By GREGORY ZELLER // The Moiety App is an out-of-the-blocks sensation, with 45,000 Facebook “likes,” a burgeoning following on BlogPress and a just-announced partnership with Brighter Children, a charity supporting…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Call9, a Silicon Valley startup and Y Combinator star, has relocated its doctors-on-demand service for nursing homes to Long Island, with a planned push into dozens…
Funding in the ag-tech sector nearly doubled in 2015, with more than $4.5 billion invested in everything from food e-commerce platforms to farm-2-consumer services, cannabis technology and drones used in…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Kirk Kordeleski is back. The former CEO of Bethpage Federal Credit Union might argue that he’s been back for quite some time: He launched Syosset-based community-banking…
Verint Systems Inc. has acquired a Virginia-based cloud- and mobile-solutions firm, moving the Melville software company a step closer to global actionable-intelligence supremacy. The undisclosed deal for Contact Solutions, a…
The Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice rolled through Long Island on Tuesday. The Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury was one of the first three stops on the…
By GREGORY ZELLER // An attorney and inventor trying to help Long Island spread its innovative wings has finalized a big deal involving a plush-toy powerhouse and a global toy…
Women run almost 9.5 million businesses in the United States, racking up annual revenues of $1.5 trillion and employing more than 8 million workers. So where’s the best spot for…
The United States installed 7,286 megawatts of solar power in 2015, the largest total ever and a 17 percent jump over 2014. In another first, solar additions topped the expansion…
In a New York State first, Stony Brook University Hospital’s ambulance service has been approved to administer blood transfusions on the road. The certification allows standard ambulance crews to administer…
The Long Island Capital Alliance’s quarterly Capital Forums are increasingly hot tickets for entrepreneurs and investors, thanks primarily to Carol Lane, who’s been organizing the schmear-and-schmooze breakfast networkers since taking…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A third-party networking connection has taken MindYolk Animation Studios to Brazil – and brought an ambitious ship-repair consortium’s $530 million dream dock to life. At least,…
MasterCard plans to begin accepting fingerprints and selfies as alternatives to passwords when verifying identity for online purchases. The system, tested in the Netherlands and California for the last several…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Better rethink that password, personal or commercial computer user: Chances are, you’re not fooling anyone. California-based digital password expert SplashData has released its annual list of…
Chembio Diagnostics has been awarded a $550,000 “catalyst grant” to develop a rapid test for the Zika virus and similar maladies. The grant comes from Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen,…