Nassau County, NY Has Fastest Broadband
March 17, 2010 10:34 AM
Nassau County, NY sits at the top of a list of the nation's fastest broadband counties released by ID Insight. Users there see a median download speed of 15 megabits per second and a median upload speed of 4.4...
Will New York Court Reporters Go Digital?
March 17, 2010 08:31 AM
As part of its continued efforts to cut costs, the State of New York is considering replacing some of its court reporters with digital audio recording devices. The state's Worker's Compensation Board is currently developing a pilot test to...
Amazon Plays Hardball with Proposed CT Sales Tax
March 17, 2010 07:31 AM
Earlier this week, Amazon.com threatened to cut off its advertising relationships with small businesses in Connecticut (estimated at around 2000) if the state's legislature enacts a new measure to collect online sales taxes. Much like the battle Amazon is...
NYS Council Discusses Closing State's 'Digital Divide'
March 16, 2010 05:47 PM
The NY State Broadband Development and Deployment Council's recent quarterly meeting included: A discussion of the efforts by NY State, in partnership with the Governor's Recovery Cabinet and NYSTAR, to encourage organizations via regional meetings to apply for Round...
NYC is a Growing Hub of Internet Start-Ups
March 16, 2010 04:47 PM
Hear why CNN recently reported that New York is the new Internet mecca. From burgeoning start-ups to established media companies, New York is the City that entreprenuers are calling home. Find out more about NYCEDC's Media and Technology incentives. CNN...
Five Startups To Present to CEOs, VCs Thursday
March 16, 2010 03:35 PM
Five startups will present their plans at 6:15 PM on Thursday, March 18, during an event being co-organized by iBreakfast and Ultra Light Startups at CresaPartners Center in Manhattan's Midtown neighborhood. After the startups have presented, a select group...
AnyClip Allows Users to Search for Movie Quotes
March 16, 2010 02:32 PM
AnyClip, which originally planned to let visitors to its Web site search for movie clips and quotes, has modified those plans, launching a version of its site that allows users to search for quotes from movies and buy or...
Technology Could Replace Uniformed NYC Doormen
March 16, 2010 11:32 AM
According to one security firm, doors equipped with biometric technology and costing $15,000 each could "could kill the need for the uniformed doorman [sic] guarding city buildings." These high-tech doors work by first snapping 40 pictures per second of...
Emmis NY Premieres New Video Series on Hot97.com
March 16, 2010 10:31 AM
Radio broadcasting company Emmis NY, which runs the popular New York hip hop FM station Hot 97, recently produced and premiered a new reality show on the station's Web site. Working with Gen2Media, a video technology company, Emmis premiered ...
New System Tracks Sex Offenders' Address Changes
March 16, 2010 10:02 AM
New York residents can now sign up to be notified by e-mail, text message, phone, and fax whenever the most serious convicted sex offender...
NYC Startup Provides Means to Invest in Facebook?
March 16, 2010 10:02 AM
In a recent profile in Business Insider, the site focused on a New York startup called SecondMarket , which specializes in bringing together buyers and sellers in markets for various types of illiquid assets. Through the site, Business Insider...
Seed's Coming Out Party at SXSW
March 16, 2010 07:34 AM
At this year's SXSW, Aol has used the event to officially test out Seed.com, its new content aggregator/journalism/freelancer Web site led by former New York Times tech journalist Saul Hansell. Seed has solicited freelance writers to contribute articles for...
Three Businessmen Own NYC-Related Domains
March 15, 2010 04:47 PM
Leland Hardy, Kevin Cahill, and Larry Fischer bought NewYork.com, Statenisland.com, and Queens.com respectively a few years ago. Manhattan.com is owned by an investor in Dubai and Brooklyn.com is controlled by an anonymous entity. According to experts consulted by the...
Hunch Raises $10 Million in Funding
March 15, 2010 04:02 PM
Hunch has raised $10 million in funding for its questions and recommendations Web site. The NYC-based startup was founded by Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake and SiteAdvisor founder/angel investor Chris Dixon. The service relies on crowdsourced questions and avoid from...
Half of NYC Subway Cameras Not Working
March 15, 2010 02:47 PM
Nearly half of the 4,313 security cameras installed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in the NYC subway aren't working, according to am New York. Earlier this week, the agency announced that these cameras are malfunctioning because they're either...
NJ Authorities Go High Tech to Nab Cyber Criminals
March 15, 2010 11:32 AM
The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI in Newark, NJ are now keeping tabs on the online trends of commerce and culture to combat criminal activity which has moved "into the mainstream of criminal actvity,": Reading corporate balance sheets...
MTA Exploring Wireless Options on Commuter Trains
March 15, 2010 10:46 AM
The Metropolit...
Bloomberg Television Reporting Live from SXSW Today
March 15, 2010 09:31 AM
Bloomberg Television's Cris Valerio is reporting live from SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas today. He'll be speaking with Silicon Valley executives, including Mashable's Pete Cashmore, angel investor Chris Sacca, Mint.com's Aaron Patzer, Digg's Jay Adelson, and MOG's David Hyman,...
Connecticut Innovations Funds IM@
March 15, 2010 08:17 AM
High-tech investment company Connecticut Innovations , seeded by the State of Connecticut to invest in early-stage Connecticut technology companies, has provided CT-based Interactive Mobile @dvertising (IM@) with $500,000 in its first funding round. IM@ raised a total of $800,000...
Celebrate Beatles Rock Band in BKLN on 3/16
March 15, 2010 07:31 AM
The Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO, Brooklyn is hosting an event on Tuesday night to celebrate The Beatles Rock Band. In addition to playing the game on a big screen, game artist Kevin McGinnis will discuss taking The Beatles into...
