Recently the Department of Justice filed suit against Apple and major publishers, alleging that they conspired to raise prices in the digital books market. Though NY Senator Charles Schumer told the Wall Street Journal that this sounds plausible, the suit will only restore Amazon to the dominant [Full Story…]
Etsy CEO Talks Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Senate Committee Meeting
July 20, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Chad Dickerson, CEO of Brooklyn- based Etsy, discussed the trends in innovation and entrepreneurship at the Senate Steering and Outreach Committee meeting in Washington DC earlier this week. Mr. Dickerson talked about his company’s involvement in the rising NY tech industry during [Full Story…]
NY Senators Push for Upgrade to Emergency System
July 21, 2011 at 11:29 am
After the 9/11 Commission Report revealed insufficient communication between the systems used by emergency personnel during the attack on the World Trade Center, NY senators Charles Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand are pushing for a nationwide communications network. The Public Safety Spectrum and [Full Story…]
Schumer Kicks Off Internet Week By Looking to Future of NY Tech Scene (#IWNY)
June 6, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Internet Week NY kicked off this morning with a keynote speech from NY Senator Charles Schumer. Schumer looked towards the future, explaining his desires to boost the NY tech scene to eventually beat Silicon Valley. Schumer announced the Mayor, Governor and NY industry leaders have created a [Full Story…]
Senator Schumer Asks Apple to Explain iPhone Issues
July 16, 2010 at 1:45 pm
In light of Apple's press conference today about the issues its customers have been having with the new iPhone 4, New York Senator Charles Schumer yesterday penned a letter to Apple asking the company to provide iPhone 4 customers with a clear, written explanation about the problems with the [Full Story…]
Schumer Contacts FTC About Social Networks
April 26, 2010 at 11:00 am
U.S. Senator from New York Charles Schumer has written to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voicing his concerns about the new features Facebook recently initiated, which allow more Web sharing and personalization with people's profiles. According to the letter, Schumer [Full Story…]
Schumer Asks Google to Test Broadband Internet in NYS
February 22, 2010 at 9:32 am
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has sent a personal letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, urging him to choose a NYS community as a principal site for Google's new deployment of high-speed broadband technology. The full text of his letter is available here.Google recently launched a new [Full Story…]
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