In the past year, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Zynga, and other technology players have opened offices in New York, hiring software coders and product designers in addition to the marketing and salespeople many already had in the city. New York also has a strong community of homegrown tech outfits, from Gilt Groupe to Foursquare. Entrepreneurs and investors say the influx of big-name companies will give that local tech community a big boost. “The talent pool will increase, there will be more startups, and the tech industry in NYC will grow and develop,” says Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures in New York. Fewer recent grads “will make a beeline to Silicon Valley.
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
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.
Mayor Bloomberg announcing the new citywide social media channels at Tumblr’s HQ.
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Reblogged from NYC GOV
The Giants’ victory didn’t only bring glory to New York, it also shattered records on Twitter: Twitter saw a peak of 12,233 tweets per second at the end of last night’s Superbowl, setting a record for English-language events.
The NYC Mayor’s Office Twitter gets a “Giants” facelift.
Go Giants!
Where Do New Yorkers Tweet the most? Broadway Street.
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