Congress Sends Letter to Apple Over Path Debacle
Having been the subject of questions regarding its collection of user locations in the past, Apple has been sent a letter over concerns that developers may be accessing and storing…
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Verizon Gets Sick of iPhone Cybersquatters
Verizon is looking to continue its 100% record with domain arbitration complaints, filing two cases with the World Intellectual Property Organization to claim back domains that are squatting using its company name,…
US Goverment Starts Ditching the BlackBerry
RIM’s BlackBerry devices have long been seen as the mobile device for professionals which has kept the company somewhat competitive in the global mobile landscape. The ultimate professionals who have…
Fab Expands Lanches Weekly Speciality Shops
Way back in December of 2010, Fabulis, a social network for gay men turned into Fab.com, a daily deals site for gay men. Then, last spring, Jason Goldberg, Fab’s CEO turned the…
Uniiverse, a Sharing Economy Platform, Grows 400% in One Week
Last year, we saw innovative companies like Airbnb and Skillshare take off. We’ve also seen a slew of smaller startups like Eventup and GetAround spring up in this “sharing economy”…
MIT Wants to Solve Weak Wireless Signals
No matter how far we come with technology, it seems that the pain of intermittent connectivity will always plague us. Even in major cities like New York, you’d be hard…
RunKeeper Unveils The Healthy Button and Bookmarklet
Who knew the Internet could help us be healthier? With a plethora of knowledge at our fingertips, and a range of health and fitness related apps that make keeping track…
Apple Partners with Design School to Provide iPads
According to sources at the Moore College of Art & Design, new BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) students will get an iPad 2 when arrive at school for the upcoming fall semester. Philadelphia…
Silicon Valley Won't Dominate Tech Forever
Yesterday I published a piece about Newry in Northern Ireland, which is looking to help boost its economy by encouraging a startup ecosystem. A little later, a post entitled ‘You…
The Future of Travel Search Startup Hipmunk
Did you know that you can integrate your Google Calendar when searching for flights on Hipmunk? Or that you can use it to search for hotels based on their ‘walkability’ to…
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…
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…
