Although NY Tech is more often talked about than NJ, teams such as Princeton's TigerLabs and TechLaunch are still trying to help the state's entrepreneurial efforts. Tech Launch is looking for 10-12 early stage startups to participate in a 16-week LaunchPad program which will offer space, legal and [Full Story…]
NJ’s First Tech Accelerator Class Presents Products
November 17, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Ten new NJ tech startups pitched products to investors and advisers at Montclair State University earlier this week. According to NorthJersey.com, the event marked the end of NJ's first technology accelerator program, TechLaunch. Designed to highlight NJ's entrepreneurial spirit, the TechLaunch [Full Story…]
NJ Residents Displaced by #Sandy May Vote Via Email
November 5, 2012 at 11:31 am
Gov. Chris Christie announced that NJ voters displaced by Hurricane Sandy may cast their ballots by email. Voting by email is already used by military personnel and people living abroad. But voters using this process have to sign a waiver allowing election officials to see who they have voted for. [Full Story…]
Vine.com Makes it Easy to Be Green
September 30, 2012 at 2:02 pm
A new website by NJ-based Quidsi Inc. encourages a greener lifestyles. Vine.com is a new e-commerce site selling a wide array of green products including food, cleaning supplies and clothing. Shoppers can scan the site for cruelty-free products, American-made and products made within a certain [Full Story…]
Dutchess, Sussex Counties Win Digital Government Honors
July 23, 2012 at 9:27 am
The Center for Digital Government (CDG) named the winners of the 2012 Digital Counties Survey last week, according to govtech.com. The CDG is a national research and advisory institute aimed at analyzing IT policies and best practices in state and local governments. The survey was conducted by CDG [Full Story…]
NJ Needs to Pass Act 2664, Says Ballen
December 8, 2011 at 8:11 am
In a recent op-ed in Philly Burbs Maxine Ballen, the president and CEO of the New Jersey Technology Council, advocated that NJers to pass The Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act S 2664, which according to Ballen is "an important piece of legislation that would bring our telecommunications and [Full Story…]
Dionne Warwick East Orange School Gets HP Computers
September 22, 2010 at 8:18 am
The Grammy award winning singer Dionne Warwick arranged for Hewlett Packard to donate $30,000 worth of computer equipment to a public school in East Orange, NJ she attended in the late 1940s. The school, now called the Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship, is one of the [Full Story…]
Spread Networks Shaves Off 3 Msecs from NY to Chicago
September 20, 2010 at 12:05 pm
In an article from Forbes, the magazine profiled Spread Networks, which recently secretly dug a superfast fiber-cable route for sending trades between Chicago and New York. Trader Daniel Spivey came up with the idea for the route, which makes a straight line through farms, under streams and through [Full Story…]
NJ Duo Thinks Moms Will Buy Toilet Paper Online
June 19, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Vinit Bharara and Marc Lore, who founded successful Montclair, NJ-based web site Diapers.com, introduced their new web site Soap.com at a press conference in New York recently. The web site will start selling 25,000 items typically found in a drugstore, such as laundry detergent, shampoo and toilet [Full Story…]
In NJ, NY, Virtual Avatars Teach Real World Skills
May 9, 2010 at 11:00 am
Elizabeth, NJ schools purchased a business-oriented roll playing video game to teach students real life business skills. Using avatars in a virtual world, business students practice making decisions such as hiring the right vendors for a project. Some students make "rookie mistakes" like [Full Story…]
NJ May be Getting Out of the Television Business
May 4, 2010 at 8:15 am
New Jersey may be getting out of the television business. According to a sentence buried in Gov. Chris Christie's 148-page budget plan, the governor wants to eliminate New Jersey Network's $11 million subsidy for the station to pave the way for its independence. The idea isn't a new one, [Full Story…]
NJ Principal Wants Ban on Facebook, Texting
May 1, 2010 at 10:00 am
A NJ principal is asking parents to ban texting, Facebook and Formspring (a social question and answer site) from their homes. Anthony Orsini of Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, NJ sent the parents a message urging them to install parental control software to help monitor and [Full Story…]
74% NJ Library Budget Cut Could Mean No Internet
April 13, 2010 at 9:28 am
State budget cuts to libraries, proposed by NJ Governor Chris Christie, would force NJ libraries to disconnect from crucial databases or stop offering Internet services altogether at a time when "residents are using libraries more than ever," according to NJ Librarians. Figures supplied by [Full Story…]
FreshDirect Launches Online Produce Rating System
December 15, 2008 at 9:56 am
The company, which delivers groceries throughout NYC and northern NJ, has introduced the system to "take the guesswork" out of ordering fruits and vegetables online. Staff will inspect and then rate the produce in stock each day using a five-star system that will be updated daily [Full Story…]
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