Philly New Media Hub

Technically Philly: 3k people overwhelm, shut down Center City jobs fair for ex-offenders: CBS 3

Technically Philly — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:12:57 -0400

Sign of the times, 3k people hit a jobs fair for ex-offenders at the Municipal Services Building across from City Hall today -- more than three times as many people were expected. The crowd shut down the event, to be rescheduled for the Convention Center, said Everett Gilison.

Technically Philly: EEB Hub’s new Navy Yard headquarters is next step of long-term vision

Technically Philly — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400

The EEB Hub\'s new headquarters will be finished next April, said Laurie Actman, the EEB Hub\'s deputy director. It\'s one part of the effort\'s long-term vision: even after the five-year grant runs out, Actman said the hope is that EEB Hub will continue its research.

Technically Philly: Build an app for the city’s Philly311 Widget Contest

Technically Philly — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:06 -0400

The city is looking for an app to add as a feature to its seven-month-old Philly311 app that lets users report city service problems.

Technically Philly: 1 in 6 honored Philly teachers taught, used STEM

Technically Philly — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:30:16 -0400

Out of 59 School District teachers that won a Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award earlier this month, at least ten teachers honored were STEM teachers or were praised for their use of technology in the classroom.

Technically Philly: Mayor Nutter signs ‘most extensive gay rights bill in US’ [LINKS]

Technically Philly — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:10:14 -0400

\"The bill revamps \'the city’s health-care plan to ban discrimination against non-union transgender city employees, and would instate a Transgender Health Tax Credit that would encourage companies to offer transgender-specific health-insurance coverage to the transgender community.\'\"

Technically Philly: 6 Canadian health IT startups part of University City Science Center accelerator

Technically Philly — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:30:12 -0400

The Consulate General sees Philadelphia as the ideal place to build \"a global innovation hub for health IT,\" said Vincent Finn, the Consulate\'s Trade Commissioner of Life Sciences & Health IT. \"Hopefully other U.S. companies and foreign entities will join us.\"

Technically Philly: WebSLAM: Friends Central High School students win WordPress hackathon

Technically Philly — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:30:05 -0400

About 15 students participated in the WebSLAM, an initiative of STEM League Philly and led by technology teacher Mary Beth Hertz.

SEER Interactive: Mastering PPC: Red Alert! Search Engine Alerts & Notifications

SEER Interactive — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:17 -0400

Publishing this blog post the day before the release of the new Star Trek Into Darkness movie is pure coincidence totally planned from the start. In the Star Trek universe, if a crewman isn’t standing on the bridge, face to face with an enemy torpedo barrage, a red or yellow alert message coming over the comm [...]

Technically Philly: Indochino: custom menswear ecommerce site opens Philadelphia pop-up shop

Technically Philly — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:03 -0400

Indochino has taken its show on the road. The Vancouver, Canada custom menswear ecommerce firm said it\'s following in the footsteps of ecommerce sites like Warby Parker, who started out online and opened a brick and mortar shop.

Technically Philly: Startup Banking 101: RJ Metrics, DuckDuckGo use Silicon Valley Bank

Technically Philly — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:53 -0400

If you have a non-traditional business model, will a bank be able to help you? That\'s the specialty for Silicon Valley Bank, with more than two dozen offices around the country and a focus on early-stage technology companies and roots in Philadelphia. [Guest Post]

Technically Philly: Good Food Lab: Common Market opens 70K+ sq.ft. North Philly coworking space for food entrepreneurs

Technically Philly — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:30:08 -0400

The space, which is Common Market\'s new headquarters, is in North Philly, north of Kensington and east of Hunting Park. It will hold five to seven tenants and has already secured one, a mushroom growing company called Mycopolitan Company.

Technically Philly: Comcast Cable CFO retires and sells his $2.7M Gladwyne mansion [Comcast Roundup]

Technically Philly — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:59 -0400

\"The Scotts enjoyed six years in the six bedroom, seven and a half baths property in the prestigious Montgomery County neighborhood, but have recently put the home on the market for $2,695,000. Scott is retiring as CFO of Comcast Cable after working there for 20 years, and is moving to Sarasota, Fl. with his wife and youngest child.\"

Technically Philly: GuidemeCoach: mobile app to offer voice commands for Autism caregiving

Technically Philly — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:30:54 -0400

To solve the shortage of Autism-focused caregivers, Bob Solomon and Dr. Joseph Nosek are developing software called GuideMeCoach, which would equip a layman with the skills necessary to treat autistic individuals, by delivering audio instruction to the caregiver through an earpiece that can be hooked up to any smartphone or tablet.

Technically Philly: Apply for Drexel’s Incubator Competition summer prep program

Technically Philly — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:59:08 -0400

The pre-incubator program is meant to prepare up to five teams for the Incubator Competition. Those five teams will get office space in the Baiada Insitute over the summer, as well as training for the upcoming competition.

SEER Interactive: Spark New Ideas with these Keyword Research Tools/Tips

SEER Interactive — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:33 -0400

A successful SEO campaign starts with choosing the right keywords. Growing your business beyond the initial campaign involves expanding your keyword list and this can be difficult at times. You’re in need of new keyword ideas and new opportunities but you don’t know where to look. There are a ton of SEO tools out there that can [...]

Technically Philly: The GREEN Program is study abroad for future renewable energy leaders

Technically Philly — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:30:52 -0400

The company is very similar to a student study-abroad program but with an industry pipeline focus. Costing between $2,000 and $3,500 depending on the program, which range from a month to three, GREEN sends students to Costa Rica and Iceland to experience the countries’ epicenters for renewable energy.

Technically Philly: RJMetrics raises $6.2M Series A round, plans to double 26-person staff

Technically Philly — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:15 -0400

The company, which provides analytics for more than 130 companies across five continents, plans to use the money to nearly double its staff of 26 over the next 12-18 months, said cofounder and CEO Robert Moore.

Technically Philly: Innovators Walk of Fame: Nominate STEAM leader for Science Center’s 50th anniversary

Technically Philly — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:30:45 -0400

The University City Science Center is launching an Innovators Walk of Fame, which will honor local inventors, entrepreneurs, scientists and more in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM).

Technically Philly: Predictive Edge raises $2.5M // Curalate in NYTimes // Autism Expressed on MSNBC [Startup Roundup]

Technically Philly — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:30:11 -0400

Apply for StartupPHL funding, Philly startups get national press, Josh Kopelman drops on Forbes\' \"Midas List\" and more.

SEER Interactive: Going from SEO N00B to Full-Timer in Six Months and What I Learned Along the Way

SEER Interactive — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:28:27 -0400

When I was four years-old I asked my mother what red and green traffic lights meant. I immediately followed with two more burning questions regarding why dogs wag their tails and why people respond, “you’re welcome” to a “thank you.” Done! For the next several minutes, I was omnipotent. My education was complete. I knew [...]