May 22nd, 2012

Mayor Bloomberg Receives Webby’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Last night, Mayor Bloomberg received the 16^th Annual Webby Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. Tumblr CEO, David Karp, introduced the Mayor, who was recognized for his lifelong and continued support of technology, including his leadership in transforming New York City into a true global technology center. In his allotted 5-word speech, Mayor Bloomberg proudly stated, “Make it here, then everywhere”.

March 28th, 2012

Moving forward, Tumblr’s CEO said that Tumblr will go ‘all in’ and expand on the East Coast, bringing in talent from all over the country to work in New York.

Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp in “Tumblr hits 20 billion posts, nears 50 million hosted blogs” (TheNextWeb.com)

March 19th, 2012

NYC Clean Heat's New Tumblr Page

Check out the NYC Clean Heat Tumblr run by NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability.

February 23rd, 2012

Tech Start-Ups Choosing New York City Over Silicon Valley

(Source: cnbc.com)

February 21st, 2012

nycedc:

Listen as Danielle Strle, Community Team Lead at Tumblr, discusses how Tumblr started in New York City and grew from a staff of two to 25 engineers, at our Social Media Week panel this past Friday: “NYC’s Digital Growth through Public Private Sector Innovation”.

Reblogged from NYCEDC

February 17th, 2012

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Photos from the launch of the citywide Facebook page, Foursquare badge, Tumblr and Twitter at the Tumblr Headquarters.

Photos from the NYC Mayor’s Office Flickr, by Kristen Artz.

February 16th, 2012

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nycgov:

Mayor Bloomberg announcing the new citywide social media channels at Tumblr’s HQ.

Like NYC on Facebook at facebook.com/nycgov

Follow @nycgov on Twitter at twitter.com/nycgov

Get the NYC badge on Foursquare foursquare.com/nycgov

Follow NYC on Tumblr nycgov.tumblr.com

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January 30th, 2012

$nycedc: The Guardian profiles David Karp, founder of New York-based tech company Tumblr: Tumblr is worth a fraction of Facebook’s $100bn price tag, but Karp is relaxed about its growth. Only last year, he says, he could see the computer screen of every Tumblr employee in its New York office. Now the company operates on two floors and is nearing 100 staff. Indeed, New York City is the place to be for tech start-ups.$

nycedc:

The Guardian profiles David Karp, founder of New York-based tech company Tumblr:

Tumblr is worth a fraction of Facebook’s $100bn price tag, but Karp is relaxed about its growth. Only last year, he says, he could see the computer screen of every Tumblr employee in its New York office. Now the company operates on two floors and is nearing 100 staff.

Indeed, New York City is the place to be for tech start-ups.

Reblogged from NYCEDC