According to Alvin Estevez, co-founder and president of Enigma Software Group, computer viruses across the U.S. will increase by 30% tonight during the 2012 Academy Awards. He says he predicts this will be the second-most hacked day of 2012, taken in part from SpyWareRemove.com, which tracks [Full Story…]
CNBC to Open Anchor Desk at NYSE Trading Floor
February 24, 2012 at 9:42 am
CNBC is moving its anchor desk directly on the NY Stock Exchange’s trading floor. Located right under the opening bell podium, the new studio is an oval-shaped glass booth big enough to hold five people sitting around a desk. Since nothing could extend beyond the studio’s footprint, CNBC [Full Story…]
Conde Nast Working Towards Cross-Platform Consistency
February 23, 2012 at 9:36 am
NY publisher Conde Nast has been working with Adobe to move the platform it uses for tablet devices on to the small screen of a smartphone. According to content innovation VP Scott Dadich, the company's goal is to bridge the gap between print and devices, an article on paidContent.org said. The [Full Story…]
NJ Real Estate and the Race for Links
February 23, 2012 at 8:11 am
Sometimes, especially in the business world, it pays to be the first; Monmouth county (New Jersey) real estate broker, Larry Vecchio, knows this very well. That is why he began buying Internet domain names in the late-90's that he predicted would be useful: and that they were. According to a [Full Story…]
A Look at “10 NY Startups to Watch this Year”
February 22, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Business Insider recently composed a list detailing the 10 NY-based startups deemed to be the most exciting, innovative and transformative in 2012. Some of the companies that made the list include: Flow - An emerging "big data" firm founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Eric Alterman. The [Full Story…]
Free Interactive Gaming Service a Hit Among Cablevision Customers
February 21, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Over 275,000 of the 2.9 million Cablevision's iO TV subscribers in the NY area take advantage of the free interactive games on channel 610, which has over 20 titles ranging from puzzles to card games to kids' games. According to Multichannel News, the service, developed by ActiveVideo's TAG Games [Full Story…]
Advertise on NY Convergence via Local Vox
February 21, 2012 at 2:02 pm
NY Convergence has joined Local Vox Media, which creates long term engagement for local NY businesses by helping them to market themselves online across the web via email, social media, directories and search. Businesses interested in advertising on NY Convergence and reaching its audience of tens [Full Story…]
GOOD Brings Design Hackathon to NY
February 21, 2012 at 8:11 am
Forward thinking media platform GOOD is inviting designers and developers to its Design Hackathon which will take place at Parsons the New School for Design in NY from March 2 to March 4. Participants will brainstorm, design and demo a learning tool that will empower average NYers to become better [Full Story…]
A Look at Jorge Colombo’s iPhone Art
February 19, 2012 at 2:04 pm
NYer and artist Jorge Colombo became most known for his work on the 2009 cover of the New Yorker. The reason it caught so much attention was because it was created on an iPhone. Colombo recently commented to Adweek on the massive societal shifts he has seen since moving to New York in 1998: [Full Story…]
OnSwipe Releases New “Channel Surfing” Software
February 19, 2012 at 12:03 pm
NY-based tech startup OnSwipe, is launching what it describes as “channel surfing for publications.” Its new content distribution network lets publishers use OnSwipe software to design their own iPad editions. Jason Baptiste, OnSwipe co-founder and CEO, said to Xconomy that new features allow [Full Story…]
Patch Struggles Toward Profitability
February 17, 2012 at 10:49 am
AOL has spent $160 million on Patch, but in 2011, it made only $20 million. Patch has been plagued with problems—low profitability, high-level departures, budget issues and the now the prospect of layoffs. Investors aren’t happy, either. In December, activist fund Starboard Value LP berated [Full Story…]
Hearst Makes Kindle Fire Editions of Mags Shoppable
February 17, 2012 at 9:21 am
Hearst Magazines will make its Kindle Fire publications shoppable by linking products to Amazon. Hearst did not disclose what percentage it would receive from the sales, but John Loughlin, general manager at Hearst Magazines, said to Adweek that the click through rate is high and most of the [Full Story…]
2500+ Twitter Followers and Counting… #hyperlocal #technews #TechNYC #SiliconAlley
February 16, 2012 at 1:07 pm
NY Convergence is pleased to note that we’ve passed the 2500 follower mark on Twitter, a key benchmark of growing social media buzz within the Tri-State region’s digital media tech community. Also, NY Convergence recently passed the 10,000 postsmark, another blogging milestone. So we’d [Full Story…]
Time Warner Cable Offers Live TV Streaming
February 16, 2012 at 11:18 am
Time Warner Cable is now allowing for live TV streaming on PCs and Macs for their subscribers, compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari 5 and Google Chrome. Also, according to Multichannel News, TWC requires that customers secure their wireless network and only share access to the [Full Story…]
Conde Nast Launches Redesigned Website
February 15, 2012 at 6:05 pm
This week, NY magazine publisher Conde Nast launched a new corporate website allows users to customize the homepage. Additionally, all of its titles now are equipped with a media kit, digital download and social media links; the heritage section has an interactive timeline, with photos and videos [Full Story…]
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