NY's BigApps Competition Opens For Voting
The NYC BigApps competition is in its third year running, and this time the stakes are higher than ever with nearly 100 teams fighting for a piece of the hefty $50,000…
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NY Tech Meetup & NASDAQ Partner Up
NY Tech Meetup, a monthly tech startup event with over 20,000 members, and NASDAQ OMX, the world’s largest exchange company, have officially announced a partnership today in support of New York’s growing tech…
Kodak Kills its Digital Camera Business
Struggling photography giant Kodak has announced it will stop making digital photo and video cameras, focusing on its printing business as it looks to “drive sustainable profitability through its most…
Broadband Sees Streaming Gain Ground for US TV Viewers
According to Nielsen’s latest cross-platform video report, Americans now spend more than 33 hours each week watching video across all screens, but how they’re consuming this visual content – be…
MeUndies Launches an Online Underwear Boutique
Startups these days are getting sexier and sexier! Or maybe our definition of a startup is just getting looser… Today, based just blocks from the beach in the city of…
US Gov Turns to Social in Hunt for Terror
The US Department of State is sponsoring Tag Challenge, a social gaming contest that was announced today and hopes to reveal insights on how social media and open source data can…
Shelby.tv gears up for SXSW with PROJECT G.O.A.T.S.
We’re now just one month away from SXSW, specifically the Interactive portion of the event that draws geeks, entrepreneurs and wannabes from all over the world for a five-day event to…
The Embark App Wins For Best New Transit App
Last week, we reported that New Yorkers will have cellphone service and free WiFi in 30 more subway platforms over the course of 2012– a fact that has brought immense joy…
Sprint Sells 1.8m iPhones in its Fourth Quarter
Sprint has posted its fourth quarter financial report, announcing a hefty $1.3 billion net loss, only to increase its operating revenues by the largest amount in five years to $8.72…
LaunchRock Launches a Startup Party Campground for SXSW
If you’re a startup looking to go viral… then you’ve very likely heard of LaunchRock, the San Francisco based startup that helps other startups build an audience with alluring, tweet-inducing…
A Video Tour of 3 Hot Startups in Silicon Alley
Recession? What recession? It’s hard to feel the worrying pinch in the whirl of New York’s tech town. Reuters Social Media Editor and Reuters TV’s Tech Tonic Host, Anthony De…
Eventup Launches its Marketplace for Event Spaces
Have you ever tried to book an event space online? It’s hard. Finding an impressive, unique venue that doesn’t feel like a YMCA conference room often requires personal connections or…
US Mobile Apps Industry Accounts for 500,000 Jobs
The mobile app industry has created close to half a million jobs in America, according to the findings of a new report released this week. According to a report commissioned…
Find Love Like in That Movie Hitch
I kind of have it out for dating sites. I absolutely love the idea of different people connecting from across the globe for friendship and even relationships, but in actuality,…
NY Tech Day Will Be a Science Fair for Startups
NY’s tech scene has grown significantly over the past few years. The cause for the recent and rapid growth is due to numerous factors, including the success of early New York…
