Through new official partnerships with Facebook, Twitter, and NY-based startups Foursquare and Tumblr, New York aims to become America’s next, top digital city.
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the city’s first, chief digital officer, Rachel Sterne, presented their Road Map for the Digital City, today.
Before formulating the plan, Sterne led a comprehensive 90-day review of the city’s current use of web, social media and mobile technology, and surveyed thousands of public and private sector organizations, and residential users in New York… → Read More
A New York City co-working space called General Assemb.ly has been lending its desks to highly regarded startups and serial entrepreneurs for several months now, including: Postling, Art.sy, SeatGeek; and the co-founders of Etsy and Vimeo respectively, Chris Maguire and Zach Klein.
This weekend, the company replaced their single web page with a full-fledged site. Today, the company announced that it has received a $200,000 grant from NYC’s Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) to offer design, technology and business classes to the public… → Read More
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