Marvin Minsky and the future of the workplace
By JOHN KOMINICKI // Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence whose work helped create the personal computer and the Internet, died in Boston over the weekend…
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Battle lines drawn, once more, over IDA powers
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s that time of the year again: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is gunning for centralized control of local economic development, and Brian McMahon is firing back. McMahon,…
A cure for the complexities of healthcare administration
By GREGORY ZELLER // Now entering its sixth year, FJD & Associates has made a name leveraging founder Fred Dunwoody’s long experience in the sales divisions of major-league imaging firms…
Loyalty for those in loyalty programs
By GREGORY ZELLER // A decade later, an original Long Island dotcom is still flying high. Expert Travel Services LLC, dba ExpertFlyer, went wheels-up in 2005, based on the combined…
At LaunchPad, not the same old crowd
LaunchPad’s monthly pitch nights are always populated with innovative thinkers promising economic innovation, and the latest installment was no exception. Among others, pitches came from George Kramer, founder and CEO…
Healthy interest at Cap Alliance pitch event
By GREGORY ZELLER // Lightning-round business pitches before an audience of potential investors have become the norm. What impressed Dave Calone on Friday was who was listening. Calone, president and…
Farmingdale in line for security center
Strengthening security across regional infrastructure and transportation systems is the focus of a new center coming to Farmingdale State College. Lieutenant Gov. Kathleen Hochul visited the FSC campus Thursday to…
A greenlight for Cuomo’s green energy fund
With its sights set on global warming and superstorm threats, the New York Public Service Commission on Thursday approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed $5 billion Clean Energy Fund. The fund,…
Books with a surprise beginning
By GREGORY ZELLER // A “lifetime” in the book business and five-plus years as a parent have led entrepreneur Eric Shmuely to a surprising new development. Literally. Following a “very…
Visualizing where food, water and energy meet
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nada, meet NASA. That’s Dr. Nada Anid, thank you, dean of the New York Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, and her plans…
Local government a hindrance, not help, CEOs say
More than 90 percent of Long Island CEOs think government does a poor to middling job of helping business, although more than half still think the region is a good…
Arrow and IPS in partnership deal
Hauppauge innovator Intelligent Product Solutions has come up ACES. The product-design specialist has been selected as an Arrow Consulting Engineering Services partner and will offer its design and consulting expertise…
Nomorobo-TWC marriage … but no ring
Nomorobo’s alliance with Time Warner Cable is off to a flying start – and more big deals are pending for the Mount Sinai startup. Within five days of Time Warner’s…
The Debrief: Linda Amper is breathing life into the life sciences
The Long Island Association has hired former OSI Pharmaceuticals exec Linda Amper to help launch Long Island Bio, a business-development platform to be co-chaired by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory chief…
Proposed ethics rules would include … the op-ed
By GREGORY ZELLER // Media experts and public relations pros are lighting their First Amendment torches as New York’s ethics watchdog looks to redefine “lobbying.” An advisory opinion by New…