The New York area received its share of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to help bridge the technological divide. Specifically, A $13.9 million grant, with another $7.2 million in matching contributions will allow NYC to improve public computer centers, deploying 480 new workstations [Full Story…]
CGS CEO Friedman Talks About Entrepreneurial Growth
September 6, 2010 at 1:00 pm
In a wide ranging interview, Phil Friedman founder of NY-based CGS, Inc. talks about how a company that started with five employees in 1983 grew to become a global leader in technology solutions and services. Friedman immigrated to the US in 1976 from the former Soviet Union and started out [Full Story…]
Internet Women/Entrepreneurship Event to Take Place Tomorrow Night
July 13, 2010 at 8:18 am
92YTribeca and Internet Is People will hold a panel and Q&A on Women and Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, July 14th at 7 pm. In partnership with Pace University, the panel will discuss personal and professional stories from the industry, and how they use internet technologies and strategies [Full Story…]
SMX East Announces October Workshops Agenda
July 11, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Search Marketing Expo (SMX East) recently announced the workshop agenda for this October's event in New York. SMX East will be held from October 4-6, 2010 at the Javits Center and will feature four workshops covering the following topics: search engine optimization (SEO), paid-search [Full Story…]
No Subscription Included in Sports Illustrated iPad App
June 28, 2010 at 8:15 am
A slick Sports Illustrated iPad app became available recently, but it was missing its highly anticipated subscription option. Time Inc. has yet to offer subscriptions through the iPad and, for now, the SI magazine is being sold by the single copy for $4.99 within a free SI app that includes live [Full Story…]
Time Inc. to Develop iPad Apps for Seven More Magazines
June 3, 2010 at 2:50 pm
NY-based Time, Inc. plans to develop iPad apps for seven more of its magazines, including a series of paid apps for Real Simple, the lifestyle magazine. Each $4.99 Real Simple app will launch under the banner "No Time to..." and will offer solutions to cooking, cleaning, and beauty [Full Story…]
FreeLotto.com To Pay Penalties, Provide Refunds
February 23, 2010 at 1:45 pm
NY-based PlasmaNet, Inc., the operator of FreeLotto.com, has agreed to pay NY State $1.5 million in penalties and provide refunds to customers who were "tricked" by what NY State Attorney General Cuomo's office found to be "deceptive and misleading e-mails" notifying players [Full Story…]
Will Dating a NYC Venture Capitalist Be Cool in ‘Y + 10′?
January 21, 2010 at 3:28 pm
NYConvergence ORIGINAL Bob Lessin, last night's moderator at the NY Tech -10 +10 event, posed this question early on to participants Kevin Ryan of Alleycorp and Henry Blodget of The Business Insider in order to gauge how much more attractive "tech" has become since the [Full Story…]
InterActiveCorp/IAC’s Strategy Evolves
November 16, 2009 at 4:56 pm
New York-based InterActiveCorp/IAC's strategy is shifting, according to The Deal's Richard Morgan. It looks likely that it will jettison Ask.com, which was originally intended to "keep the crazy quilt of IAC together, soon with CEO Barry Diller saying that IAC would [Full Story…]
Second Market Opens Office in Silicon Valley
October 7, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Second Market, a New York based startup that provides an online marketplace for illiquid assets, has announced that it will open an office in Silicon Valley due to its acquisition of InsideVenture, Inc., a late-stage financing facilitator. The office will be located in Menlo Park. CA. Silicon [Full Story…]
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