Quantcast
Latest Stories
Home » Roosevelt Island You are browsing entries tagged with “Roosevelt Island”

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

In this May 17, 2012 photo, a view is shown of the eastern section of the Coler Goldwater Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility, an acute long-term care hospital facility on Roosevelt Island, in New York. The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, is partnering with New York's Cornell University to create CornellNYC Tech, a 10-acre $2 billion campus, to replace the facility located on Roosevelt Island's southern end. AP PHOTO/BEBETO MATTHEWS

Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation’s interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another “Erie Canal moment” with a high-tech research complex to be built on an island in the East River.

Posted: May 29th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Advertisement
  1. Zubiri disowns bogus website
  2. Microsoft changes Xbox One policies after outcry
  3. Chinese supercomputer named as world’s fastest
  4. Internet balloons to benefit small business—Google
  5. Social network gaffes plague Japanese politicians
  6. Mysterious Facebook event sparks online buzz
  7. Dating site for broody singles launches in Denmark
  8. Facebook CEO meets SKorean president
  9. Enrile story goes viral: ‘The audacity,’ that’s our money!
  10. Cash-strapped Casiño turns to Internet
  1. Hacker posts on Facebook Aquino’s ‘mobile numbers’
  2. Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine
  3. Chinese supercomputer named as world’s fastest
  4. US prosecutors want smartphone ‘kill switch’
  5. Mysterious Facebook event sparks online buzz
  6. ‘Kasambahay’ law compliance through e-money
  7. Offshore bank accounts posted online for all to see
  8. Filipinos among the most active in social media, survey shows
  9. Ex-CIA man sparks int’l debate about Internet privacy
  10. Google launches Internet-beaming balloons
  1. Samsung unveils new Galaxy S4 ‘Mini’
  2. US weapons designs hacked by Chinese—report
  3. Smart to stop offering ‘dumb’ phones
  4. Office bullying video sparks outcry in Singapore
  5. A new way for Filipinos to connect on social media launched
  6. Hacker posts on Facebook Aquino’s ‘mobile numbers’
  7. Asus touts ‘world’s first’ three-in-one tablet computer
  8. Statement of Smart Communications

News

  • Singapore haze at worst yet, Malaysia schools shut
  • Philippines financial district bans plastic bags
  • China astronaut teaches lesson from space
  • Singapore demands urgent Indonesia action on smog
  • Panic over MERS virus fades in Saudi Arabia

    • Sports

  • A title, and legacies, on the line for Heat, Spurs
  • Arellano looks to continue strong preseason play
  • Co fulfills coaching dream with Cardinals
  • Archers Yap, Chipeco still on target, bag 2 golds
  • Avena paces PH Senior by 2

    • Lifestyle

  • Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail for tax dodge
  • No gimmicks, no concepts–but great steaks and more, y’all
  • Pizza, pasta, risotto–Italian fare ‘Koreanized’ and made more garlicky
  • This pizza is found only in Canada–and now in PH
  • Filipino chef making waves in Singapore–for Japanese food

    • Entertainment

  • Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
  • Stars share reactions to James Gandolfini’s death
  • Genre-busting “The Kitchen Musical” now on Myx TV menu
  • Rizal concept album still rocking, rolling along
  • Zsa Zsa Padilla still singing sad songs

    • Business

  • Asian stocks down as Fed sees slower bond buys
  • Dollar firm as US Fed hints at stimulus tapering
  • Micro-credit financing bill in House pushed
  • Aquino: Growth must be inclusive
  • 8 tips on how to send money from the Philippines to anywhere in the world

    • Technology

  • Social network gaffes plague Japanese politicians
  • Microsoft changes Xbox One policies after outcry
  • Zubiri disowns bogus website
  • Internet balloons to benefit small business—Google
  • Dating site for broody singles launches in Denmark

    • Opinion

  • Mending nets
  • The Great Flood
  • What’s in a name?
  • CComedia’s statement on the cruel rape joke
  • It’s way past time for action

    • Global Nation

  • Bello warns overseas labor exec of libel
  • Jinggoy Estrada threatens P1 budget for DFA, DOLE over sex scandal
  • Overseas labor exec denies running sex ring
  • Jose Maria Sison: We will talk if gov’t shows sobriety, willingness
  • Exploited Filipinos in US 7-11 stores OK, execs say
    • Marketplace
    Advertisement
    © Copyright 1997-2013 INQUIRER.net | All Rights Reserved