital media: a free iPhone app for residents of or visitors to New York City and Brooklyn dubbed “The Scoop” [iTunes link].
The app is, according to its page in the App Store, “a guide to New York City from the staff of The New York Times… We offer lists of our favorite restaurants, bars, events and experiences. You go out and have fun. Check off the places you’ve been, and share what you’ve done with your friends.”
Features include an updated list of the Times’s top 50 picks for dining out — courtesy of one of the paper’s restaurant critics — the Dining Editor’s list of favorite bars, a weekly selection of events and other Big Apple-flavored treats.
Users will be able to get recommendations for nearby venues based on their current location, and the app will integrate with Foursquare to allow for convenient checkins. It will also play nicely with SMS, e-mail, Twitter and Facebook.
We’d love to see an Android Market counterpart come along. While we hold our breath for that, we’d love to hear from our New York-based readers: What do you think of the app? If you’re not in NYC, do you wish your local paper would come up with an app like this?
