City to launch online permitting portal this summer - Pittsburgh Business Times

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• City to launch online permitting portal this summer - Pittsburgh Business Times
• City online permitting portal to launch this summer - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Facebook is quietly building a voice-controlled AI assistant like Amazon Alexa - Business Insider
• Trolley Car Station closing after seven months in business - PhillyVoice.com
• Website Accessibility: Make Sure Your Website And Job Application Portal Is Accessible - JD Supra

City to launch online permitting portal this summer - Pittsburgh Business Times Posted: 17 Apr 2019 04:48 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]City to launch online permitting portal this summer  Pittsburgh Business Times Pittsburgh contractors and residents will be able to apply and receive permits and licenses online this summer, when the city opens its new online portal ...

City online permitting portal to launch this summer - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Posted: 16 Apr 2019 01:30 PM PDT MENU ACCOUNT SECTIONS OTHER CLASSIFIEDS CONTACT US / FAQ

Facebook is quietly building a voice-controlled AI assistant like Amazon Alexa - Business Insider Posted: 17 Apr 2019 03:06 PM PDT Facebook Inc is working to develop a voice assistant to rival the likes of Amazon.com Inc's Alexa, Apple Inc's Siri and Alphabet Inc's Google Assistant. "We are working to develop voice and AI assistant technologies that may work across our family of AR/VR products including Portal, Oculus and future products," a Facebook spokesperson told Reuters in an e-mailed response on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, CNBC reported about the development, saying that the team behind the technology has been contacting vendors in the smart speaker supply chain. However, it remains unclear how exactly Facebook envisions people using the assistant, but it could potentially be used on the company's Portal video chat smart speakers, the Oculus headsets or other future projects, CNBC reported. According to research firm eMarketer, Amazon's Echo is expected to capture 63.3 percent of smart speaker users in 2019, while Google Home will account for 31 percent. Got a tip? Contact reporter Rob Price via encrypted messaging app Signal at +1 (650) 636-6268 using a non-work phone, email at rprice@businessinsider.com, Telegram or WeChat at robaeprice, or Twitter DM at @robaeprice. (PR pitches by email only, please.) You can also contact Business Insider securely via SecureDrop. Read more:

Trolley Car Station closing after seven months in business - PhillyVoice.com Posted: 17 Apr 2019 08:06 AM PDT In September 2018, Trolley Car Station opened in University City. Now, after seven months in business, the two-story restaurant at West Philly's revamped 40th Street Trolley Portal Gardens has closed its doors. Owner and real estate developer Ken Weinstein is seeking a new operator. RELATED: Saint Benjamin Brewing Co. is closing in May He cites operational challenges as the biggest obstacle in running the 5,000-square-foot space, which holds a liquor license and has 200 indoor and outdoor seats. "With all that's happening in and around University City, I'd love to continue to serve the community and be part of its future. I'm going to take a few weeks to speak with potential operators to determine what's best for the neighborhood," Weinstein said. In 2000 he opened the Trolley Car Diner on Germantown Avenue in Mt. Airy, and in 2010 the Trolley Car Café in East Falls. "In my twenty-three years as a restaurateur, this is the first time I've had to close a restaurant," he said. Follow Sinéad & PhillyVoice on Twitter: @sineadpatrice | @thePhillyVoice Like us on Facebook: PhillyVoice Add Sinéad's RSS feed to your feed reader Have a news tip? Let us know.

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Ithaca College event gives students opportunity to pitch business ideas - The Ithacan

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Ithaca College event gives students opportunity to pitch business ideas - The Ithacan Posted: 10 Apr 2019 05:29 PM PDT Ithaca College held its first 3 Day Startup, an event that provided students with the chance to participate in a fast-paced group project, allowing them to practice pitching business ideas. The event was funded by the Roy H. Park School of Communications and lasted from April 5 to April 7. The event occurs in other schools nationwide. It was founded by a group of students in Austin, Texas, in 2008 and has since spread across many higher education institutions around the world. Shayna Dunitz '13 is the director of operations at 3 Day Startup in Austin and worked directly with senior Lauren Astor to help facilitate the event. During the event, 25 students had the opportunity to practice coming up with business startups, present them to a panel of judges and receive feedback on their pitches. The panel consisted of Tim Reynolds '14; Deborah Hoard, president of Photosynthesis Productions, a media production company based out of Ithaca; and Bill Guerrero, vice president for finance and administration. In the end, the groups walked away with more knowledge on how to start their own businesses. The event consisted of five student groups, named Good News, Morning Boost, CartSmart, Traverse and VeRiFID. The pitches all focused on ways to help make students' lives easier. Each group had a total of five minutes to present their product idea to a panel of three judges. After each group had five minutes to present, the panel took five minutes to provide feedback. This is not the first event that students from the college have participated in to pitch ideas and products. Rev Ithaca Startup Works holds an annual event in downtown Ithaca in which student groups have the chance to win funds for their business ideas. At 3 Day Startup, senior Elena Piech and her group came up with an idea to make learning a language easier by connecting students with the respective culture through virtual reality goggles. Piech said her main goal was to gain business experience from the event. "As a student in the Park School, I feel like I do not get a lot of exposure to the business world," Piech said. "I wanted to participate to gain more business and startup skills, especially because I am really interested in working in the technology space in the future, and the startup culture is really ingrained in the space." Senior Stetson Doggett and his group came up with the idea for CartSmart, an application that compares prices at nearby grocery stores to find the best deal. Doggett said that through the three-day event, his team learned how to figure out how to appeal to a certain market. "We learned what the potential is for growing an idea and establishing it as a business," Doggett said.   The Good News group addressed the accuracy of news by making a Google Chrome extension that would provide users with background information on the website they are visiting, like who the owner of the website is and how long they have owned the website. Morning Boost was pitched as an on-campus breakfast delivery service that would only provide two breakfast sandwich options and two coffee options to make deciding on food easier and less stressful for students. This food service would also help to bring jobs to students on campus. VeRiFID was a group of students that consisted of communications and film majors as well as students employed at the Park Portable Equipment Center and Services. This group had the idea to implement radio frequency identification into camera rental equipment shops around the world to make the process for workers and clients faster and more efficient.   Astor said she thought the event went well and the participants were engaged in creating business proposals. She said there were many people that helped make this event happen, and with a group effort, this idea was able to become a reality. "I've developed an interest in event management over the last year, so I produced 3 Day Startup as my emerging media senior capstone project," Astor said. "Our participants were passionate and worked hard over the weekend to develop impressive startup ideas."

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Global Stocks Subdued as Investors Eye Earnings, Data - U.S. News & World Report

Global Stocks Subdued as Investors Eye Earnings, Data  U.S. News & World Report

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks fell Thursday after Wall Street declined despite encouraging Chinese economic data.

US Retail Sales Soared 1.6% in March | Business News | US - U.S. News & World Report

US Retail Sales Soared 1.6% in March | Business News | US  U.S. News & World Report

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales surged in March at the fastest pace since late 2017, as spending on autos, gasoline, furniture and clothing jumped.

US Claims for Unemployment Aid Hit Lowest Level Since '69 - U.S. News & World Report

US Claims for Unemployment Aid Hit Lowest Level Since '69  U.S. News & World Report

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in nearly half a century.

German Government Halves 2019 Growth Forecast to 0.5% | Business News - U.S. News & World Report

German Government Halves 2019 Growth Forecast to 0.5% | Business News  U.S. News & World Report

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has slashed its 2019 economic growth forecast for the country for the second time this year and is now predicting ...

Global Stocks Subdued as Investors Eye Earnings, Data - U.S. News & World Report

Global Stocks Subdued as Investors Eye Earnings, Data  U.S. News & World Report

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks fell Thursday after Wall Street declined despite encouraging Chinese economic data.